The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc. — AAHRPP

AAHRPP accredits high-quality human research protection programs in order to promote excellent, ethically sound research. Through partnerships with research organizations, researchers, sponsors, and the public, AAHRPP encourages effective, efficient, and innovative systems of protection for human research participants.

• Visit www.aahrpp.org

Accordia Global Health Foundation — Accordia

Accordia Global Health Foundation (Accordia) overcomes the burden of infectious diseases by building healthcare capacity and strengthening academic medical institutions in Africa.

• Visit www.accordiafoundation.org

CARE

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources, and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility.

• Visit www.care.org/

Columbia University/Earth Institute/Access Project — Access

The Access Project in Rwanda works at the health center level to strengthen the public health system's ability to address the population's health needs, with a focus on improving care for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and TB. Based at the Center for Global Health and Economic Development at Columbia University's Earth Institute, Access helps countries improve their health systems by providing targeted management technical assistance. In Rwanda, the Project's flagship country, Access implements financial, human resource, drug, and community health insurance management systems that will enhance health care for the people most in need. By improving the management capacity at the district and health center level, Access helps the system to provide high-quality services to the community.

• Visit http://cghed.ei.columbia.edu/

FHI 360

FHI 360 is a dynamic organization working worldwide to address comprehensive health issues and their consequences in resource-poor settings. FHI 360 emphasizes strategy development to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic and other infectious diseases, as well as sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancies, and related reproductive health concerns. FHI 360 works in partnership with vulnerable populations of diverse cultures, applying flexible programmatic public health approaches and building local capacity to address their most pressing health needs. FHI pursues partnerships in an entrepreneurial spirit, internally as well as with governments, foundations, NGO's, and businesses-in the United States and abroad-to respond to a changing environment for financing priority public health initiatives.

• Visit www.fhi.org

GALVmed

A not-for-profit global alliance, GALVmed is protecting livestock and saving human life by making livestock vaccines, diagnostics and medicines accessible and affordable to the millions for whom livestock is a lifeline. GALVmed is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Department for International Development. Whilst capitalising upon the best research available anywhere in the world, GALVmed is committed to the production of vaccines and diagnostics within Developing Countries.

• Visit www.galvmed.org

Global Business Coalition — GBC

Global Business Coalition for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) GBC is a Coalition of more than 220 companies united to keep the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria a global priority. The Coalition's members share learnings from the front lines of the fight, and GBC provides tailored support so that companies can take an active role in defeating the pandemics. GBC also organizes collective actions among companies, and links the public and private sectors in ways that pool talents and resources. GBC represents the private sector to the Global Fund.

• Visit www.gbcimpact.org

Health Volunteers Overseas — HVO

Health Volunteers Overseas is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in developing countries through the training and education of local health care providers. HVO recruits skilled professionals to volunteer their time and expertise to train their counterparts in developing countries.

• Visit www.hvousa.org

International AIDS Society — IAS

IAS is the world's leading independent association of HIV/AIDS professionals, with over 11,000 members in 175 different countries. We connect. By convening the world's largest meetings on HIV/AIDS, IAS provides critical platforms for presenting new research, sharing best practice and advancing the fight against AIDS. We promote. By promoting dialogue, education and networking, IAS helps close gaps in knowledge and expertise at every level of the response. We mobilize. By providing services to our members, we help them do what they do best: advance the state of the art and expand access to HIV prevention, treatment and care.

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative — IAVI

IAVI was created in 1996 in response to international recognition that a new global initiative should be established with the primary mandate of accelerating the quest for a preventive AIDS vaccine. It was recognized that an AIDS vaccine is the world's best hope for blunting and ultimately eradicating AIDS, just as vaccines had eradicated smallpox worldwide, eliminated polio from the Americas, and controlled measles in a number of countries. IAVI is the only global non-profit organization dedicated to this quest with a focus on countries most devastated by the AIDS epidemic, in Africa, Asia, and beyond. IAVI researches and develops vaccine candidates, conducts policy analyses, and serves as an advocate for the field.

• Visit www.iavi.org

International Rescue Committee — IRC

Founded in 1933, the IRC is at work in 25 countries and a network of 23 United States resettlement offices providing hope to refugees and victims of oppression living in or coming from war torn regions. The IRC delivers lifesaving relief in emergencies, rebuilds shattered communities, resettles refugees, and advocates for the millions who are harmed and uprooted by violent conflict and oppression. Committed to restoring dignity and self-reliance, the IRC is a global symbol of hope and renewal for those who have taken flight in search of freedom. The IRC distributes lifesaving aid, rebuilds communities, establishes schools, trains teachers, cares for war-traumatized children, rehabilitates health systems, restores lost livelihoods, and strengthens the capacity of local organizations and institutions. Whether supporting refugees around the world or in the United States, the IRC's goal is to help people uprooted by war, civil conflict, and persecution regain hope and rebuild their lives.

