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- American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) (New York, NY) - independent, nonprofit consumer education
consortium concerned with issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and
health
- Association of American Physicans and Surgeons (AAPS) (Tucson, AZ) - non-partisan professional association of
physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country, which is dedicated to the highest ethical standards of
the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private
medicine
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- Drug Use & Abuse
- American Council for Drug Education (ACDE) (New York, NY) - substance abuse prevention and education agency that
develops programs and materials based on the most current scientific research on drug use and its impact on society
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (Washington, DC) - fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and to create a
healthier environment, one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from
tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke
- Common Sense for Drug Policy (Washington, DC) - dedicated to expanding discussion on drug policy by resonating the
voices of those raising questions about existing law and educating the public about alternatives to current policies
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) (Alexandria, VA) - membership organization of over 5,000
anti-drug coalitions, each working to make their community safe, healthy and drug-free, one community at a time
- Drug Use is Life Abuse (DUILA) - committed to helping parents understand and educate their children about the dangers
of substance abuse through a vast array of printed resources and available counseling programs
- Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE-America) (Inglewood, CA) - provides police officer-led classroom lessons that
teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and
violence-free lives
- Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY) - works to end the war on drugs and promote new drug policies based on science,
compassion, health and human rights
- Drug Reform Coordination Network (Washington, DC) - educational and advocacy organization and network of citizens
working for reform of US drug laws and an end to prohibition, or legalization, worldwide
- DrugSense (Irvine, CA) - non-profit corporation which provides information relevant to drug policy in order to heighten
awareness of the extreme damage being caused to the nation and the world by the current flawed and failed "War on
Drugs."
- Harm Reduction Coalition (HRC) (New York, NY) - committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and
communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education, interventions, and
community organizing, and fostering alternative models to conventional health and human services and drug treatment,
challenging traditional client/provider relationships, and providing resources, educational materials and support to health
professionals and drug users in their communities to address drug-related harm
- Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) (Washington, DC) - works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana, both its
consumption and the laws that are intended to prohibit its use, believing that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is
prison and therefore focusing on removing criminal penalties for marijuana use, with a particular emphasis on making
marijuana medically available to seriously ill people who have the approval of their doctors
- Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse (MAMA) (Mosier, OR) - approaches the issues of drug use, misuse and abuse
through consistent standards, education, information, communication, parenting, treatment and advcocacy
- National Families in Action (NFIA) (Atlanta, GA) - aims to help families and communities prevent drug use among children
by promoting policies based on science
- Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) (New York, NY) - aims to help kids and teens reject substance abuse by
influencing attitudes through persuasive information
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- Health Care
- Families USA (Washington DC) - national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of
high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans
- Medical Care Development (Augusta, ME) - plans, develops, and operates health systems and programs that help people
achieve improved health in Maine and around the world, provides technical assistance in more than 35 countries in Africa,
Latin America, and the Middle East
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) (Nashville, TN) - membership organization comprised of
Organizational Members and hundreds of individuals who are organized as the HCH Clinicians' Network, which advocates
for universal health care and for the improvement of current systems intended to serve people who are poor and homeless,
trains and organizes health care providers, service agencies, and homeless people themselves to improve care, and
collaborates with a broad range of public and private entities interested in the problems of health care and homelessness
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- HIV/AIDS
- AIDS Action (Washington, DC) - "the national voice on AIDS", committed to advocating for people affected by
HIV/AIDS until no more people become infected with HIV, until people living with HIV have the care and support they
need, and until the cure is found
- Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) (New York, NY) - not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based
organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS
- Project Inform (San Francisco) - working to end the AIDS epidemic, by providing vital information on the diagnosis
- and treatment of HIV disease, advocating for enlightened regulatory, research, and funding policies, inspiring people to
make informed choices amid uncertainty, and to choose hope over despair
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- Human Rights
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights (Harvard University, Boston, MA) - academic center
which focuses exclusively on health and human rights, combining the academic strengths of research and teaching with a
strong commitment to service and advocacy and working at international and national levels
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- International Health Assistance
- Counterpart International (Washington, DC) - non-profit international human development organization that provides
humanitarian assistance in the form of medical and other special care needs for vulnerable people, works around the world
with local NGOs to support the development of civil and democratic societies, promotes sustainable use and conservation
of natural resources through community-based resource management, and focuses on community health promotion and
primary health care, with a special emphasis on mothers and children
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) (Médecins Sans Frontières) (New York, NY) - delivers emergency aid to victims of
armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or
geographical isolation
- Global Health Council (Washington, DC) - umbrella organization of health-care professionals, non-governmental and
governmental organizations, academic institutions, foundations and corporations that believes global health is the
cornerstone in the foundation of our globalized world, with priority given to child health, HIV/AIDS, reproductive and
maternal health, infectious diseases, and emerging global health threats
- Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) (Washington, DC) - dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care
in developing countries through training and education that is focused on local pathologies and medical problems, using
relevant and realistic practices and procedures, and making maximum use of locally available equipment and supplies
