Our associate organizations are those who don't meet the eligibility requirements of our members category, yet are also committed to advancing community health for underserved people in low and middle income countries. This includes university departments, professional associations, advocacy organizations, USAID cooperating agencies, for-profit and other organizations that don't receive substantial citizen support.
Boston University Center for Global Health & Development
The Center for Global Health and Development is a multi-disciplinary research center that engages faculty from across the university to help solve critical global health and development challenges. We not only conduct high quality research but also advocate for the use of this research to improve the health of underserved populations. We also strengthen individual and institutional capacity to conduct and utilize research
American College of Nurse- Midwives
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is the professional association that represents certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives in the United States. With roots dating to 1929, ACNM is the oldest women's health care organization in the United States. ACNM provides research, administers and promotes continuing education programs, establishes clinical practice standards, and creates liaisons with state and federal agencies and members of Congress.
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
The Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health seeks to understand health problems and develop means of disease reduction and health protection in underserved populations around the world. International Health draws on all public health disciplines for application in global settings and emphasizes master's and doctoral training programs for students with international and cross-cultural interests.
Edesia
Edesia is a non-profit dedicated to the treatment and prevention of malnutrition through the use of ready-to-use foods (RUF). They are involved in RUF production, research and development, and support of local producers, as well as education efforts and direct advocacy to raise the profile of global malnutrition.
Institute for Reproductive Health
Since its founding in 1985, Georgetown University's Institute for Reproductive Health (IRH) has contributed to a range of health initiatives and is dedicated to helping women and men make informed choices about their reproductive health. In particular, IRH's work focuses on: developing, testing and implementing simple and effective fertility awareness-based methods (FAM) of family planning, including the Standard Days Method®, TwoDay Method® and Lactational Amenorrhea Method, fostering fertility awareness among young adolescents (ages 10 to 14) in the context of self-worth and respect for others, and reducing stigma and discrimination to improve HIV prevention and care.
International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease (The Union)
The Union was founded in 1920 as the International Union Against Tuberculosis when 31 countries banded together to fight one of humanity's oldest and most devastating diseases. They sought to leverage their individual efforts by creating a central resource for education and training, dissemination of research, technical assistance and advocacy for their common cause. Today The Union has grown into a non-profit Institute with 300 experts in TB, HIV, tobacco control and other issues working out of 12 offices worldwide and a federation of 3,000 organisations and individuals who are committed to the same goals.
IntraHealth International
IntraHealth International is a NGO dedicated to improving health care in developing countries through strengthening health workers and the systems that support them. IntraHealth primarily addresses health workforce and systems strengthening; FB/RH; HIV/AIDS; maternal, newborn, and child health; malaria; and community health. IntraHealth is active in more than 30 countries.
Women's Refugee Commission
The Women's Refugee Commission advocates for laws, policies and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and young people, including those seeking asylum—bringing about lasting, measurable change. Through research and fact-finding field missions, we identify critical problems that affect displaced women, children and young people, including gaps in lifesaving reproductive health care, lack of dignified livelihoods for refugees and, in the U.S., the treatment of asylum-seekers. We document best practices and propose solutions, and develop innovative tools to improve the way humanitarian assistance is delivered in refugee settings. On Capitol Hill, at the United Nations and with humanitarian organizations, governments and donors, we push for improvements in refugee policy and practice until measurable long-term change is realized.