These organizations conduct a range of activities relevant to reproductive health medical education by addressing training, research, policy development, and advocacy as well as management of abortion, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, adolescent sexual health, family planning and safe motherhood. They also provide valuable global and regional resources for health care professionals around the world. This list represents only those organizations whose materials are included in the Resource Guide. A full list of organizations working in this field is available at the Global Health Council Website: http://www.globalhealth.org/directory/.
Abortion Access Project
http://www.abortionaccess.org
Email: info@abortionaccess.org
Mail: 552 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 215
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone: 617-661-1161
Fax: 617-492-1915
Summary: The Abortion Access Project provides resources for increasing and improving abortion access and care, public advocacy, and training abortion providers at the state and national levels.
Academy for Educational Development (AED)
http://www.aed.org
Email: communicationsmail@aed.org
Mail: 1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009-5721 USA
Phone: 202-884-8000
Fax: 202-884-8400
Summary: AED promotes social change through programs in education, environment and energy, health, HIV/AIDS, leadership and democracy and youth. AED employs communications, gender, partnership, social marketing and behavior change, research and evaluation, technology and training approaches to address these issues.
Advance Africa
http://www.advanceafrica.org
Email: advance@advanceafrica.org
Mail: 4301 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22203 USA
Phone: 703-310-3500
Fax: 703-524-7898
Summary: Advance Africa seeks to promote family planning and reproductive health in Africa in the face of the region’s struggle with HIV/AIDS, and offers an online, searchable Best Practice Compendium to help with the challenges of service delivery in the field.
Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org
Email: info@advocatesforyouth.org
Mail: 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Phone: 202-347-5700
Fax: 202-347-2263
Summary: Advocates for Youth focuses on educating youth on reproductive and sexual health and involving them in decision-making about these issues. They offer an online database of more than 500 resources from 80 developing countries that target the sexual and reproductive health of youth. Many resources are available in Spanish, French, and English.
AIDS Action
http://www.aidsaction.org
Email: aidsaction@aidsaction.org
Mail: 1906 Sunderland Place NW
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-530-8030
Fax: 202-530-8031
Summary: AIDS Action pursues policy-making and program development through advocacy and publication production within the United States to meet its goal of assuring that the needs of all those affected by HIV are met.
Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
http://www.agi-usa.org
Email: info@guttmacher.org
Mail: 120 Wall Street, 21 st Floor
New York, NY 10005 USA
Phone: 212-248-1111
Fax: 212-248-1951
Summary: In keeping with its mission to protect reproductive rights around the world, AGI is a forerunner in policy analysis, sexual and reproductive health, and public education, with a specific focus on youth.
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
http://www.amsa.org
Email: amsa@amsa.org
Mail: 1902 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191 USA
Phone: 703-620-6600
Fax: 703-620-5873
Summary: AMSA is a student-run medical organization offering leadership training, career development and a variety of other resources to its members.
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)
http://www.apgo.org
Email: djohnson@apgo.org
Mail: 2130 Priest Bridge Drive, Suite #7
Crofton, MD 21114
Phone: 410-451-9560
Fax: 410-451-9568
Summary: APGO works to enhance obstetric and gynecologic medical education by coordinating with women’s health professors to improve studying, teaching methods, and research activities. Their publications cover ways that medical students and professors can improve reproductive health preservice curricula at their medical schools.
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org
Email : arhp@arhp.org
Mail: 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-466-3825
Fax: 202-466-3826
Summary: ARHP works to improve reproductive health globally by strengthening the capacity of medical education institutions, in the U.S. and abroad, to provide quality reproductive health education and training for faculty and students.
ASTRA Network—Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
http://www.astra.org.pl
Email: info@astra.org.pl
Mail: Nowolipie 13/15
00-150 Warsaw, Poland
Phone: 48-22-6359395
Fax: 48-22-8878140
Summary: ASTRA works to promote and ensure reproductive rights throughout Central and Eastern Europe while building links between reproductive health and human rights.
