Mission: To improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives. They have six main programs: Malaria, HIV/AIDS, water sanitation, rural hospitals, trainings and family health.
Promotes and facilitates development of community response to HIV/AIDS through networking and the establishment of sustainable organizational systems for their affiliates.
Aim: to manage Canada's support and resources effectively and accountably to achieve meaningful, sustainable results; also, to engage in policy development in Canada and internationally, enabling Canada's effort to realize its development objectives.
Involves more than 650 leading health professional and government officials exploring new ways to accelerate results, innovation, sustainability, and equity in immunization.
Mission: To contribute to the prevention and treatment of diseases, with an emphasis on infections, through research, teaching, and public health action.
Ensures humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence; permanent mandate under international law to take impartial action for prisoners, the wounded and sick, and civilians affected by conflict.
Aim: To enable people affected by conflict to obtain basic health care, both preventive and curative, in accordance with universally recognized standards.
Provides sexual and reproductive health information and services to 4.8 million people worldwide in 38 countries across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.
Works directly with communities and seeks to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.
Promotes nonviolent means of conflict resolution and social justice in a sustainable world; Canadian affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
Works with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path in order to advance the cause of humanity.
Transcript of speech about success of the process that was launched in Bamako with the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, resulting in significant global reductions in maternal and child mortality.
Achieves universal access to sexual and reproductive health (including family planning), promotes reproductive rights, reduces maternal mortality and accelerates progress on the ICPD agenda and MDG 5.
Provides leadership on global health matters, shapes the health research agenda, sets norms and standards, articulates evidence-based policy options, provides technical support to countries and monitors and assessing health trends.
Teams up with partners around the world to take on some tough problems: extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries, the failures of America’s education system.
The following international NGOs do not have French language websites - but they do work in French Speaking countries and the sites include French language materials.
Strives to remove the barriers that marginalise people with disabilities in the most disadvantaged societies in the world by working with partner organisations in these regions, by influencing policy at all levels and by responding to emergencies and natural disasters.
Improves lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solution; staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender equality, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges.
Transforms the lives of orphans and vulnerable children affected by the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa by partnering with grassroots organizations to design and implement innovative economic development programs that enable families and communities to become self-sufficient.
Aims to end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world.
Advocates for the removal of harmful traditional practices that affect the health of women and children; applies a multi-pronged approach to influence policy and action and to create positive attitudinal change through the implementation of projects at the community level.
Aims to improve global health by promoting the understanding of obesity and weight-related diseases through scientific research and dialogue, whilst encouraging the development of effective policies for their prevention and management.
Aims to save lives and relieve suffering through the provision of health care and training; collaborates with headquarters located worldwide to maximize resources for the delivery of appropriate relief and development activities.
Provides a central source of information about this devastating disease; aims to support awareness, education, training, research, and leadership programs for the immediate and long term development and application of tools to combat malaria.
Aims to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care, to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them, and to serve as an antidote to despair.
Advocates on behalf women, children and families in the fight against HIV/AIDS, and mobilizes communities by strengthening their capacity to control, prevent and mitigate the impact of the epidemic.
Assists in development of the markets of the future; long-time aid recipients have become strong trade partners and are the fastest growing markets for American goods.
Aims to improve global health, strengthen economies, promote healthier childhoods, and protect the environment by fostering partnerships among governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and private citizens — leveraging their expertise, resources, and passions — to turn good intentions into measurable results.
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) - United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UNHABITAT) - United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - World Food Programme (WFP) - World Health Organization (WHO) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) - InterAction (InterAction) - International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) - Office of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