- Heart to Heart International (Olathe, KS) - relief and development organization, founded in response to the medical needs
of people in Russia after the fall of Communism, that specializes in volunteer action and worldwide humanitarian assistance
to alleviate human suffering
- Health Global Access Project (GAP) Coalition (New York, NY) - bridging the gap between rich and poor in access
- to medicines
- Interchurch Medical Assistance (New Windsor, MD) - works to improve the quality and availability of health care for the
poorest of the poor without regard to ethnicity, creed, color, gender, national origin or political affiliation, obtaining
medicines and medical supplies for emergency, health and development programs on behalf of 12 of the world's largest
Protestant relief and development agencies
- International Medical Corps (IMC) (Los Angeles, CA) - global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving
lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief programs
- International Medical Services for Health (INMED) (Sterling, VA) - health and development organization dedicated to
improving the health and quality of life for people worldwide by serving as a conduit for the delivery of essential medicines,
medical supplies and supporting materials to health related NGOs throughout the developing world
- International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) (New York) - works to generate health and population policies,
programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and countries in postsocialist transition
- Margaret Sanger Center International (MSCI) (New York) - believes that improving reproductive health is crucial to
bettering the quality of life for all women and their families, and promotes partnerships with local institutions in Africa, the
Asia-Pacific, and Latin America-Caribbean to help strengthen their capacities in education, clinical services, and advocacy
for sexual and reproductive health and rights
- Medical Assistance Programs (MAP) (Brunswick, GA) - dedicated through Christian faith to providing health and hope
for people living in the world's poorest communities, working with over 300 organizations, agencies and medical missions
to provide essential medicines, prevent and eradicate disease, and promote community health development
- Mobility International USA (MIUSA) (Eugene, OR) - empowers people with disabilities around the world through
international exchange, information, technical assistance and training, and ensures the inclusion of people with disabilities in
international exchange and development programs
- Pathfinder (Watertown, MA) - supports family planning and reproductive health initiatives in 37 countries in Africa, Latin
America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East, working with local organizations to create innovative programs
that respond to the diversity of women and families in developing countries
- Partners in Health (Boston, MA) - an active commitment to making a preferential treatment option for the poor in Haiti,
Peru, Mexico, and the United States, providing compassionate, high-quality health care to many who otherwise would
have been denied this most basic of human rights
- Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) (Boston, MA) - mobilizes the health professions and enlists support from the general
public to protect and promote the human rights of all people, believing that human rights are essential for the health and
wellbeing of all members of the human family
- Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health (PRCH) (New York, NY) - national not-for- profit organization
committed to ensuring that all people have the knowledge, access to quality services, and freedom of choice to make their
own reproductive health decisions so that concerned physicians can take a more active and visible role in support of
universal reproductive health
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) (Washington, DC) - public policy organization representing the medical and
public health professions and concerned citizens who work together for nuclear disarmament, a healthful environment, and
an end to the epidemic of gun violence
- PLANetWIRE (Washington, DC) - newsroom developed by the Communications Consortium Media Center to provides
journalists with information about international family planning, population, reproductive health and the environment,
including facts and figures, and information from organizations and government agencies examining international population
and reproductive health trends and their implications
- Project Concern International (San Diego, CA) - provides medical training, support and health care crucial to protecting
the well-being of children and families and saving lives, by halting the spread of infectious disease, providing nutritious food,
helping to keep families small, and ensuring clean water, especially in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border
- Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) (Millwood, VA) - aims to achieve sustainable advances in
health care around the world by implementing health education programs, conducting health policy research, and providing
humanitarian assistance in areas of need
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- Mental Health
- Arc of the United States (Silver Spring, MD) - national organization devoted to promoting and improving supports and
services for people with mental retardation and their families, which also fosters research and education regarding the
prevention of mental retardation in infants and young children
- National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) - dedicated to finding causes, prevention, effective treatment and cure of
the autism spectrum disorders
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- Vision & Hearing
- American Foundation for the Blind (New York, NY) - national nonprofit dedicated to addressing the critical issues of
literacy, independent living, employment, and access through technology for the ten million Americans who are blind or
visually impaired, and home to the Helen Keller Archives containing her correspondence, documents, photographs, and
memorabilia
- Helen Keller International division (New York) - directly addresses the causes of preventable blindness, provides
rehabilitation services to blind people, and helps reduce micronutrient malnutrition which can cause blindness and death in
children
- International Eye Foundation (Bethesda, MD) - dedicated to helping people see, by xxpanding eye care services for those
in need, supporting programs targeting avoidable blindness (cataract, trachoma, river blindness, and childhood blindness),
providing affordable ophthalmic supplies, equipment, and medicines, and enhancing financial self-sufficiency of eye care
providers to offer quality eye care services
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- Women's Health
- Abortion Clinics OnLine - directory of websites of over 400 providers of abortion services and other reproductive health
care in 40 American states, Australia, and other international countries
- EngenderHealth (New York) - committed to ensuring that individuals everywhere have access to family planning
counselling and a range of safe and effective contraceptive options, in particular by increasing the availability and improving
the quality of voluntary sterilization services for women and men across five continents
- National Abortion Federation (NAF) (Washington, DC) - professional association of abortion providers in the United
States and Canada, representing some 400 nonprofit and private clinics, women's health centers, Planned Parenthood
facilities, and private physicians, as well as nationally and internationally recognized researchers, clinicians, and educators at
major universities and teaching hospitals
- National Coalition of Abortion Providers (NCAP) (Alexandria, VA) - represents the political, business and networking
needs of independent abortion providers across the country
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