Women's International Network (WIN) News USA Expand view 187 Grant Street Lexington MA 02420-2126 WIN publishes WIN News, a worldwide communication system by, for and about women of all backgrounds, beliefs, nationalities and age groups. It also informs the general public, institutions and organisations by transmitting internationally information about women and women's groups. It offers technical assistance and consulting services for women's development. WIN also publishes the Childbirth Picture Book/Program, teaching materials on reproduction at a grassroots level, regardless of language or literacy, which includes coordinated books, flip charts and slides http://www.feminist.com/win.htm
International Health Programs (IHP) USA Expand view 210 High Street, Room 205 Santa Cruz CA 95060-3712 IHP has been in operation since 1979 and provides training, research and technical assistance to health care delivery and training organisations throughout the world. IHP conducts regularly scheduled workshops in California and selected sites overseas. Workshops focus on topics such as implementing HIV/AIDS programs, building and sustaining reproductive health services and total quality management / performance measure analysis http://www.ihp.org
Community Health Works of San Francisco USA Expand view 1600 Holloway Avenue HSS 301 San Francisco 94132 Focuses on the health of low income communities, in particular in the health of colored and immigrant communities. It is committed to the diversification of the health care workforce and the elimination of health disparities. Their programmes include the first college-based certificate for community health workers in the USA; an urban health oriented Drug and Alcohol Counsellor training programme; a programme to reintegrate internationally trained health professionals who have immigrated to the USA into the US health system; an urban asthma partnership; and the Regional Health Occupations Resource Centre, which disseminates innovative educational programmes to San Francisco Bay Area regional community colleges http://www.communityhealthworks.org
Centre Canadien d'études et de coopération international (CECI) Canada Expand view 180 rue Sainte-Catherine Est Montreal Quebec H2X 1K9 CECI fights poverty and exclusion. It strengthens the development of disadvantaged communities. It supports initiatives for peace, human rights and equity. It mobilises resources and promotes the exchange of know-how. The CECI resource centre is open to the public http://www.ceci.ca
Movimiento Unificado de Minorias Servales (MUMS-MOVILH) Chile Expand view Casilla 52834 Correo Central MUMS-MOVILH promote width and integration concepts about human sexuality. It Demands human rights of sexual minorities and persons living with HIV. It promotes the creation of integration places and spaces. It promotes preventative action about HIV/AIDS and human rights. The MUMS-MOVILH resource centre os open to the public
Asociacion Via Libra Peru Expand view PO Box 0420 Lima 31 Aims to develop STD/HIV/AIDS primary prevention strategies; to improve the quality of life of people living with AIDS by providing them with integral health care program; and to promote and protect the human rights of people living with AIDS and their families; and to train health personnel in STDs/HIV/AIDS. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.geocities.com/vialibreperu
CEDRO Peru Expand view Roca y Bologna 271 Miraflores Lima 18 CEDRO's objectives are to promote education and information on all aspects of the drugs problem, highlighting its causes and consequences, in order to contribute to the prevention of abuse. CEDRO believes that the problem of drugs is related, among other causes, to poverty and lack of alternatives. CEDRO has anresource centre that is open to the public http://www.cedro.org.pe
Civil-Military Alliance to combat HIV and AIDS (CMA) Switzerland Expand view Route De L'Hopital 20 CH 1180 Rolle CMA is a technical consulting group addressing HIV/AIDS prevention and training in the military, peacekeeping, police and prison sectors. The Alliance supports HIV/AIDS prevention, behaviour change and training among the "uniformed services", which covers the military, police, paramilitary and peacekeeping forces and the prison services, and their families and communities. The purpose of the Alliance is to promote inter-sectoral cooperationin combatting HIV/AIDS and sexually tranmitted infections through the promotion of effective prevention policies, strategies and training programmes in the uniformed services and emergency relief organisations http://www.certi.org/cma/index.htm
Jamaica Association for Persons with Mental Retardation (JAPMR) Jamaica Expand view PO Box 224 Kingston 7 JAPMR's mission is to facilitate the total development of persons with mental retardation and other developmetal disabilities so that they can take their rightful place in and contribute meaningfully to society. It also aims to create an environment wherein such persons will be treated with dignity and equality. The Association aims to (1) Create an awareness of the nature of the needs of persons with mental retardation and to assist them in realising their full potential & (2) to promote the prevention of the incidence of mental retardation where posible through public education. JAPMR is a multi-service agency that acccomplishes its goals through a number of programmes/sub-projects. The JAPMR resource centre is open to the public.
Instituto de Educacion y Salud (IES) Peru Expand view Calle Republica de Chile 641 Lima 11 Jesus Mana This is a development organisation that aims to improve the health of young people. It runs training programmes to build the knowledge and capacity of public, private and community organisations. It also works with the youth helping them to develop strategies and actions that improve their health. Its resource centre is open to the public
Centro de Estudios Economicos y Sociales de la Juventud (CEPESJU) Peru Expand view Coronel Zegarra 722 Jesus Maria Lima 11 CESIP works for the strengthening of civil society and building skills for personal development, community leadership and management, and the exercising of citizens’ rights by women, children and adolescents. Its mission is to contribute to “building citizenship with equity.” CESIP constucts programmes for the benefit of children, adolencents and youth in order to better their chances of taking control of and making their own lives better. The CEPESJU resource centre is open to the public
Associacion de Prevencion y Ayuda a Enfermos de SIDA (APAES/SOLIDARIDAD) Guatemala Expand view PO Box 1636 Guatemala City NGO working mainly with gay men offering support and care, self-help groups, counselling and workshops. Also outreach work in prisons across the community http://www.apaes.org
Drug Action Service (DAS) Bahamas Expand view N-7980 Nassau DAS's objectives are to educate about professional issues; to train in order to enhance the skills and abilities needed to implement and maintatin a substance free environment in homes; to develop systems and networks of information and organisation of resources necessary for a substance free work place and work force; to consult and provide support for the establishment and maintenance of substance free work places and work forces; and to raise awareness about the input of alcohol and other in the work place and work force. The resource centre is not open to the public
Group of Prevention of AIDS (GPSIDA) Cuba Expand view Sanatorio Santiago de las Vegas Carratera al Rincon Km 1 1/2 Boyeras Cuidad de la Habana GPSIDA's objectives are to contribute to social support to people affected and infected by HIV; to undertake educative actions to improve the quality of life of HIV+ people; to contribute to an increased knowledge of people about STDs and HIV/AIDS; to contribute to changing people's attitudes and behaviours to decrease their risk of infection; and to contribute to the development of positive attitudes towards people affected and infected by HIV. The small resource centre is not open to the public
