| | Community Eye Health Journal | The Community Eye Health Journal is published by the International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It addresses the elimination of avoidable blindness and focuses on countries where the burden of preventable blindness is greatest. Guided by the Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness by 2020 - VISION 2020: the Right to Sight, the journal prioritises three key areas:
- disease control (with emphasis on VISION 2020 priority diseases such as cataract, childhood blindness, trachoma, refractive error and onchocerciasis)
- human resource development
- infrastructure and technology.
| | Healthcare, Medical | Africa, Asia, Europe, N.America, S.America, Australia | | | Condrobs | | | | | | | Health Information For All 2015 | The HIFA2015 campaign was launched in Mombasa, Kenya in October 2006, at the 10th Congress of the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa. Our shared goal is: By 2015, every person worldwide will have access to an informed healthcare provider. People will no longer be dying for lack of knowledge. | | Healthcare, Medical | Africa | | | Irish Cancer Society | The Irish Cancer Society is the the national cancer care charity.
Our mission is to play a vital role in achieving world-class cancer services in Ireland, to ensure fewer people get cancer and those that do have better outcomes. Our goals are focused around prevention, early detection and fighting cancer in three main areas: advocacy, cancer services and research.
| | Healthcare, Medical | Europe | | | MediSend International | MediSend is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, humanitarian organization that supports under resourced hospitals in developing countries with a multi-dimensional approach to improving community health. Medisend’s mission includes education, training, technical support and management technologies in Biomedical Equipment Repair, as well as the distribution of life-saving medical supplies and biomedical equipment in long-term partnership and emergency relief programs. | | Healthcare, Medical | Africa, Asia, Europe, N.America, S.America, Australia | | | Ruhama | Ruhamas mission is to:
•reach out to and provide support services to women affected by prostitution and other forms of commercial sexual exploitation
•based on individual need, to offer assistance and opportunities to explore alternatives to prostitution
•work to change public attitudes, practices and policies which allow the exploitation of women through trafficking and prostitution.
The values which inform Ruhama's work include:
•being non-judgmental
•placing a high value on equality, inclusivity, cultural diversity, dignity and respect
•affirming every woman's right to society's protection and respect
•commitment to learning and to continual service improvement
•accountability to funders and to the women we work with.
| | Education, General, Legal, Other | Africa, Asia, Europe, S.America | | | Solar Cookers Int | Solar Cookers International (SCI) promotes solar cooking and solar water pasteurization systems to benefit people and environments. | | Technical | Africa, Asia | | | Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia | The mission of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE) is to play an active role in supporting the development of 58 National Special Olympics Programmes in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia | | General | Asia, Europe | | | The Rosetta Foundation | Relieve poverty, support healthcare, develop education and promote justice through access to information and knowledge across the languages of the world.
The Rosetta Foundation supports the not-for-profit activities of the localization and translation communities. It works, internationally, with those who want to provide equal access to information across languages, independent of economic or market considerations, including localization and translation companies, technology developers, not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations.
| | General | Africa, Asia, Europe, S.America | | | Vision 2020 | VISION 2020 is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, a joint programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) with an international membership of NGOs, professional associations, eye care institutions and corporations.
| | Healthcare, Medical | Africa, Asia, Europe | | | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | With ten million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from 145 countries across the world, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) is the largest voluntary movement dedicated to girls and young women in the world. | | General | Africa, Asia, Europe, N.America, S.America, Australia |
|
|
|