The Manoff Group USA Expand view 2001 S Street, NW Washington DC 20009 The Manoff Group specialises in behaviour-centred programming for health, nutrition, family planning and environmental programs. It works all over the world to develop integrated programs that bring about positive behaviour change. The Manoff Group designs and uses qualitative research to identify appropriate interventions - including media, materials and programs - that affect both the healthcare network and community environment for the benefit of the client. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.manoffgroup.com
International Medical Services for Health (INMED) USA Expand view 45449 Severn Way, Suite 161 Sterling, VA 20166 INMED is a nonprofit health and development organisation dedicated to improving the health and quality of life of people around the world. Since 1986, INMED has worked worldwide to build partnerships that enable local sustainability of community-based programmes, develop and strengthen appropriate health education strategies and materials, offer technical assistance at both grassroots and professional levels, and create sustainable systems for delivery of quality medicines and medical supplies. INMED's active partnerships among international and community-based nonprofit organisations, corporations, governments, bilateral/multilateral organisations, and teachers, parents and children, support our goal of viable, sustainable preventive health programmes for medically underserved populations worldwide http://www.inmed.org
Division for the Advancement of Women|United Nations USA Expand view 2 United Nations Plaza DC2-1239 New York NY 10017 The division is responsible for the promotion of equal rights and the advancement of women, and achievement of their equality with men. It promotes women as equal participants and beneficiaries of sustainable development, governance and human rights. Their resource centre is open to the public http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw
Wellstart International USA Expand view 4062 First Avenue San Diego CA 92103-2045 Wellstart's mission is to advance the knowledge, skills and ability of health care providers regarding the promotion, protection and support of optimal infant and maternal health and nutrition from conception through to the completion of weaning. This mission is pursued through a number of objectives: the integration of basic knowledge and skills needed to fulfil the mission; the improvement of the knowledge and skills of currently practising health care providers through the provision of postgraduate (continuous) training opportunities; and the development of faculty leadership for preservice postgraduate education regarding the optimal maternal and infant health and nutrition. Wellstart is a WHO collaborating center on promoting and protecting breastfeeding, with particular emphasis on lactation management education. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.wellstart.org
AIDS Programs of the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) USA Expand view 1931, 13th Street NW Washington DC 20009-4432 NMAC aims to develop leadership of colour within communities to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS. NMAC's Public Policy Division works to promote sound national HIV/AIDS, health and social policies that are responsive to the needs of the diverse communities impacted by HIV/AIDS. The technical assistance team conduct individual, on-site Community Based Organization (CBO) management and organizational needs assessments in order to support long-term organizational health of front-line AIDS service organizations. They provides in-depth training and conferences opportunities to AIDS service organizations across the country, and produce publications including a quarterly newsletter, NMAC Lifeline. The resource centre is not open to the public http://www.nmac.org
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) USA Expand view 1317 F St. NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 Works to ensure that the population and health policies of international institutions supported by the United States government actively promote women's sexual and reproductive health. CHANGE takes its mandate from the Programme of Action of the 1194 International Conference on Population and Development, and other relevant agreements that call upon governments and international agencies to achieve these same objectives. Specifically we seek to translate the language of these documents into practical, operational and measueable within and across the areas of family planning, STDs and HIV, and gender violence. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.genderhealth.org
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)|Oregon Health Sciences University USA Expand view Portland Oregon
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) USA Expand view 1901 Pennsylvaina Avenue NW Suite 401 Washington DC 20006 http://fairway.ecn.purdue.edu/BME/societies/AIMBE/
Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) USA Expand view International Programs ECRI 5200 Butler Pike Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania 19462-1298 USA WHO Collaborating Centre for Information Transfer on Medical Devices. This non-profit agency has many publications on technology and risk assessment and management that, besides being available as hardcopy, are also available as software - see section on software http://www.ecri.org
Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute - International Coordinating Centre (MTPPI-ICC) USA Expand view 2121 Wisconsin Avenue NW - Suite 220 Washington DC 20007 ICC is a non-profit organization which hopes to build in-country self reliance regarding technology choices within the constraints of available resources in developing countries. http://www.mtppi.org
Bio-tek Instrumentation Inc USA Expand view Highland Park PO Box 998 Winooski, BT 05408-0998 Bio-tek makes biomedical and laboratory testing equipment such as bio-medical safety testers http://www.biotek.com
Hill-Rom Co Inc (formerly Air-Shields / Vickers Medical) USA Expand view 1069 State Route 46 Batesville Indiana 47006 Hill-Rom has purchased the AIr-Shields and Vickers Medical brands, and makes a range of infant incubators, phototherapy units, neonatal resuscitation units, and associated products, and has spare parts for a range of some of the older models from the Air-Shields' and Vickers Medical models http://www.hill-rom.com
International Equipment Company (IEC) USA Expand view 300 Second Avenue Needham Heights MA 02194 USA IEC makes various laboratory equipment such as centrifuges, and supplies spare parts for some older models. Other IEC ranges of products such as microtomes have been sold off to Triangle Biomedical Science - see below http://labcentrifuge.com
Maico Hearing Instruments Inc USA Expand view 7375 Bush Lake Road Minneapolis Minnesota 55435 Maico make robust portable audiometers http://www.bernafon-maico.com
Picker International Inc|International Division USA Expand view 595 Miner Road Highland Heights OH 44143 Picker makes radiographic equipment, it took over GEC X-ray division which had taken over Watson products, thus it can advise on any rehabilitation prospects of older models and has spare parts for some older models http://www.picker.com
