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ACCESS Health International
Organizations
A think tank dedicated to "design and implement health initiatives that tangibly improve health outcomes and the quality of care across the globe." Conducts practical research "through unique partnerships with...
Health, Healthcare Access
Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research
Abstracts, Organizations
It aims to improve the health of individuals in low- and middle-income countries. It accomplishes this by supporting research that strengthens health systems. It focuses on understanding and improving how...
Health, Policy, Public Planning, Public Sector/ Government, Systems Thinking & Analysis
Baker Institute for Public Policy
Organizations
It uses data-driven research to inform policymakers, business leaders, academics, and the public. For nearly 30 years, their respected analysis and recommendations have guided decisions in various areas such as...
Data, Policy, Public Policy
BBVA Foundation
Organizations
An organization that "expresses the corporate social responsibility of the BBVA Group, in particular, its commitment to the advancement of the societies where it conducts its business activity." Consequently, it...
Business, Corporate Responsibility
Brundtland, Gro Harlem
Notable Individuals
Gro Harlem Brundtland (b.1939) is a physician who trained in Norway, and became interested in public health and environmental issues, as well as women’s rights.  She served as Norwegian Minister...
Climate Change, Development, Environment, Health
Caldicott, Helen
Notable Individuals
Helen Caldicott, M.D. (b.1938) is an Australian physician and anti-nuclear advocate.  She is Founding President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute (now Beyond Nuclear), President of the Helen Caldicott Foundation...
Energy, Health
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
Organizations
Mission: protect human health by protecting the planet, by bringing health expertise to environmental issues in Canada in five campaigns: Pesticides, Energy and Climate Change, Organics, Green Health Care, and...
Environment, Health, Pollution
Carter Center
Organizations
Founded by former US President Jimmy Carter and his wife, they aim to “Wage Peace, Fight Disease, Build Hope.”  It works in tight partnership with Emory University, with a fundamental...
Health, Human Rights, Peace
Center for a Livable Future
Organizations
Operates out of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, from the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering. It works with students, educators, researchers, policymakers, advocacy organizations and communities...
Food, Food System, Resilience
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Organizations
CDC seeks to “protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable,...
Health, Security