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Named Collaborations of Organizations for Public Health

Alliances
Coalitions
Collaboratives
Compacts
Consortia
Facilities
Federations
Initiatives
Networks
Partnerships
Task Forces
Stakeholder Forums
WIKIs

Alliances

  • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) suports funding, planning and implementation of immunization programs in poor countries
  • Global Alliance to Eliminate Leprosy (GAEL), since 1999
  • Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) assists advocacy, resource mobilisation, and programme implementation to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.
  • Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) is dedicated to identifying, implementing and advocating for solutions to the chronic shortage of health workers that impedes reaching of health and development goals.

Coalitions

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coalition (CDCCOALITION) supports funding of CDC and assures that findings go into effective state, local and community programs
  • Friends of Health Resources and Services Administration (FRIENDSOFHRSA) supports access to health services and elimination of disparities in USA
  • InterAction is the largest coalition of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focused on the world’s poor and most vulnerable people
  • the Surface Transportation Policy Project/Partnership (STPP) is "a diverse, nationwide coalition working to ensure safer communities and smarter transportation choices"

Collaboratives

  • Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
  • Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health (GCDPP)
  • Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control (PEEM)

Compacts

Consortia

  • Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) is committed to bringing a common voice from the public health community to the national efforts of standardization of health information technology and population health.

Facilities

  • UNITAID is an international drug purchase facility to provide long-term, sustainable and predictable funding to increase access to and reduce prices of quality drugs and diagnostics for treating HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries.

Federations

  • World Federation of Public Health Associations (international, nongovernmental, multi-professional and civil society organization bringing together public health professionals interested and active in safeguarding and promoting the public’s health through professional exchange, collaboration, and action)
  • World Heart Federation helps people achieve a longer and better life through prevention and control of heart disease and stroke, with a focus on low and middle income countries.

Initiatives

  • Accelerating Access Initiative to HIV Care, Support and Treatment (AAI)
  • eHealth Initiative (eHealth)—drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and interoperable information technology.
  • Making Pregnancy Safer Initiative (MPR)
  • Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) / Tobacco FreeSports Initiative
  • Vision 2020 - the Right to Sight - is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness

Networks

  • Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN)
  • Network on Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders(IDD)

Partnerships

  • Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
  • Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health since 2005; 300+ members
  • the Measles Initiative, launched in 2001, is a partnership committed to reducing measles deaths worldwide
  • Global Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis (STB)
  • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS
  • The Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI)
  • Focus Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH)

Stakeholders Forums

  • Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
  • Dialogue on Water,Food and Environment ???

Task Force

  • WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control
  • Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
  • Tobacco Free Sports campaign

Partnership-Promoting Organizations

ANNOTATIONS: Date created, Purpose, Structure, Initiatives/Programs

Alliances

  • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) suports funding, planning and implementation of immunization programs in poor countries

Created: January 2000.
Purpose: increase access to immunization in poor countries
Structure:

Board with WHO, UNICEF, World Bank Group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as permanent members

Working Group of technical experts from all participating organizations

Task Forces:

- country support and implementation
- financial sustainability
- research and development
- advocacy and communication

  • Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) assists advocacy, resource mobilisation, and programme implementation to eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis.

Coalitions

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Coalition (Advocacy group of >100 organizations to support funding of CDC and assure that findings go into effective state, local and community programs http://www.cdccoalition.org/
  • Friends of Health Resources and Services Administration (Advocacy coalition of >120 US organizations supporting access to health services and elimination of disparities in USA) http://www.friendsofhrsa.org

Collaboratives

  • Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
  • Vision 2020 - the Right to Sight
  • Global Collaboration for Development of Pesticides for Public Health (GCDPP)
  • Panel of Experts on Environmental Management for Vector Control (PEEM)

Compacts

Consortia 

Facilities

  • UNITAID is an international drug purchase facility to provide long-term, sustainable and predictable funding to increase access to and reduce prices of quality drugs and diagnostics for treating HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in developing countries.

Federations

  • World Federation of Public Health Associations (international, nongovernmental, multi-professional and civil society organization bringing together public health professionals interested and active in safeguarding and promoting the public’s health through professional exchange, collaboration, and action)

Initiatives

  • eHealth Initiative (eHealth)—drive improvement in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and interoperable information technology.
  • Making Pregnancy Safer Initiative (MPR)
  • Accelerating Access Initiative to HIV Care, Support and Treatment (AAI)
  • Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) / Tobacco FreeSports Initiative

Networks

  • Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN)
  • Network on Sustained Elimination of Iodine Deficiency Disorders(IDD)

Partnerships

  • Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
  • Global Partnership to Stop Tuberculosis (STB)
  • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS
  • The Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI)
  • Focus Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH)

Stakeholders Forums

  • Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
  • Dialogue on Water, Food and Environment

Task Force

  • WHO Global Task Force on Cholera Control
  • Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
  • Tobacco Free Sports campaign