- Save the Children
- Region: Vietnam, Asia
- Issues: Children & Youth, Education, Poverty, Public Health
- Mission Statement: In 1990, Save the Children received an unprecedented
invitation from the Government of Vietnam to help address widespread child
malnutrition. The result was a groundbreaking effort pioneering the "Positive
Deviance" approach — discovering, learning from and promoting the practices
of poor families whose children were thriving while children of other families
with access to the same resources and environment were not.
"Positive Deviance" not only became a hallmark of our work in Vietnam, but is the model we use to address children's malnutrition in other countries. From this foundation, we have broadened our focus in Vietnam and today work in 10 provinces, reaching children and women in both rural and urban areas.
- The Action Group for Health, HR, and HIV
- Region: Uganda, Africa
- Issues: Public Health
- Mission Statement: The Action Group for Health, Human Rights, and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), has mobilized a network of over 600 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, researchers, students and social scientists to advocate for improved AIDS response and better health rights.
- International Health
- Region: Austrailia, Asia
- Issues: Public Health
- Mission Statement: Established as a not-for-profit organisation
of the University of Melbourne in 1998, the Australian International Health
Institute (AIHI) aims to increase the capacity of health workers and planners
across the Asia-Pacific region to respond to the health needs of their populations
through education, research, leadership development and technical assistance.
Recognising that sectors other than health make a major contribution to the health of societies, AIHI brings a multidisciplinary approach to international health. AIHI collaborates with centres and professionals from the Faculties of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Law, Education, Arts, Engineering and Economics.
Based on AIHI's commitment to building capacity and generating sustainable project outcomes, AIHI has fostered alliances with governments and non-government organisations (NGOs) in the region, Australian and regional institutes and universities, as well as multilateral agencies, bilateral donors and global foundations.