Center for Culture and Health (CCH)
University of New South Wales
http://cch.med.unsw.edu.au/cch.nsf/
Email: cch@unsw.edu.au
Mail: Room G09, Ground Floor, Samuels Building
Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
Phone: +61 (2) 9385 2324
Fax: +61 (2) 9385 8739
Summary: CCH, housed within the University of New South Wales works to improve the ability of healthcare providers to work in multi-cultural settings by focusing on culturally appropriate healthcare and training. CCH focuses primarily on health policy and research, medical education and curriculum development with special emphasis on working with indigenous populations.
Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy at University of California-San Francisco
http://reprohealth.ucsf.edu
Email: Consult Website for appropriate contact
Mail: 3333 California Street, Suite 335, Box 0744
San Francisco, CA 94143-0744 USA
Phone: 415-502-4086
Fax: 415-502-8479
Summary: The Center for Reproductive Health Research and Policy’s projects address sexual activity in the contexts of health, social, economic and political arenas through a combined focus on abortion, family planning, contraception, STIs and HIV/AIDS. They use a multi-disciplinary approach, including the application of epidemiological, policy and behavioral analysis.
Center for Reproductive Rights
http://www.crlp.org
Email: info@reprorights.org
Mail: 120 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005 USA
Phone: 917-637-3600
Fax: 917- 637-3666
Summary: The Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, protects and promotes women’s reproductive rights worldwide through legal advocacy, and policy change.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
Email: inquiry@cdc.gov
Mail: Public Inquiries/MASO, Mailstop F07, 1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
Phone: 1-800-311-3435 or 404-639-3534
Fax: Not Available
Summary: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the U.S. federal agency charged with the prevention of disease and the promotion of public health. CDC conducts research, provides up-to-date health information and statistics, including travel advisories, and partners with a number of organizations on various public health programs. The CDC also operates a number of hotlines, including the U.S. National hotlines on HIV/AIDS and STDs.
Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS)
http://www.cafs.org
Email: info@cafs.org
Mail: Pamstech House
Woodvale Grove, Westlands
P.O. Box 60054
00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: (254)-020-4448618
Fax: (254)-020-4448621
Summary: CAFS conducts courses, conferences, and research to improve reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa. CAFS also focuses on population and development and HIV/AIDS.
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
http://www.cedpa.org
Email: cmail@cedpa.org
Mail: 1400 16 th Street NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-667-1142
Fax: 202-332-4496
Summary: CEDPA works with 138 organizations in 40 countries to provide quality reproductive health, family planning services, and life-skills training to women by strengthening the community organizations that support them.
Commonwealth Medical Trust (Commat)
http://www.commat.org
Email: Consult Web site for appropriate contact
Mail: BMA House, Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JP, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-72728492
Fax: 44-20-72721663
Summary: Commat promotes a rights-based approach to health care by implementing educational activities in sectors such as reproductive health, adolescent health, and HIV/AIDS. Commat works in the pan-Commonwealth, primarily in developing countries.
Division of Reproductive Health (DRH)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/index.htm
Email: drhinfo@cdc.gov
Mail: DRH Public Inquiries, CDC
MS K-20
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724 USA
Phone: 770-448-5200
Fax: 770-499-6450
Summary: The DRH makes a wide variety of reports and publications available to the public in print and electronic formats. The Global Perspectives section of DRH’s Website features country-specific information, epidemiological data, lessons learned, online resources, contraceptive technology resources and an extensive publications section.
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org
Email: info@engenderhealth.org
Mail: 440 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001 USA
P hone: 212-561-8000
Fax: 212-561-8067
Summary: EngenderHealth develops educational materials and activities that promote quality reproductive health services for men and women worldwide. They provide technical assistance for individuals working in health care as well as institutions and governments. The Engenderhealth Website offers a wide variety of resources covering both reproductive health topic areas and provider training materials. Many resources are available in Spanish, French, and English.
