Why Community Health?

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A community health approach:

 

  • Builds partnerships with local people and institutions to create resources within a community
  • Improves health provider skills
  • Strengthens health systems
  • Builds links between communities and formal health systems
  • Promotes the use of volunteers for delivery of information, training, and care

     

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CORE Group Participating in CFC

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CORE Group is participating in the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign. CFC Code: 88110

 
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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of membership are available?

Two of the most rewarding ways to get involved with CORE Group are through an Organizational Membership, or as a Working Group Member. These two mechanisms—in conjunction with CORE Group’s Practitioner Academy for Community Health—form the foundation of CORE Group’s Community Health Network.

What are the criteria for CORE Group membership?

Each applicant for CORE Group Organizational Membership must be:

•    A not-for-profit, US-based, international development agency with substantial citizen support.
•    Recognized by the IRS as 501 (c) (3)
•    Implementing community-focused public health programs to improve maternal and child health in developing countries.
•    Committed to the values promoted by CORE Group.
•    Willing to participate in CORE Group activities through contribution of time, travel and annual dues.
•    Willing to be actively involved in a CORE Working Group.
•    Interested in advancing community health program knowledge, organizational collaboration, and effective policy that reach those in greatest need.


Organizational Membership

Technical Working Group Membership

 
 
 
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