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International NGOs and Networks
AIDS Free World
International advocacy organization committed to speaking up with and for people affected by AIDS, and speaking out for more urgent and more effective global action in response to the crisis.
Asian Pacific Health Economics Network (APHEN)
APHEN works to establish links between institutions concerned with health economic knowledge, experience and applications in Asia and the Pacific.
Catholics for a Free Choice
Research, policy analysis, education and advocacy on gender equality and reproductive Health.
Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
CEDPA has provided services to millions of women through partnerships with 138 organizations in 40 countries, assuring their access to high quality reproductive health and voluntary family planning.
EC/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia
This site, which focuses on South and South East Asia, includes country profiles, projects, resources, news, and related events. A new feature is that all RHI partner NGOs, especially those who do not have their own web site, now have the chance to present themselves and their work.
Global Health Watch
This organization articulates civil society's vision for global health. It is a platform for the strengthening of advocacy and campaigns to promote equitable health for all.
Global Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF)
The organization is an internet networking project that aims to encourage the proliferation of critical discussions about reproductive health and gender on the net.
Health Action International - HAI
Global network that works to increase access and improve the rational use of essential medicines.
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
ICW is the only international network run for and by HIV positive women. It was founded in response to the desperate lack of support, information and services available to women living with HIV worldwide and the need for these women to have influence and input on policy development.
International Council of AIDS Services Organizations (ICASO)
A global network of non-governmental and community-based organizations, ICASO was formed in 1991 with secretariats in five geographic regions, and a central secretariat based in Canada.
International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO)
The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations promotes monitoring health-related human rights, including the right to health. The Federation focuses on the role of health professionals in this regard.
International Women's Health Coalition
IWHC works to generate health and population policies, that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, focusing especially on adolescence, sexual rights and safe abortion.
The Jerusalem AIDS Project
International NGO, with experience in the area of professional training in HIV/AIDS both in the Middle East and in developing countries in Asia and Latin America. Teams of experts from the project were involved in 35 major community-based AIDS Education interventions in 21 countries, in addition to the work done on a national scale in Israel.
 
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The Sonke Gender Justice project tries to address the social aspects of the HIV epidemic, with a particular focus on gender issues. South Africa.
SWAA is a pan-African women's organization dedicated to women and their families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It has 39 branch offices in Africa.
Gender AIDS Forum (GAF) is a Durban-based South African Non Governmental Organisation committed to enabling a deeper consciousness in women and men about the links between gender and HIV and AIDS.
Zanempilo delivers holistic primary health care services to disadvantaged peri-urban and rural communities in the Western Cape through Community Health workers. South Africa.
AMREF is an Africa’s indigenous health charity, and in partnership with local communities, governments and donors, has worked to research and alleviate Africa’s health problems. Kenya.

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Women won't wait campaign
Every human has rights
Global right to health and health care campaign



Selected news
Health /Gender - Mon Sep 29 2008
Women organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean issue declaration on abortion
A public declaration of women's networks, coalitions, campaigns and organizations in the region, in commemoration of September 28, Day for the Decriminalization of Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Source: LACWHN

Health - Thu Aug 28 2008
WHO report says health is determined by social factors
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death says the final report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health.
Source: WHO

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