• Visit www.theirc.org

International Trachoma Initiative — ITI

Founded in 1998 by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation and Pfizer Inc, the International Trachoma Initiative is dedicated to the elimination of blinding trachoma, the world's leading cause of preventable blindness. Working in countries where the World Health Organization has documented widespread disease, ITI collaborates with national ministries of health and other partners to identify regions where trachoma control will be targeted, develop a plan for implementing the SAFE strategy, and mobilize people and resources. Through implementation of the SAFE strategy, ITI ensures that surgical services are available to patients with advanced disease, that antibiotics are distributed, that face washing is widely publicized, and that communities are working to improve access to clean water and sanitation. The impact of ITI's trachoma control efforts reaches far beyond the elimination of blindness. In addition to treating and preventing blinding trachoma, the SAFE strategy addresses broader poverty issues and contributes to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

• Visit www.trachoma.org

IntraHealth International/The Capacity Project — IntraHealth

IntraHealth International/The Capacity Project (IntraHealth) Based upon our vision of a world where all people have an equal opportunity for health and well-being, IntraHealth International's mission is to mobilize local talent to create sustainable and accessible health care. IntraHealth has served the public health needs of developing countries for nearly 30 years. With an original focus on women's and children's health, IntraHealth's work has broadened to include innovative solutions in accessing basic health care and strengthening human resources for health and interventions for HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.

• Visit www.intrahealth.org

mothers2mothers — m2m

m2m hopes to create an effective, sustainable model of care that provides education and support for pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV/AIDS and to prevent babies from contracting HIV through mother-to-child transmission. We also strive to keep mothers and babies living with HIV/AIDS alive and healthy by increasing their ability to access health-sustaining medical care and to empower mothers to battle the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS in their families and their communities. Our vision is a world without HIV infected babies, where mothers with HIV/AIDS live long and healthy lives, raising their children and caring for their families.

• Visit www.m2m.org

People to People Health Foundation, Inc. — Project HOPE

Project HOPE ("Health Opportunities for People Everywhere") is an international organization providing health training and medical humanitarian assistance to areas of need. The mission of Project HOPE is to provide lasting, sustainable solutions to health problems around the world, working in partnership with people and communities, while giving them the opportunity and the means to help themselves. The content of Project HOPE's programs varies greatly, based on local needs and resources. Generally, these programs fall into six categories: infectious diseases, women's and children's health, health professional education, health systems and facilities, humanitarian assistance, and the health affairs health policy journal.

• Visit www.projecthope.org

Population Services International — PSI

Population Services International is the world's leading nonprofit social marketing organization, operating in more than 60 developing countries. PSI creates demand for essential health products and services by using private sector marketing techniques and innovative communications campaigns. On the supply side, PSI works with the commercial sector to increase the availability of these products and services at prices that are affordable to low-income populations. With a bottom-line orientation that is rare among nonprofits, PSI markets products and services for family planning, maternal and child health, and the prevention of AIDS, malaria and other diseases. At PSI, our success is due to our dedicated, creative, and enterprising staff. Our employees come from a variety of backgrounds for a common purpose: to empower low-income people to lead healthier lives through the informed use of essential health products and services, which are accessible and affordable to them. With the assistance of our donors, government counterparts, and partner organizations, PSI employees are saving lives.

• Visit www.psi.org

South Carolina College of Pharmacy

The South Carolina College of Pharmacy was established to improve the health and health care of persons in South Carolina. This mission is achieved through education of health care professionals about the safety and efficacy of medications, conducting state-of-the art research on medication safety and efficacy, and development of innovative approaches to translate research findings into practice.

• Visit www.sccp.sc.edu

St. Hope Foundation

St. Hope Foundation was established in 1999 by a group of compassionate professionals with vast years of experience in HIV/AIDS service delivery and an undying passion for reaching underserved communities.

• Visit www.offeringhope.org

U.S. Agency for International Development (PEPFAR) — USAID

USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. Our work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives by supporting economic growth, agriculture and trade; global health; and democracy, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assistance. Since the inception of its HIV/AIDS program in 1986, USAID has funded over $6 billion in the fight against this pandemic — more than any other public or private organization. In order to translate this funding into action, USAID collaborates with a wide array of partners in developing countries including local companies and multi-national corporations. With effective coordination, these public-private partnerships can significantly expand quality HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment interventions.

• Visit www.usaid.gov

AMPATH — USAID-AMPATH

USAID-AMPATH is a working model of urban and rural HIV prevention, treatment, and socioeconomic support services in the public sector caring for more than 120,000 HIV infected adults and children in 25 government health facilities and 30 satellite clinics in western Kenya. Though AMPATH began as an HIV response program, it has now moved to providing access to comprehensive primary healthcare and chronic disease management.

• Visit www.iukenya.org/

WaterAid

WaterAid is a leading independent organization, which enables the world's poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. We work in Africa, Asia and the Pacific region and campaign globally with our partners to realize our vision of a world where everyone has access to these basic human rights.

• Visit www.wateraid.org/us