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Dedicated to shaping and enriching the experience of aging for its members and all Americans.
AEGIS is the largest HIV knowledgebase in the world (3.7GB of information in 390,239+
documents). AEGIS is fully indexed and searchable.
Organization dedicated to educating health care professionals and the public on family planning, contraception and other reproductive health issues.
A nonprofit organization working to improve the health of California families by increasing access to family planning, improving reproductive health care and ensuring access to health services.
Provides the tools needed to participate more fully in the democratic process that affects reproductive choice, from contraception to sexuality education to abortion to healthy birth.
CareTALK provides multi-media resources and information on caregiving including Medicare news and information, information on diseases and technological innovations to help caregivers and their loved ones.
Seeks to make reproductive health and rights objectives integral to all relevant U.S. international population and health policies and programs and to find effective means of applying public health and human rights principles to health programs.
A grassroots organization that seeks to ensure that patients have timely access to the highest quality
health care. Offers information on
managed care reform and Medicare issues among others.
The site also provides congressional testimonies and a
legislative advocacy center.
Provides State of States, an index of progressive indicators concerning: Civic Participation,
Children, Fiscal Policy, Health, Population, Transportation Funding, Welfare, Women, and Workplace Issues.
Sponsored by Children's Hospital in Boston, this site provides information on health issues that affect teenage
girls and young women.
Develops and promotes policies and programs to protect children
and strengthen families.
Providing policy expertise and up-to-date information on the status of children, Children Now uses
communications strategies to reach parents, lawmakers, citizens, business, media and community
leaders, creating attention to generate positive change on behalf of children.
Focuses attention on the needs of poor and minority children and those with disabilities and educates the nation about the needs of children.
Focuses attention on identifying new trends and emerging issues that will affect
large numbers of America's children and on providing early analysis and strategies for action.
A grassroots organization that provides sex education materials for teenagers.
Dedicated to fostering a better life for poor residents of New York City,
focusing its efforts on income maintenance, health care, affordable housing and education through research, education and policy analysis.
An organization of consumer groups dedicated to
protecting and improving the quality of health care by advocating for consumer protection and quality improvement programs and policies in the public and
private sectors.
A consumer advocacy organization that publishes Consumer Reports.
Operated by Princeton University, this site provides accurate information about emergency contraception and a directory of clinicians who
provide it.
Works to make quality reproductive health care services safe and available.
A research-based curriculum for 5th - 9th grade students about HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevention.
Dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care
for all Americans. Projects include
The Medicaid Clearinghouse,
Managed Care Central, Children's Health, Medicare, and The Uninsured.
Private Nonprofit organizations and family planning service delivery.
Empowers human services organizations to integrate effective online communications strategies to
strengthen their programs and policies for children, families and people in need.
A resource for patients, doctors, and attorneys
seeking to establish the liability of managed health care organizations and nursing facilities for
the consequences of their decisions.
Dedicated to raising public awareness of the importance of ensuring health privacy in order to improve health care access and quality, both on an individual and a community level. A project of Georgetown University's Institute for Health Care Research and Policy.
Designed as a gateway to in-depth information about particular aspects of HIV/AIDS. HIV InSite is a project of the University of California's San Francisco Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies which are programs of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute.
A health education and immunization outreach program in North America with more
than 40,000 volunteers active in 107 cities throughout 39 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Designed to presents the ethical and economic case for strengthening personal
health freedom.
A project of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America focused on pharmaceutical innovation.
Designed to presents the ethical and economic case for strengthening personal
health freedom.
Provides reproductive health and family planning services in over 150 countries.
Seeks to advance the understanding of key health policy issues and to advocate for health policies that will improve health and health care financing systems.
Advocates for reproductive freedoms and choices.
A professional association of abortion providers in the United States and Canada.
A health organization that seeks to gain broad support for initiatives that impact Asian Americans and other communities of color.
From the creation of national legislation to the development of community prevention programs, NAPWA advocates on behalf of all people living with HIV and AIDS.
Dedicated to building the capacity of state and local child advocacy organizations.
Provides expertise, resources and a voice to nearly 100 business coalitions representing over 8,000 employers to improve the value of health care.
A non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance and expand access to quality, community-responsive health care for America’s medically underserved and uninsured.
Brings together large and small
businesses, labor unions, consumer groups, religious groups and primary care providers.
Uses public education and advocacy to promote
fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual
demands of work and family.
Activities include lobbying in support of legislative and policy initiatives that touch the lives of patients seeking access to insurance funding for evolving therapies, therapeutic devices or agents as prescribed by their treating physicians.
A website from the Office on Women's Health that provides health information and a referral center for women.
A network of eight women's health clinics established to make abortion services available to women in less-populated areas of the U.S.
Works to ensure that all people have the knowledge, access to quality services, and freedom of choice to make their own reproductive health decisions.
Offers extensive information on all aspects of sexual and reproductive health.
Monitors Congress and fights for consumer rights, government and corporate
accountability, campaign finance reform, a clean environment, and health and safety protection
through lobbying, public education, research and media outreach.
Works to improve opportunities for children and families in the South, with a focus on disadvantaged children.
The mission of the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative is to improve the health and well-being of Californians by promoting adolescent sexual health and reducing teen pregnancies.
Seeks to provide culturally sensitive HIV counseling and education and is affiliated with the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
Advocates for universal health care and provides information that can be useful in
organizing and creating educational initiatives for health care justice.
Grassroots organization concerned with the impacts of rapid population growth and wasteful consumption.
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