Family Care International (FCI)
http://www.familycareintl.org
Email: info@familycareintl.org
Mail: 588 Broadway, Suite 503
New York, NY 10012 USA
Phone: 212-941-5300
Fax: 212-941-5563
Summary: FCI’s women-centered approach to reproductive health emphasizes safe motherhood and adolescent sexual and reproductive health. FCI produces a wide range of resources including guidelines, training materials, and information tools that partners can use to improve the quality of their services and strengthen their efforts in reproductive and sexual health and rights issues.
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org
Email: services@fhi.org
Mail: P.O. Box 13950
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
Phone: 919-544-7040
Fax: 919-544-7261
Summary: FHI conducts research and field activities in more than 70 countries to address the effects of access-restricted resources on the health of women and children. FHI also advocates for awareness and solutions in the areas of HIV/AIDS, STIs, family planning, and reproductive health. FHI offers reproductive health books, articles, reports, and training materials online, including the journals Network and YouthNet.
The Futures Group
http://www.tfgi.com
Email: Consult http://www.futuresgroup.com/contact.cfm for appropriate contact
Mail: 1050 17th Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-775-9680
Fax: 202-775-9694 or 202-775-9698
Summary: The Futures Group utilizes its skills in management, marketing, research, and strategic planning to improve public health in developing countries with an emphasis on strategic partnerships between local, national and international stakeholders, as well as capacity building.
German Foundation for World Population (DSW)
http://www.dsw-online.de/english
Email: info@dsw-hannover.de
Mail: Goettinger Chaussee 115
D-30459 Hannover, Germany \
Phone: 49-511-943730
Fax: 49-511-2345051
Summary: DSW establishes projects that promote every individual’s right to make family planning decisions and have the knowledge to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS. DSW offers guides to advocacy, media relations, and funding and resources for using information technology to assist health professionals in the reproductive health sector in developing countries.
The Global Campaign for Microbicides
http://www.global-campaign.org/
Email: info@global-campaign.org
Mail: c/o PATH
1800 K Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006 USA
Phone: 202-822-0033
Fax: 202-457-1466
Summary: The Global Campaign for Microbicides was formed to promote and support international funding for research and development of microbicides, as well as public and provider education about microbicides and other self-directed methods of contraception and STI/HIV/AIDS prevention.
The Global Health Council (GHC)
http://www.globalhealth.org
Email: ghc@globalhealth.org
Mail: 1701 K Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006-1503 USA
Phone: 202-833-5900
Fax: 202-833-0075
Summary: The GHC maintains the world's largest membership alliance of those dedicated to improving health worldwide. GHC fulfills its goals by providing assistance and support to global health providers and helps them obtain the resources and knowledge they require to make a positive impact in the lives of those they serve.
Healthlink Worldwide
http://www.healthlink.org.uk
Email: info@healthlink.org.uk
Mail: Cityside, 40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-75391570
Fax: 44-20-75391580
Summary: Healthlink Worldwide works with 20 partner organizations in developing countries including governments, non-governmental organizations and academic institutes to support particular health needs, including continuing education and training for health workers and resource and capacity building workshops. Healthlink also partners with several international organizations to improve the quality of public health and information dissemination through the Source International Information Support Centre.
The Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health–Columbia University
http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/popfam
Email: hdpfh@columbia.edu
Mail: 60 Haven Avenue, Suite B2
New York, NY 10032 USA
Phone: 212-304-5200
Fax: 212-305-7024
Summary: Columbia University’s Department of Population and Family Health has faculty in New York, Latin America and Africa. The department seeks to improve reproductive health and adolescent and child health among settled and displaced communities through education, direct service, and research activities.
The HIVTools Research Group
http://www.hivtools.lshtm.ac.uk
Email: hivtools@lshtm.ac.uk
Mail: Health Policy Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy
LSHTM, Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom
Phone: Not available
Fax: Not available
Summary: The HIVTools Research Group conducts mainly empirical, field-based research on HIV/AIDS and provides an HIV Toolkit with mathematical simulation models and costing guidelines to consider when undertaking various HIV and STI prevention efforts.
