Advocacy to Control Tuberculosis Internationally (ACTION) - An international partnership of advocates working to mobilize resources to treat and prevent the spread of tuberculosis (TB), a global disease that kills one person every 20 seconds.
Alzheimer's Association - The largest national voluntary health organization committed to finding a cure for Alzheimer's and helping those affected by the disease.
Alzheimer's Disease Europe -
A non-governmental organization aimed at raising awareness of all forms of dementia by creating a common European platform through co-ordination and co-operation between Alzheimer organizations throughout Europe.
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) - As the premier medical society for the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation, AAPM&R is the only organization exclusively serving the needs of practicing PM&R physicians. With more than 7,500 members, the Academy represents more than 87% of US physiatrists and international colleagues from 37 countries.
American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) -
Represents the poison control centers of the United States and the interests of poison prevention and treatment of poisoning. The nation's 57 poison centers as well as other poison-related organizations are members of AAPCC.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) - Represents more than 5,000 physicians and other health care professionals specializing in the field of occupational and environmental medicine (OEM). Founded in 1916, ACOEM is the nation's largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education.
American Geriatrics Society -
A not-for-profit organization of over 6,400 health professionals devoted to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people.
Breathe California - Through grassroots education, advocacy and services, Breathe California fights lung disease, advocates for clean air and advances public health.
California HealthCare Foundation - An independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California, and helping consumers make informed health care and coverage decisions. CHCF commissions research and analysis, publishes and disseminates information, convenes stakeholders, and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving the health care delivery and financing systems.
Health Care Without Harm - A global coalition of 473 organizations in more than 50 countries working to protect health by reducing pollution in the health care sector. An international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups.
Health First Europe - A platform by and for patient groups, healthcare workers, academics, experts and the medical technology industry to encourage reflection and dialogue on the future of healthcare in Europe at a time of demographic and technological revolution.
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS) - An association of physicians whose motivation is the development, study of efficacy, and implementation of percutaneous techniques for the precise diagnosis and treatment of spine pain. ISIS educates physicians in appropriate methodology to treat spine pain, including precision diagnostic and therapeutic spine intervention procedures.
International Maritime Health Association (IMHA) - Promotes research and other activities that will contribute to improving seafarer health and to provide a forum for discussing relevant issues.
Medical Library Association (MLA) - Organized for scientific and educational purposes. Dedicated to the support of health sciences research, education, and patient care.
Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation (MDS) - International organization devoted to the prevention, treatment, and study of the myelodysplastic syndromes. MDS, or myelodysplastic syndromes, is a collection of disorders in which the bone marrow does not produce enough blood cells.
National Abortion Federation (NAF) - Professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada. NAF members provide the broadest spectrum of abortion expertise in North America. Its members include some 400 nonprofit and private clinics, women's health centers, Planned Parenthood facilities, and private physicians, as well as nationally and internationally recognized researchers, clinicians, and educators at major universities and teaching hospitals, who together care for more than half of the women who choose abortion each year in the United States.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) - Advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.
National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) - The national professional organization of physician medical examiners, medical death investigators and death investigation system administrators who perform the official duties of the medicolegal investigation of deaths of public interest in the United States.
National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) - The lead national organization for emergency medical services (EMS), a respected voice for national EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment for the development of effective, integrated, community-based, universal and consistent EMS systems.
National Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) - Dedicated to promoting excellence in the chiropractic profession by providing testing programs that serve the needs of state licensing authorities, chiropractic colleges, educators and students, doctors of chiropractic and the public. Also see Chiropractic Links.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - Provides major support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases that afflict people worldwide. NIAID is composed of four extramural divisions: the Division of AIDS; the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Transplantation; the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; and the Division of Extramural Activities.
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - Supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - Information about many different health topics, current research and clinical trials, advances and initiatives, grant application procedures, and useful links. Endocrine and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, digestive diseases such as hepatitis and inflammatory bowel disease, kidney and urologic diseases such as kidney failure and prostate enlargement, and blood diseases such as the anemias.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - Fosters, coordinates, and guides research on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and stroke, and supports basic research in related scientific areas.
National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) - Information about psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, including their appearance, symptoms and medical and social effects.
North American Spine Society (NASS) - Comprised of more than 4,400 members from several disciplines including orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, physiatry, neurology, radiology, anesthesiology, research, physical therapy and other spine care professionals. NASS offers a large library of resources to spine providers. Publishes Spine Journal and SpineLine.
Parkinson's Disease Foundation - A national non-profit organization devoted to education, advocacy, and the funding of research in the field of Parkinson's disease.
Partners in Health - Healthcare for the poor. Coordinates programs to combat AIDS and women's health problems in rural Haiti and urban Massachusetts and tuberculosis in the prisons of Siberia and the shantytowns of Lima. Promotes global health policy initiatives directed to those most in need.
Physicians Foundation, The -
The Foundation's collective lawsuits against the nation's largest for-profit HMOs has addressed many of the managed care companies' business practices that so distresses physicians and their practices.
Remote Area Medical (RAM) - A non-profit, volunteer, airborne relief corps dedicated to serving mankind by providing free health care, dental care, eye care, veterinary services, and technical and educational assistance to people in remote areas of the United States and the world.
Seva Foundation - International health organization working to build sustainable programs in underserved communities around the globe.
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) - U.S. national voice for sexuality education, sexual health, and sexual rights. Each year, SIECUS distributes hundreds of thousands of print and electronic resources to educators, advocates, parents, researchers, physicians, and others working to expand sexual health programs, policies, and understanding. SIECUS also offers specialized assistance to help individuals locate research, write accurate news articles, create sexual health curriculum, and build support for high quality programs in their community.
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation - An international nonprofit organization designed to help seriously ill children and adolescents cope with the psychosocial and medical challenges they face.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) -
A non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to saving lives by protecting the health of every community and working to make disease prevention a national priority.
UK's Faculty of Public Health (FPH) -
The standard setting body for specialists in public health in the United Kingdom. FPH is a joint faculty of the three Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (London, Edinburgh and Glasgow).
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