Africa
Health
Abortion in Africa
"...This publication is a review of the literature on the subject of abortion in Africa. It includes a bibliographic database containing around 600 references, which may be accessed via keywords, as well as a thematic summary divided into six chapters..."(Introductory screen)Africa Action
See Africa Action's Right to Health campaign page.African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF)
Center for African Family Studies (CAFS)
The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) is an African institution dedicated to strengthening the capacities of organisations and individuals working in the field of reproductive health, population and development in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of families in sub-Saharan Africa.(website)EnGender Health
Founded in 1943, EngenderHealth is a nonprofit organization that works internationally to support and strengthen reproductive health services for women and men worldwide. To learn more about our work, click on the photos below. (website)Health Systems Trust
"To promote scientific research into health systems in South Africa with the principle objective of designing and planning programmes and evaluations thereof towards restructuring of the health system and the development of a comprehensive National Health System based on equity
HST Trust Deed, 1992.."(Website - 'About us')
International Committee of the Red Cross
"...The ICRC is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of war and armed violence...The ICRC is at the origin of both the International Red Cross / Red Crescent Movement and of international humanitarian law, notably the Geneva Conventions..."(Discover ICRC)Stanford University - Africa, south of the Sahara - Health
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA)
The Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) project is managed by the Academy for Educational Development. The project fosters the use of state-of-the-art information in child survival, nutrition, reproductive health and population, HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, and basic education. SARA carries out research, analysis, dissemination, and advocacy activities in collaboration with regional African institutions and networks, joining with other projects or agencies wherever possible.(website)UNIFEM
UNIFEM, in collaboration with UNAIDS, has developed this comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal to provide up-to-date information on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue.(website)University of Pennsylvania, African Studies Center- African Health
Women and HIV-AIDS:Confronting the Crisis.
UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNIFEM 2004 report on the world-wide rise of HIV/AIDS among women.Women's Global Health Imperative
"...The Women’s Global Health Imperative (WGHI) is a global research center based at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Our mission is to develop public health interventions that prevent HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unintended pregnancies, and maternal mortality through collaborative research, academic and clinical training, community education, and the study of gender inequity...."(website -"about")World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.(website)