The Information and Knowledge for Optimal Health Project (INFO Project)
http://www.infoforhealth.org
Email: webmaster@infoforhealth.org
Mail: 111 Market Place Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-659-6300
Fax: 410-659-6266
Summary: Based at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP), the INFO Project aims to improve reproductive health and health care by providing resources and services. That include: the POPLINE database, a series of clinical handbooks and other training materials, public service and promotional resources, and academic journals.
Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University
http://www.irh.org
Email: irhinfo@georgetown.edu
Mail: 4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 310
Washington, DC 20008 USA
Phone: 202-687-1392
Fax: 202-537-7450
Summary: The Institute for Reproductive Health promotes fertility awareness and natural family planning, primarily via its Standard Days Method (SDM) and CycleBeads. The Institute for Reproductive Health offers free online tutorials with certification in SDM for health professionals.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
http://www.iadb.org
Email: pic@iadb.org
Mail: 1300 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20577 USA
Phone: 202-623-1000
Fax: 202-623-3096
Summary: The IDB facilitates economic and social development by providing funding and technical assistance for leadership, research, institutional development, and programming. The IDB publishes epidemiological and technical information to inform program design in health, one of its many areas of intervention.
Interact Worldwide
http://www.interactworldwide.org
Email: info@interactworldwide.org
Mail: Studio 325, Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road
London NW5 1TL United Kingdom
Phone: 440-870-7702476
Fax: 440-20-72676788
Summary: Interact Worldwide works to improve quality of life for all by providing access to reproductive health care and related supplies, encouraging informed decision-making about reproductive health, and by advocating for global reproductive rights.
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
http://www.icrw.org
Email: info@icrw.org
Mail: 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 302
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-797-0007
Fax: 202-797-0020
Summary: ICRW's work focuses on improving women’s lives through partnerships, capacity building, and research that informs its policy recommendations regarding women’s status, well-being, and reproductive health.
International Centre for Reproductive Health
http://www.icrh.org
Email: info@ icrh.org
Mail: University Hospital Ghent
De Pintelaan 185 P3
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Phone: 32-9-2403564
Fax: 32-9-2403867
Summary: International Centre for Reproductive Health seeks to make quality reproductive health services acceptable and accessible to men and women by providing training; structuring standards, health systems and services; researching policy, and advocating for reproductive rights as human rights.
International Consortium for Emergency Contraception (Consortium)
http://www.cecinfo.org
Email: info@cecinfo.org
Mail: c/o Meridian Development Foundation
1250 24 th Street, NW, Suite 350
Washington, DC 20037 USA
Phone: 202-466-0511
Fax: 202-466-0502
Summary: The Consortium is made up of more than 35 international reproductive health organizations. It provides authoritative information about emergency contraception and expands access to and ensures safe and locally appropriate use of emergency contraception worldwide within the broader context of family planning and reproductive health, with emphasis on developing countries.
International Federation of Gynecologists and Obstetricians (FIGO)
http://www.figo.org
Email: figo@figo.org
Mail: FIGO Secretariat, FIGO House
Suite 2, Waterloo Court, 10 Theed Street
London SE1 8ST United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-79281166
Fax: 44-20-79287099
Summary: FIGO is composed of 102 national societies of obstetricians and gynecologists. FIGO works to improve standards and practices in obstetrics and gynecology as well as women’s well-being through projects, grants, fellowships, and workshops.
International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
http://www.ippf.org
Email: info@ippf.org
Mail: Regent’s College, Inner Circle, Regent’s Park
London NW1 4NS, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-020-74877900
Fax: 440-20-74877950
Summary: IPPF and its member associations are committed to promoting the individual’s right to decide the number and spacing of children and to quality sexual and reproductive health care. IPPF produces numerous advocacy guides and resources spanning a broad spectrum of reproductive health topics.
