Health Policy | Women's Health Policy
The government agency responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities.
Focuses projects on the need for special attention to adolescents' reproductive health.
Supports research designed to improve the quality of health care, reduce its cost, and
broaden access to essential services. Provides access to a variety of government data sources on health care use and expenditures. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
A reproductive health research organization that promotes free, informed and responsible choices for all men and women with regard to sexual activity, reproduction and family formation.
An organization of women physicians and medical students dedicated to women's health and the advancement of women in medicine.
Nonprofit organization devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine and biology.
Focuses on prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Provides access to government statistics and data sets on a variety of health topics. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
A research organization that seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children.
A non-profit legal and policy advocacy organization dedicated to promoting women's reproductive rights.
A feminist policy research and advocacy institution that provides information for state legislators.
An educational resource on young women's health issues.
A grantmaking organization that supports independent research on health and social issues to improve health care practice and policy.
The U.S. government agency that focuses on protecting the health of Americans and providing essential human services.
An organization that works to improve reproductive health around the world, with an emphasis on developing countries.
Monitors women's health initiatives as they relate to the Food
and Drug Administration.
The federal agency that directs U.S. health programs to ensure quality health care to underserved, vulnerable, and special-need populations and promote workforce capacity and practice in primary care and public health. Part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Features links to health resources on topics of special interest to women, including breast cancer, depression, domestic violence, and others.
IWHC works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in postsocialist transition.
A research organization that focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation.
A research organization focused on women's health care and delivery.
A non-profit organization that works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality through
research, community services, education and advocacy.
A project of the Kaiser Family Foundation that id designed to provide up-to-date information on reproductive and sexual health issues to journalists.
Advocates for reproductive freedoms and choices.
Seeks to improve the health of black women by providing wellness education and services, health information and advocacy.
A government resource that provides a variety of health statistics, including birth and death data and trends in pregnancy.
Works to assure access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health care services and to support reproductive freedom.
Conducts research in its own
laboratories; supports the research of non-Federal scientists in universities,
medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout the country and abroad; helps in
the training of research investigators; and fosters
communication of biomedical information. Click here for a list of NIH institutes.
A public education and advocacy organization that promotes fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
A research project of the Urban Institute which analyzes social programs from the federal government, focusing primarily on health care, income security, job training, and social services.
A website from the Office on Women's Health that provides health information and referral center for women.
Provides information on women's health clinics.
A resource that provides information on a broad range of women's health topics.
Seeks to protect and advance the progress of women and girls and bring women's concerns to public policy makers, advocates and the public.
Works with government agencies to coordinate women's health research, health care services, and public and health professional education and training.
A network of clinics that offers extensive information on all aspects of sexual and reproductive health.
An organization that develops, collects, and disseminates information related to human sexuality and education.
A public education organization that seeks to improve the health of women through research.
A research organization that investigates social and economic problems confronting the U.S. Provides information on children and families, health and Medicaid.
A leading source of information on women's issues in Congress. Provides information on women's health legislation.
A research organization that provides information on women's health care, insurance and policy issues.
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