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APHA champions the health of all people and all communities. We strengthen the public health profession. We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science. We are the only organization that influences federal policy, has a 140-plus year perspective and brings together members from all fields of public health. Our mission is to improve the health of the public and achieve equity in health status. Our vision is to create the healthiest nation in one generation. Our values reflect the beliefs of our members from all disciplines of public health and over 40 countries.

The California School-Based Health Alliance (formerly the California School Health Centers Association) improves the health and academic success of children and youth by advancing health services in schools.  We envision a day when all of California's children and youth are healthy and achieving at their full potential. Since hiring our first paid staff in 2003, the Alliance has successfully grown to have an annual budget of more than $1,500,000 and thirteen staff.  We conduct policy work, promote the school based health center (SBHC) model, and assist SBHCs with program development to expand and strengthen school health services.  Our large network of collaborating partners includes 231 SBHCs, numerous school districts, federally qualified health centers and other providers, dozens of state and local policy organizations, and an e-communications network of more than 3,200 individuals. Our goal is to make school health centers an integral and sustainable part of the health care and educational systems. By putting health care where kids are – in schools – school health centers increase access to care and take health problems out of the classroom so that teachers can teach and students can learn.

The mission of El Rio Community Health Center is to improve the health of our community through comprehensive, accessible, affordable, quality and compassionate care. El Rio Foundation raises support for programs, services to patients and capital needs of the health center.

HealthyWomen is the nation’s leading independent health information source for women. Their platform can be found at www.HealthyWomen.org. For more than 20 years, women have been coming to HealthyWomen for answers to their most pressing and personal health care questions. Through its wide array of online resources, HW provides health information that is original, objective, reviewed by medical experts and reflective of the advances in evidence-based health research. HealthyWomen has a history of providing unbiased and accurate health information. Over the years they have earned the trust of consumers, health care providers, nonprofits, corporate partners and the media. HealthyWomen is widely referenced in print, broadcast and online venues and has been named a top women's health site.

Empowering communities with innovative solutions in health and education in the rural Eastern Himalayas.

The Tanzania Health and Education Mission is a California non-profit, charitable organization established in 2007 in order to support the local health clinics and schools in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. Our mission is to deliver, directly to the people of Tanzania, goods and services to improve their health and education. This includes: 1 - provide medicines and vitamins for rural dispensaries inTanzania, 2 - direct payment of scholarships for student, trainees and nursery school teachers in Tanzania, and 3 - purchase and distribution of food in three rural communities in Tanzania.

To assist our community by improving access to health and wellness, resources, and education. MCHF's goal is to build healthier communities through research and education. We will do this by assisting providers to improve the quality of care through evidenced-based process outcomes and add value to the community by providing for the individual. We seek to improve health outcomes, engagement and participation of care givers and the individual. We aim to provide tools, support and resources to empower patients to take a leadership role in their health by assisting in establishing care teams that demonstrate proactive rather than reactive patient care and improve workflow. We strive to build a cohesive system of a variety of services through programming to aid in navigating all the possibilities of an individual's health.

Life Health and Wellness Center was created to serve the homeless men, women and families. Our providers also serve Veterans and victims of Human Trafficking. Our clinic does not discriminate against race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or ability to pay. We are a group of health care providers that provide family medicine to our patients. Many of our patients do not have health care but they do have chronic illnesses that have not been treated in years. We have contracts with the local universities and provide clinical education to students for Primary Care clinical rotations. The student are taught use evidence based methods to assess, diagnosis and treat patients and also educate patients about their current condition. We are also developing ways to sign patients up with insurance so they can become compliant with medications and therapies ordered to maintain positive health outcomes.

Our mission is to improve the health and quality of life for all people of the greater Pajaro Valley, especially the most disenfranchised. We do this by working “upstream” (before health problems occur or worsen) to help prevent future disease through education and disease prevention, as well as “downstream” (where problems require immediate intervention or treatment) to meet the most acute need for access to quality, culturally responsive services. In all our work, we collaborate with community members and agencies and rely on data to guide our decisions. In this way, we aim to pass on stronger systems and healthier lifestyles to future generations of Pajaro Valley residents.

Aarogya Seva is an international, humanitarian micro-volunteering organization estd in 2014 that is dedicating to providing quality healthcare services to affected communities worldwide. Our Vision To instill the spirit of seva in doctors and the medical fraternity To provide a structured platform for medical and non-medical professionals, to volunteer their time and skills, and strengthen the healthcare system. Our Objective Build a global network of medical and non-medical volunteers Provide meaningful volunteering opportunities in the health space Create models within the healthcare ecosystem that will demonstrate and showcase the effects of an organized network

Vision Statement: Every member of our North Coast community will have access to a seamless network of care and feel supported and empowered when facing a breast or gynecologic cancer concern. Mission Statement: Breast and GYN Health Project is a grassroots community resource for those facing breast or gynecologic cancer concerns. We promote healthy survivorship through information, hope, and healing support, while encouraging each person to become their own best medical advocate. We advocate within our community to address breast and gynecologic cancer concerns responsibly and holistically. We are cancer survivors and support persons healing through service and bearing witness to others.

MCHC's mission to advocate for and empower prenatal and parenting families to achieve healthy beginnings and a bright future through a caring culture of service.