IntraHealth International
http://www.intrah.org
Email: intrahealth@intrahealth.org
Mail: 201 Timberhill Place
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
Phone: 919-966-5636
Fax: 919-966-6816
Summary: IntraHealth International produces appropriate training programs to fill gaps in service delivery and contribute to professional development in health care around the world with a focus on capacity building and strengthening leadership among health care professionals working to combat HIV/AIDS.
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org
Email: ipas@ipas.org
Mail: 300 Market Street, Suite 200
Chapel Hill, NC 27516 USA
Phone: 919-967-7052
Fax: 919-929-0258
Summary: Ipas works globally to increase women’s ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights and to reduce abortion-related deaths and injuries. For three decades Ipas has sought to expand the availability, quality and substantiality of abortion and related reproductive health services. Ipas’ global and country programs include training, research, advocacy, information dissemination and the distribution of reproductive health technologies.
JHPIEGO
http://www.jhpiego.org
Email: info@jhpiego.net
Mail: 1615 Thames Street, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21231 USA
Phone: 410-537-1800
Fax: 410-537-1474
Summary: With offices in 17 countries, JHPIEGO works internationally to improve the health of women and their families. JHPIEGO builds on its core strengths of developing sound health policies, creating innovative educational techniques, building capacity and creating networks, providing resources in appropriate technological formats and promoting best practice methods to improve access and quality of service for the underserved in low-resources settings.
John Snow International (JSI)
http://www.jsi.com
Email: jsinfo@jsi.com
Mail: 44 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA 02210-1211 USA
Phone: 617-482-9485
Fax: 617-482-0617
Summary: JSI provides technical cooperation, consulting, evaluation, research, management and logistics support to local partners in resource-strained settings around the world to increase capacity and health services to individuals and communities worldwide, and prevent diseases that inhibit their well-being.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs (JHU/CCP)
http://www.jhuccp.org
Email: webmaster@jhuccp.org
Mail: 111 Market Place, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21202 USA
Phone: 410-659-6300
Fax: 410-659-6266
Summary: JHU/CCP provides valuable techniques in health communication, mass media campaigns, and intra-agency coordination that incorporate needs assessment, strategic planning, and behavior change research into program development, advocacy, and training in more than 30 countries .
Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
http://www.msh.org
Email: development@msh.org
Mail: 165 Allandale Road
Boston, MA 02130 USA
Phone: 617-524-7799
Fax: 617-524-2825
Summary: MSH operates on the belief that the quality of life for a population is dependent on health, including health education and access to quality, sustainable health care. To fulfill this goal, MSH and its partners provide technical training and support, research and publications as well as fellowships in many areas impacting reproductive health.
Maximizing Access and Quality (MAQ) Initiative
http://www.maqweb.org
Email: cauld@usaid.gov
Mail: USAID, GH/PRH/SDI
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20523-3601 USA
Phone: 202-661-0379
Fax: 202-216-3046
Summary: The MAQ Initiative is a forum for the USAID/Washington, USAID Missions, cooperating agencies and partners to collaborate and share information, implementation, and practical interventions needed to improve the quality of and access to reproductive health and family planning services around the world.
Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)
http://www.ms4c.org
Email: msfc@ms4c.org
Mail: PO Box 70190
Oakland, CA 94612 USA
Phone: 510-238-5210
Fax: 510-238-5213
Summary: MSFC works to support medical students interested in becoming abortion providers, helps medical schools incorporate abortion into their reproductive health curricula, and strives to destigmatize abortion provision.
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
http://www.piwh.org
Email: piwh@piwh.org
Mail: 3450 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90010 USA
Phone: 213-386-2600
Fax: 213-386-2664
Summary: The Pacific Institute for Women's Health believes that providing uninhibited access to contraception, reproductive health care and education helps ensure reproductive freedom and gender equality. The Pacific Institute for Women’s Health promotes reproductive rights as human rights through its research, advocacy, and publications.
