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Works to improve health, especially the health of women and children, and an emphasis is placed on improving the quality of reproductive health services and on preventing and reducing the impact of widespread communicable diseases. Identifies, develops, and applies appropriate and innovative solutions to public health problems. (See Details)

Supports librarians and health educators to provide quality health and medical information. Coordinates a network of health libraries and organizations committed to the provision of quality health information. Provides funding for health information outreach activities. Assists health professionals to find relevant, quality information to support their professional practice. Assists the public to find quality health information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. (See Details)

Forms an independent, nonprofit biomedical-research institution and is one of 39 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers nationwide (US). (See Details)

Forms an organization that works to: define and assess health, prioritize health issues, and take collective action; promote education to decrease the risk of infectious and chronic disease; strengthen environmental health services for clean air and water and safe food; gain access to health care for everyone; and, improve health status for minority groups. (See Details)

Forms a nonprofit organization that promotes and protects a woman's right to choose and receive reproductive health care. Provides woman-centered health care in a safe environment that promotes empowerment, mutual trust, and compassion. (See Details)

Provides a comprehensive health-care facility dedicated to the control of illness and the promotion and restoration of health. (See Details)