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Public health
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals." (1920, C.E.A. Winslow) It is concerned with threats to the overall health...
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International Epidemiological Association
The International Epidemiological Association is an association of epidemiologists. Its professional journal is the International Journal of Epidemiology, published by Oxford University Press.
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Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada (French: Agence de la santé publique du Canada) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness, and response and infectious and chronic disease control and...
Pan American Health Organization
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with over 100 years of experience working to improve health and living standards of the people of the Americas. It enjoys international recognition as part of the...
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- 1902
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- CLAP Centro Latino-Americano de Perinatolog'ia ,
- PANAFTOSA Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa ,
- BIREME Centro Latino-Americano e do Caribe de Informa'c~ao em Ciencias da Sa'ude ,
- INCAP Instituto de Nutrici'on de Centro America y Panam'a
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New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
The controversial New Freedom Commission on Mental Health was established by U.S. President George W. Bush in April 2002 to conduct a comprehensive study of the U.S. mental health service delivery system and make recommendations based on its...
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Public Health - Seattle & King County
Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is the Public Health department that is jointly managed by the City of Seattle and King County governments serving approximately 1.8 million residents in King County, Washington State. Some of its...
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GAVI Alliance
The GAVI Alliance (GAVI) (formerly The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) is a global health partnership between the private and public sectors, committed to the mission of saving children's lives and protecting people's health by...
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National Microbiology Laboratory
The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) is a division of the Public Health Agency of Canada that is located in the Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This modern state-of-the-art facility houses the NML's...
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) is a committee of the European Parliament. It has 68 members and a secretariat of 10 administrators. Its chairman is Miroslav Ouzký. (EPP-ED).
During the 1990s it was...
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Orchid Trust
The Orchid Trust is a UK based charity which supports and informs about testicular cancer. Their slogan is "Know Your Balls: Check 'em Out", an attempt to encourage early self diagnosis of the cancer, as it is easily found by the suffererer as a...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Recently established as an independent agency of the European Union (EU), the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is taking up growing responsibilities in strengthening Europe’s defences against infectious diseases. The Centre...
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Population Health Forum
The Population Health Forum is a group based at University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and composed of academics, citizens, students, and activists from around North America.
Activities include development of academic curricula for middle...
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University of Washington Department of Global Health
The University of Washington Department of Global Health is a department jointly run by the schools of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Its aim is to provide a multidisciplinary venue to address...
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Population Council
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The Council conducts biomedical, social science, and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. One-third of its research...
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International Association for Food Protection
The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), founded in 1911, is a non-profit association of food safety professionals. With a diverse membership of over 3,000 Members from 50 nations, the Association is dedicated to the education and...
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Norwegian Institute of Public Health
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Folkehelseinstituttet) is a national center established in 2002 for expert knowledge of epidemiology, infectious disease control, environmental medicine, forensic toxicology...
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Colorado Medical Society
The Colorado Medical Society (CMS) is the largest group of organized physicians in Colorado.
This nonprofit organization is composed of physicians, residents and medical students. It was founded in 1871 to promote the art and science of medicine and...
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Society for Social Medicine
The Society for Social Medicine is the primary organization for researchers in social, community, and public health in the U.K.. It was founded in London in 1956.
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South Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs is a branch of the government of South Korea.
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Association of Public Health Laboratories
The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) works to safeguard the public's health by strengthening government laboratories with a public health mandate in the United States and across the world. In collaboration with members, APHL advances...
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Meds and Food for Kids
Meds & Food for Kids (or MFK) was founded in 2004 by Patricia B. Wolff, MD, a pediatrician in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri and a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. MFK works to combat childhood...
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Equal Access
Equal Access is an international not-for-profit organization that provides information and education about healthcare and social issues through radio in developing countries. The organization is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in...
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United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine
Originally established December 4, 1878 as the Select Committee on Epidemic Diseases. It became a standing committee on December 12, 1887 until March 19, 1896, when the name was changed to the Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine....
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Health Threat Unit
The Health Threat Unit of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection (European Commission), is responsible for terrorism surveillance and early warning of biological, chemical, and radiological threats within the European Union. The...
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Global Health Security Initiative
The Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI) is an international partnership between countries in order to supplement and strengthen their preparedness to respond to threats of biological, chemical, radio-nuclear terrorism (CBRN) and pandemic...
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European BioSafety Association
The European BioSafety Association (EBSA) is a non-profit organization, founded in June 1996, which provides a forum to its members to discuss and debate issues of concern and to represent those working in the field of biosafety and associated...
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International Medical Commission on Bhopal
The International Medical Commission Bhopal was established in 1993 to organise medical responses to the 1984 Bhopal disaster (India).
The immediate scientific and medical response to the 1984 Bhopal disaster constituted an extraordinary pulling...
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International food information council
Founded in 1985, the International Food Information Council (IFIC) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to effectively communicate science-based information on food safety and nutrition to health and nutrition professionals, educators,...
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North Carolina Institute of Medicine
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine (NC IOM) is a quasi-state agency charged with building consensus on critical matters of health policy facing North Carolina and advising on health matters.
The North Carolina Institute of Medicine was...