PATH
http://www.path.org
Email: info@path.org
Mail: 1455 NW Leary Way
Seattle, WA 98107-5136 USA
Phone: 206-285-3500
Fax: 206-285-6619
Summary: PATH’s mission is to improve health, especially the health of women and children, by improving the quality of reproductive health services and preventing and reducing the impact of widespread communicable diseases. PATH implements appropriate and innovative solutions to public health problems by exchanging knowledge, skills, and technologies with governmental and non-governmental partners in developing countries.
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org
Email: information@pathfind.org
Mail: 9 Galen Street, Suite 217
Watertown, MA 02472-4501 USA
Phone: 617-924-7200
Fax: 617- 924-3833
Summary: Pathfinder provides women, men, and adolescents throughout the developing world with access to quality family planning and reproductive health information and services. Pathfinder works to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, to provide care to women suffering from the complications of unsafe abortion, and to advocate for sound reproductive health policies in the U.S. and abroad. A wide range of materials are available through Pathfinder’s website including comprehensive reproductive health training manuals.
POLICY Project
The Futures Group
http://www.policyproject.com/
Email: policyinfo@futuresgroup.com
Mail: Futures Group, One Thomas Circle NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005 USA
Phone: 202-775-9680
Fax: 202-775-9694/9698/9699
Summary: The Policy Project of the Futures Group focuses on capacity building, improving organizational infrastructure, and increasing overall support for reproductive health policy and program implementation.
Population Council
http://www.popcouncil.org
Email: pubinfo@popcouncil.org
Mail: One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: 212-339-0500
Fax: 212-755-6052
Summary: The Population Council, an international nonprofit organization, researches the biomedical, social science, and public health aspects of population dynamics and reproductive health, particularly in developing countries. Research findings are applied in contraceptive outreach, publication and fellowship opportunities, securing grants, research capacity development, and promoting community awareness of reproductive health rights.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
http://www.prb.org
Email: popref@prb.org
Mail: 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 520
Washington, DC 20009-5728 USA
Phone: 202-483-1100 or 1-800-877-9881 (toll-free in U.S.)
Fax: 202-328-3937
Summary: PRB collaborates with organizations and journalists to communicate and promote information regarding population trends and challenges impacted by current social, economic, and political issues. PRB promotes and provides opportunities to publish on these issues in a variety of media, and conducts workshops to enable researchers, educators and journalists to work more comfortably with demographic data.
ReliefWeb
http://www.reliefweb.int
Email: comments@reliefweb.int
Mail: c/o Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
United Nations
S-3600
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: 212-963-1234
Fax: 212-963-1312
Summary: ReliefWeb, a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, provides current information on complex emergencies and natural disasters to facilitate and coordinate humanitarian relief efforts from concerned parties worldwide.
Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium (RHRC Consortium)
http://www.rhrc.org
Email: info@rhrc.org
Mail: c/o Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Julia Matthews
122 East 42nd Street
New York, NY 10168 USA
Phone: 212-551-3112
Fax: 212-551-3180
Summary: The RHRC Consortium, formerly the Reproductive Health for Refugees Consortium, works to ensure reproductive health for refugees, internally displaced persons, and others affected by armed conflict through programming which emphasizes rights, respect, and responsibility.
RTI International
http://www.rti.org
Email: listen@rti.org or switzer@rti.org
Mail: PO Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
Phone: 919-485-2666
Fax: 919-541-5985
Summary: RTI International conducts research and develops technological tools in a number of scientific fields including health and development. RTI International offers a fellowship program for scientific research.
Safe Motherhood Initiative
http://www.safemotherhood.org
Email: info@safemotherhood.org
Mail: Family Care International, Secretariat, Inter-Agency Group for Safe
Motherhood, 588 Broadway, Suite 503
New York, NY 10012 USA
Phone: 212-941-5300
Fax: 212-941-5563
Summary: The Safe Motherhood Initiative strives to reduce the incidence of maternal mortality and disability by focusing on access to prenatal and postpartum care, clinical improvements within available healthcare, and other non-health related factors contributing to overall maternal health.
