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Population Services International

Index Population Services International

Population Services International (PSI) is a 501(c)(3) registered nonprofit global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV, and reproductive health. [1]

54 relations: Adam & Eve (company), Against Malaria Foundation, Aldo Group, Anna Kournikova, Ashley Judd, Awdal, Axel Addy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Birth control, Carey v. Population Services International, David E. Bloom, Deep Springs International, DKT International, Emmy Rossum, Family planning, Five & Alive, Garry Conille, Geoffrey Davis (doctor), Health in Liberia, History of condoms, HIV/AIDS in Malawi, HIV/AIDS in South African townships, Hyatt Regency Kathmandu, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri, Innovations for Poverty Action, J. Brian Atwood, Karl W. Hofmann, Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS), LGBT rights in Laos, LGBT rights in Zambia, List of non-governmental organizations in China, List of non-governmental organizations in Pakistan, List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam, List of Young Global Leaders, Living Goods, Mandy Moore, Mary Machuche Mwanjelwa, Molly Sims, Operation Lighthouse, Phil Harvey, Portable water purification, Psi, Richard A. Frank, Sanitation and Water for All, Social franchising, Social Marketing Company, Society for Family Health Nigeria, The Most Good You Can Do, Timeline of global health, Timeline of malaria, ..., Union des Radios et Televisions Libres du Mali, Winky D, YouthAIDS, 2010 Birthday Honours. Expand index (4 more) »

Adam & Eve (company)

Adam & Eve is a conglomerate company that sells sex toys, vibrators, condoms, and lingerie, as well as funding non-profit social marketing organizations that address issues such as population growth, disease control and sex education in developing countries.

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Against Malaria Foundation

The Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) is a United Kingdom-based charity that provides long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) to populations at high risk of malaria, primarily in Africa.

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Aldo Group

The Aldo Group is a Canadian retailer that owns and operates a worldwide chain of shoe and accessories stores.

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Anna Kournikova

Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (a; born 7 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player.

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Ashley Judd

Ashley Judd (born Ashley Tyler Ciminella; April 19, 1968) is an American actress and political activist.

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Awdal

Awdal (Awdal) is an administrative region in Somaliland.

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Axel Addy

Honorable Axel M. Addy served as Minister of Commerce and Industry under Her Excellency, Madame Ellen Johnson Sirleaf from April 2013 to January 2018.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), also known as the Gates Foundation, is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates.

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Birth control

Birth control, also known as contraception and fertility control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy.

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Carey v. Population Services International

Carey v. Population Services International,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that it was unconstitutional to prohibit anyone other than a licensed pharmacist to distribute nonprescription contraceptives to persons 16 years of age or over, to prohibit the distribution of nonprescription contraceptives by any adult to minors under 16 years of age, and to prohibit anyone, including licensed pharmacists, to advertise or display contraceptives.

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David E. Bloom

David E. Bloom (born October 16, 1955) is an American author, professor, economist, and demographer.

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Deep Springs International

Deep Springs International (DSI) is a US nonprofit corporation, headquartered in Léogâne, Haiti, which supports the establishment and expansion of Gadyen Dlo social enterprises.

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DKT International

DKT International (DKT) is a charitable non-profit organization that promotes family planning and HIV prevention through social marketing.

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Emmy Rossum

Emmanuelle Grey "Emmy" Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress, director and singer-songwriter.

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Family planning

Family planning services are defined as "educational, comprehensive medical or social activities which enable individuals, including minors, to determine freely the number and spacing of their children and to select the means by which this may be achieved".

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Five & Alive

Five & Alive is an international fundraising and awareness initiative of Population Services International (PSI), which addresses health crises facing children under the age of five and their families.

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Garry Conille

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Geoffrey Davis (doctor)

Geoffrey Davis (died 3 October 2008) was an Australian doctor and director of the International Abortion Research and Training Centre.

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Health in Liberia

Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world.

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History of condoms

The history of condoms goes back at least several centuries, and perhaps beyond.

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HIV/AIDS in Malawi

, approximately 1,100,000 people in Malawi are HIV-positive, which represents 10.8% of the country's population.

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HIV/AIDS in South African townships

South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic, which is among the most severe in the world, is concentrated in its townships, where many black South Africans live due to the lingering effects of the Group Areas Act.

