Explore The Issues - world
The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. World Health and AIDS organizations coordinate international efforts to monitor outbreaks of infectious disease such as SARS, malaria, and AIDS, and has programs to combat such diseases, by developing and distributing vaccines. They work relentlessly to conduct medical research, provide care to patients and families, advocate and educate.
Do Something :: www.dosomething.org
Do Something believes that young people have the power to change the world and uses the internet as an agent to implement that change. It is their aim to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of do-ers: people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action to make the world a better place.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) :: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. In emergencies and their aftermath, MSF provides health care, rehabilitates and runs hospitals and clinics, performs surgery, battles epidemics, carries out vaccination campaigns, operates feeding centers for malnourished children, and offers mental health care.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation :: www.pedaids.org
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs. The Foundation has expanded from three mothers around a kitchen table in 1988 to a truly global organization with programs in 20 countries.
Global Action for Children (GAC) :: www.globalactionforchildren.org
GAC seeks to marshal the political will and financial resources needed to provide comprehensive support to orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries. GAC is committed to ensuring, through community-based solutions, that all children have access to essential health care, education, food and nutrition, and social protection.
Staying Alive Foundation :: www.staying-alive.org
Launched in 1998, Staying Alive is a multimedia global HIV and AIDS prevention campaign that challenges stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS as well as empowers young people to protect themselves from infection. The Staying Alive campaign is a partnership between MTV Networks International, Family Health International, the Kaiser Family Foundation, UNAIDS, UNFPA. Staying Alive has also partnered with, SIDA, CIDA, Unicef, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Creative Review among others. MTV Networks International is also an active member of both the United Nations-supported Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI) and the Global Business Coalition on HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
TakingITGlobal (TIG) :: www.tigweb.org
Taking It Global promotes a collaborative learning community which provides youth with access to global opportunities, cross-cultural connections and meaningful participation in decision-making.
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria :: www.theglobalfund.org
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases and to direct those resources to the areas of greatest need. The Global Fund is not an implementing agency and relies on partnerships between governments, nonprofit organizations, the private sector and affected areas to design and execute their own programs -- providing funds only on the basis of proven results to ensure that funds are used efficiently to create real change for people and communities.
UNICEF :: www.unicef.org
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.