Organisations

Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET)

UK

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24 Eversholt Street
London NW1 1AD

THET assists those who are responsible for training health care workers in the poorer countries of the world to reach their goals, so that they are able to prepare those who are being trained in the most appropriate and effective way for the tasks that they will be called to do, relevant to the needs of local communities. THET works with institutions and does not respond to individual applications for help. Much of the work of the Trust is to enable individuals to reach their goals set for them in the context of their home University or other instituation. To work with partners in Africa to strengthen healthcare training. By responding to their needs and working over long time scales we aim to help our partners to achieve their goals. Our work builds on the existing infrastructure and compliments the efforts of health authorities. We have been established for 15 years and have long term relationships with health institutions and professionals in over 8 african countries and with more than 18 UK hospital trusts.

International Family Health (IFH)

UK

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40 Adler Street
London E1 1EE

IFH aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of disadvantaged people in resource-poor settings, based on the principles of empowering women and men to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health; meeting unmet needs; increasing access to integrated and high quality services; gender equity; and diversity of families

The Karuna Trust

UK

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St Mark's Studio
Chillingworth Road
London N7 8QJ

Since 1980, the Karuna Trust has worked with some of India's most disadvantaged people, especially those formerly known as "untouchable" (today called Dalits). Through the promotion of education, health, skills training and cultural activities, Karuna is helping many thousands of people to transform their lives. Karuna was established, and is run by western Buddhists. Its projects promote dignity and self-confidence, and the breaking down of caste and religious barriers. They are open to anyone in need regardless of their background

Enterpriseworks Worldwide

USA

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1828 L Street NW
Suite 1000
Washington DC 20036

Enterprise Works Worldwide generates economic growth and fights poverty in Afirca, Asia and Latin America through market-based development programmes that promote profitablity, environmentally sustainable microenterprises. By systematically improving production, processing and marketing, EnterpriseWorks helps small-scale farmers and manufacturers increase productivity, expand operations, form new regional and international business links, and ultimately capture more of the value of their products EnterpriseWorks focuses on five progrsmme areas: Coffee and tree crops, Energy, Farming & Food Processing, Livestock, and Natural Products

Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA)

India

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Supath-II, B-Block, 3rd Floor, Opp. Vadaj Bus Terminus,
Ashram Road, Vadaj, Ahmedabad-380013
Ahmedabad 380 004
Gujarat

CHETNA aims to empower children to become active partners for for their own, their families and communities' health and development; to enhance adolescents and women's health status by empowering them to gain control over their own health and development concerns; to support organisations that work in the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, through strengthening their capacities to implement and manage affective health education and development programmes for children, adolescents and women. The CHETNA resource centre is open to the CHETNA staff and students CHETNA are partners in the Communication for Health India Network (CHIN). CHETNA regularly develops need based publications - primarily in Gujarati, Hindi and English. The material is extensively, field-tested and efforts are made to ensure that it is gender sensitive, easy to understand and use, as well as relevant. To enhance the readability and ensure that it is user friendly, the text is written creatively in form of story/song/drama etc. and accompanied by attractive illustrations. The publications are widely disseminated throughout India, and can also be ordered online.

Tribhuvandas Foundation (TF)

India

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69, Rajodpura
Nr Chikhodra Rly Crossing
Anand 388 001

The TF are an integrated rural health NGO linked with milk cooperative infrastructure in Anand/Kheda districts of Gujarat, India. Its majors aims are as follows: (1) Provision of Health Care through village health workers for women and children specifically, using the primary health care approach; (2) non formal education for pre-school children. (3) income generating activities for women (patchwork). (4) environmental sanitation. Its overall objective is to improve the health of women and children in the villages of Anand/Kheda districts

Gram Bharati Samiti (GBS)

India

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Amber Bhawan
Amber 303101
Jaipur

GBS's main objectives are (1) making rural women economically self-sufficient by providing them with vocational training (2) Rehabilitating the handicapped and leprosy patients (3) Educating the tribal sex workers in relation to HIV/AIDS and other STIs & (4) Providing rural women with medical and health services in relation to sexual and reproductive health. The GBS resource centre is open to the public

Spastics Society of India|National Resource Centre for Inclusion (NRCISS)

India

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Bandra Reclamation
K.C. Marg
Bandra (West)
Mumbai 400 050

The organisation networks with organisations working towards rehabilitation, including the disabled, cancer and leprosy patients, women and substance abusers. NCCP, SSI has disabled staff and board members. They have a resource centre which is open to the public and an enquiry service which is accessible by letter or telephone

Terre des Hommes (TDH) Rehabilitation Centre|King Edward Memorial Hospital

India

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Rasta Peth
Pune 411011

This is a day-care centre based in a hospital. Its main aims are the medical diagnosis and management of physical, mental and emotional problems using a multi-disciplinary approach. Networking and advocacy is done for all types of disability through collaboration with various service providers looking after the promotion of education and skills. Nearly 15 000 children attend the centre each year. The resource centre is not open to the public

AIDS Prevention Council of Kerala (NWWC)

India

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Ariyancode
Ottasekharamangalam PO 695 125
Kerala

NWWC work towards poverty eradication, health education, continuing education, material collection and distribution, networking, SHC information, savings and crdit union activities, rural development, child welfare, etc. NWWC have a resource centre that is oopen to the public

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