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American Social Health Association
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- 1914
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Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS
CPCRA, the Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS, is - according to their own website:
"an experienced community-based clinical trials network whose main goal is to obtain evidence to properly inform healthcare providers and people living...
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Partnership for Child Development
The Partnership for Child Development (PCD) seeks to improve health and nutrition in school-age children and youth in low-income countries, and thereby improve their education. It was formed in 1992 to bridge gaps between academia, funding bodies...
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Center for Biosecurity
The Center for Biosecurity is an independent, nonprofit organization of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) that is dedicated to improving the country’s resilience to major biological threats.
The Center’s mission is to affect policy...
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Entertainment Industries Council
The Entertainment Industries Council is a non-profit organization founded in 1983 that promotes the depiction of accurate health and social issues in film, television, music, and comic books. The Council provides guidelines on the depictions of...
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National Association for Public Health Policy
The National Association for Public Health Policy was founded in 1980 by a group of past-presidents of the American Public Health Association led by Milton Terris, MD, MPH. The purpose of the Association is “to improve the health of the people of...
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Global Public Health Intelligence Network
The Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) is an electronic public health early warning system developed by Canada's Public Health Agency, and is part of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Outbreak and Alert Response Network ...
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Center for Minority Health
The Center for Minority Health (CMH), part of The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, was established in 1994 through a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation. It provides the framework that is necessary to address the...
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Association for Community Health Improvement
The Association for Community Health Improvement (ACHI) is a professional organization for community health, community benefit, healthy communities and public health, founded in 2002. It is an affiliate of the American Hospital Association.
The...
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Center for Public Health Practice
The Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP) is located within the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
CPHP was established in 1995 with an appropriation from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. CPHP’s vision is a...
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Pennsylvania & Ohio Public Health Training Center
The Pennsylvania & Ohio Public Health Training Center (or POPHTC), established in July 2000, is a partnership between two locations, one at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the other at...
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Center for Public Health Preparedness
Centers for Public Health Preparedness (CPHP) program was established in 2000 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen terrorism and emergency preparedness by linking academic expertise to state and local health agency...
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National Association of County and City Health Officials
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is the national U.S. organization representing local health departments. NACCHO supports efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting...
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GRaPH-Int
The Genome-based Research and Population Health International Network (GRaPH-Int) is an international collaboration of experts and researchers focused in the area of population health. The principal goal of the network is to promote the translation...
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European Public Health Alliance
The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) is a European non-profit association registered in Belgium. Its members are non-profit organisations active in public health. The EPHA has has 92 member organisations based in 21 European countries. Monika...
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Sabin Vaccine Institute
The Sabin Vaccine Institute is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit, non-governmental organization which advocates for the control of both infectious diseases such as measles, tetanus, pertussis, tuberculosis, and polio, and of Neglected...
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Royal Institute of Public Health
Royal Institute of Public Health is a British awarding body recognised by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
In October 2008 the RIPH merged with the RSH to form the new Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
The institute is the...
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Distinguished Career Award
APHA-PHEHP Distinguished Career Award is given for outstanding contribution to the practice and profession of health education, health promotion and/or health communications. The awardee must have earned a terminal degree 20 years or more prior to...
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Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section
The Public Health Education and Health Promotion section is one of 25 primary sections and special interest groups within the American Public Health Association (APHA).
PHEHP, with around 4,000 members, is the largest section of the largest Public...
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Every Child By Two
Every Child By Two (ECBT) is a non-profit health advocacy organization, based in the United States and founded in 1991, dedicated to protecting children from diseases through promotion of vaccinations and raising parental awareness of potential...
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Immunization Alliance
The Immunization Alliance is an American vaccine advocacy consortium, assembled under auspices of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in May 2008. The Immunization Alliance has called for a governmental information campaign, ongoing research...
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State health agency
A state health agency (SHA), or state department of health, is a department or agency of the state governments of the United States focused on public health. The state secretary of health is a constitutional or at times a statutory official in...
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European Public Health Association
The European Public Health Association (EUPHA) is an organization that brings together public health associations and institutes in Europe.
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HowardCenter
The HowardCenter of Vermont provides human services to the state. The headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont.
There is a drug or alcohol rehabilitation center with a primary focus on substance abuse treatment. The treatment center provides...
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American Public Health Association
The oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world, representing more than 50,000 members from more than 50 occupations of public health. APHA brings together researchers, health service providers, administrators,...
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International Vaccine Institute
International Vaccine Institute (IVI) is an international organization registered under the charter of the United Nations. It is based in Seoul, Korea. It was initiated by the United Nations development program.
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HEPRO
Along with the rest of Europe, the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) is facing enormous health challenges. An ageing population, migration of young people from rural areas to the cities, unemployment, increase in alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness and...
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Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
The Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) was created in 2004. It is the foundation that manages the research activities of Bellvitge University Hospital, the Catalan Oncology Institute, the Bellvitge campus of the University of...
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HumGen
Motto: 'HumGen.org your resource concerning ethical, legal and social issues in human genetics'
HumGen.org is the website of the Centre for Genomics and Policy, which is affiliated with McGill University and the Génome Québec Innovation Centre. The...
