Child Family Health International (CFHI) is a U.S.-based nonprofit, nongovernmental organization (NGO) that has more than 25 global health education programs in seven countries annually serving more than 600 interprofessional undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate participants in programs geared toward individual students and university partners. Recognized by Special Consultative Status wit...

This article explores male perceptions and attitudes toward violence against women in Indonesia. It analyzes interview data from Indonesian men collected as part of a large multimethod Australian government-funded project on masculinities and violence in two Asian countries. Reluctance to talk about violence against women was evident, and the accounts of those men who did respond referred to th...

BD’s legacy of social responsibility goes back to its founding, over 100 years ago, by Maxwell W. Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson. They believed that success went beyond product innovation and sales goals and extended to improving the lives of others. Our corporate purpose, “Helping all people live healthy lives,” guides our philanthropic actions. The company’s philanthropic involvement has e...

Problem and objective: Analysis of cultural challenges and presenting appropriate strategies for coping therewith, as much as is necessary will be a hard work and access thereto is difficult. Investigation of cultural changes and its relationship with NGOs and presenting an appropriate strategy for coping therewith is the topic of this study. Nowadays, the greatest threat against us is cultural...

Underserved communities face critical health challenges due to lack of access timely and reliable information. Nongovernmental organizations are leveraging the widespread use cellphones combat these healthcare spread preventative awareness. The workers at reach out individually beneficiaries; however such programs still suffer from declining engagement. We have deployed SAHELI, a system efficie...

this paper is trying to offer a better understanding of relationships between government and nongovernmental organizations in iran. although the constitutional law, development plans, development practitioners have paid more attention to the importance of ngos in the society, but still ngos are not functioning properly. the 1990s has been quite a decade for increasing the numbers of nongovernme...

In Indonesia, an ongoing government "war on drugs" has resulted in numerous arrests and anecdotal reports of abuse in detention, but to date there has been little documentation or analysis of this issue. JANGKAR (also known in English as the Indonesian Harm Reduction Network), a nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Jakarta, surveyed 1106 injecting drug users in 13 cities about their expe...

There is increasing concern about the conservation status of sharks. However, the presence of numerous different (and potentially mutually exclusive) policies complicates management implementation and public understanding of the process. We distributed an online survey to members of the largest professional shark and ray research societies to assess member knowledge of and attitudes toward diff...

This article is a reflection on the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995, including its preparatory meetings. Delegates from 187 nations negotiated and decided on the disputed passages of the draft Platform of Action, which comprised 40% of the 150 page document. The atmosphere prior and during the conference was not peaceful. The UN and China disputed over the locat...