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Health Unlimited
Mission: "We support the poorest and most vulnerable in their efforts to achieve better health and well-being. We give priority to indigenous people and communities affected by conflict and political instability. We work with communities, health service providers and policy makers on long-term programmes to develop appropriate and responsive primary health care and to influence policy and practice at all levels."
In China since: 1993
Annual China budget: $222,000
Number of staff: 20 national and 2 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Jun Zhang (张军)
East Asia Programme Manager
云南省 650224昆明市北京路延长线北辰小区凤凰城3单元1201室Health Unlimited东亚项目办公室
Apartment 1201, Unit 3, Fenghuangcheng,
Beichen Xiaoqu, Beijing Road
Kunming
Yunnan 650224
Tel: +86 (0)871 573 7726
Fax: + 86 (0)871 573 7726
Activities in Other Countries:
Thirteen countries throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa
Founded in 1984, this British organisation works to address the long-term health needs of communities in developing countries. Their work includes training health workers, promoting health education, providing basic medical equipment and building capacity at the provincial and county level.
In China over the last ten years Health Unlimited has worked with the Public Health Bureau of several provinces in maternal and child health (MCH) programmes. These set out to reduce maternal and child mortality by improving the health service providers’ capacity to prevent or treat conditions such as neonatal tetanus and asphyxia and post-partum haemorrhage.
Since 2001, a major project has been under way in Yunnan province, aiming to strengthen both maternal and child health care and prevention of infectious diseases in seven nationally designated poverty counties along the Mekong (Lancangjiang) river. Train-the-trainer workshops for health care professionals have covered eleven different aspects of health care, and thousands of manuals have been distributed to village level health workers. The project has also used a variety of media, including performance art, to deliver community health education messages in target villages.
2003 saw the start of another major MCH project, in five counties each of Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi.
In 2002, Health Unlimited’s total income was GBP 3.3 million. Of this, 38% was in grants from the British government Department for International Development, 31% from the European Union, and the rest was made up of donations from individuals and grants from private trusts and non government organizations. Work in China has been supported by grants from the European Union and from Christian Aid, another British NGO.
Links
http://www.healthunlimited.org
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