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Hyatt Regency Kathmandu

Hyatt Regency Kathmandu is an urban five-star resort located near Boudhanath Stupa, a UNESCO world heritage site, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri

Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri is an Indian-Canadian-British award-winning director and photographer.

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Innovations for Poverty Action

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is an American non-profit research and policy organization founded in 2002 by Yale economist Dean Karlan.

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J. Brian Atwood

John Brian Atwood (born 25 July 1942) is a diplomat and former Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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Karl W. Hofmann

Karl William Hofmann (born April 6, 1961) is the President and CEO of the global humanitarian and health organization, Population Services International (PSI).

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Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS)

Kate Roberts is a British human rights advocate and humanitarian.

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LGBT rights in Laos

While homosexuality is legal in Laos, it is very difficult to assess the current state of acceptance and violence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens face, because the government does not allow those who are not associated with the government to conduct polls on human rights.

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LGBT rights in Zambia

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in Zambia face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBT citizens.

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List of non-governmental organizations in China

This article is a list of domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in China.

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List of non-governmental organizations in Pakistan

This article is a list of notable domestic and international non-governmental organizations operating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam

This is a list of notable non-governmental organizations working in Vietnam or connected with Vietnam.

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List of Young Global Leaders

This is a list of notable members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders by their year of induction.

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Living Goods

Living Goods is a non-profit organization operating in Uganda, Kenya, and Myanmar.

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Mandy Moore

Amanda Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter and actress.

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Mary Machuche Mwanjelwa

Mary Machuche Mwanjelwa (born 27 August 1965) is a Tanzanian politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party and a special seat Member of Parliament since 2010.

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Molly Sims

Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973) is an American model and actress.

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Operation Lighthouse

For the 1937 test launches of the A3 rockets in Germany, see Operation Lighthouse (1937).

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Phil Harvey

Phil Harvey (born April 25, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and libertarian who has set up large-scale programs that deliver subsidized contraceptives in poor countries.

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Portable water purification

Portable water purification devices are self-contained, easily transported units used to purify water from untreated sources (such as rivers, lakes, and wells) for drinking purposes.

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Psi

Psi or PSI or Ψ may refer to.

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Richard A. Frank

Richard Asher Frank (November 11, 1936 – April 20, 2014) was an American lawyer, the 2nd Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the president of Population Services International (PSI).

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Sanitation and Water for All

The Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a global partnership committed to achieving universal access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation.

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Social franchising

Social franchising is the application of commercial franchising concepts to achieve socially beneficial ends, rather than profit.

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Social Marketing Company

Social Marketing Company (aka SMC) is a Bangladeshi non-profit organisation which offers education and products for family planning, maternal and child health, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS.

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Society for Family Health Nigeria

The Society for Family Health (SFH) Nigeria is a non governmental organisation (NGO), incorporated in 1985, focused on providing malaria prevention and treatment (including intermittent preventive treatment), HIV prevention (including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission), maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, family planning, cervical cancer screening and prevention and safe water systems.

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The Most Good You Can Do

The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically is a 2015 Yale University Press book by moral philosopher and bioethicist Peter Singer describing and arguing for the ideas of effective altruism.

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Timeline of global health

This page is a timeline of global health, including major conferences, interventions, cures, and crises.

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Timeline of malaria

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite; it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

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Union des Radios et Televisions Libres du Mali

URTEL is an acronym for Union des Radios et Televisions Libres du Mali, the agency responsible for regulating television and radio transmission operations in Mali.

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Winky D

Winky D (born Wallace Chirumiko in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 1 February 1983) is a Zimbabwean reggae-dancehall artist, known popularly as "The Big Man" (stylized as "Di Bigman"), and also known as Dancehall Igwe.

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YouthAIDS

YouthAIDS is an international nongovernmental, nonprofit education, funding, and health initiative of Population Services International (PSI) that provides humanitarian assistance and brings global awareness to the proliferation of HIV/AIDS.

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2010 Birthday Honours

The Birthday Honours 2010 for the Commonwealth realms were announced to celebrate the Queen's Birthday on 7 June 2010 in New Zealand, on 12 June 2010 in the United Kingdom, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda, and on 13 June 2010 in Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_Services_International

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