SEATS Projects – The Family Planning Service Expansion and Technical Support Project
http://www.jsi.com/intl/seats
Email: seats_project@jsi.com
Mail: 1616 North Fort Myer Drive, 11 th Floor
Arlington, VA 22209 USA
Phone: 703-528-7474
Fax: 703-528-7480
Summary: The SEATS Project, in collaboration with USAID, works to improve family planning and reproductive health in developing countries. The SEATS Project places an emphasis on the improved training of healthcare providers.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
http://www.siecus.org
Email: siecus@siecus.org
Mail: 130 West 42 nd Street, Suite 350
New York, NY 10036-7802 USA
Phone: 212-819-9770
Fax: 212-819-9776
Summary: SIECUS, in keeping with its belief that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living, researches and disseminates sexuality information, promotes comprehensive education about sexuality, and advocates the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices. SIECUS’ Website provides a directory of international organizations by region and country focusing on sexual health and sexuality, access to their quarterly newsletter Making the Connection, and information about guidelines for comprehensive sexuality education.
The Swedish Organization for Sexuality Education (RFSU)
http://www.rfsu.se/rfsu_int/
Email: info@rfsu.se
Mail: PO Box 121 28
102 24 Stockholm Sweden
Phone: +46-8-692-0700
Fax: +46-8-653-0823
Summary: RFSU focuses on comprehensive education in reproductive health and sexuality and reproductive rights and policy. The organization produces a number of resources and publications and designs trainings and courses in reproductive health and sexuality. RFSU also runs Sweden’s largest youth clinic.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)http://www.unfpa.org/icpd
Email: hq@unfpa.org
Mail: 220 East 42 nd Street
New York, NY 10017 USA
Phone: 212-297-5000
Fax: 212-370-0201
Summary: The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo was sponsored by UNFPA and marked a turning point in the way countries and organizations address population and development, which previously focused primarily on meeting demographic targets. ICPD concluded by reaching consensus on a 20-year Programme of Action with the following goals: empower women and meet people’s needs for education and health, including reproductive health, by providing universal education, decreasing global child and maternal mortality rates, and increase access to sexual and reproductive health and family planning.
United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
http://www.hhs.gov
Email: Consult http://www.hhs.gov/ContactUs.html for appropriate contact
Mail: 200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201 USA
Phone: 202-619-0257 or 1-877-696-6775 (toll-free in USA)
Fax: Not available
Summary: USDHHS works with local and state governments across the U.S. to administer more than 300 programs designed to promote and protect the health of Americans, including Medicare, Medicaid, the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. USHHS disburses more grant dollars annually than all other U.S. Federal agencies combined.
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood (WRA)
http://www.whiteribbonalliance.or
Email: info@whiteribbonalliance.org
Mail: NGO Networks for Health
2000 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036 USA
Phone: 202-261-4679
Fax: 202-955-1105
Summary: WRA is a group of organizations and individuals that have combined forces to increase international awareness about the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and infants by raising awareness, building alliances, and acting as a catalyst for sustaining the progress made in the field.
The Women’s Health Education Program (WHEP) \
Drexel University College of Medicine
Formerly housed within MCP Hahnemann University
http://webcampus.med.drexel.edu/whep/index.html
Email: nunez@drexel.edu
Mail: 2900 Queen Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19129 USA
Phone: 215-991-8450
Fax: 215-843-0253
Summary : WHEP provides resources, offers courses and consultant services, and focuses on the development, integration and evaluation of appropriate preservice and continuing education curriculum in an effort to improve women’s health.
The World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int
Email: info@who.int
Mail: Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
Phone: 41-22-7912111
Fax: 41-22-7913111
Summary: Established in 1948 by the United Nations, the WHO’s mandate is to provide the greatest degree of health for all people, in terms of quality of life and social well-being as well as mental and physical health contexts. Globally, the WHO works on numerous health issues, including treatment, access, policy and capacity-building, and directs the 3 by 5 Initiative, which aims to provide appropriate treatment to 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS by the year 2005.
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