Infants' Health Foundation

The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) is the world’s largest alliance for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being, with 1,250 partner organisations working together through 10 constituency groups: partner governments, donors and foundations, NGOs, adolescent and youth groups, private sector organisations, health professional associations, academic and research institutions, global financing mechanisms, inter-governmental organisations, and UN agencies.

The AstraZeneca Young Health Programme is an initiative by the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca that aims to address non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among young people around the world. NCDs include conditions like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory diseases, and mental health disorders. The Young Health

Programme focuses on three main areas:
1. Prevention: The program aims to educate and empower young people with knowledge and skills to adopt healthier lifestyles and make informed choices related to their health.
2. Awareness: AstraZeneca collaborates with various organizations and stakeholders to raise awareness about the impact of NCDs on young people and the importance of early intervention and prevention.
3. Advocacy: The program advocates for policy changes and supports initiatives that address the root causes of NCDs and improve young people's access to healthcare services and resources.
The Young Health Programme often partners with non-profit organizations and local community groups to implement its projects and reach out to young people in different countries and regions.

The Pollination Project supports individuals who are ready to launch a new social change effort and need some seed capital to get started. Applications are encouraged from people who can lead projects that will grow and change the world. The Pollination Project is a global funding platform that provides small startup grants to individual change makers and projects that promote compassion around the world.

Launched in 2015, the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme is the largest African philanthropic initiative committed to empowering African entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship on the continent.

The Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work celebrate outstanding young people whose work has had an enduring impact on people and communities. The awards recognizes young people’s contribution to solving national and local problems, shaping development in innovative ways, and inspiring other young people to get involved in nation building.

Is one of the leading Public Health education and research institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. It conducts research and provides consultation services to the Government of Uganda, various national and international health organisations, as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies involved in health.

The Peace Corps is an independent agency and volunteer program run by the United States Government providing international social and economic development assistance.

USAID is the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID's work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

One Young World is the global forum for young leaders. One Young World identifies, promotes and connects the world's most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible, more effective leadership. The annual One Young World Summit convenes the brightest young talent from every country and sector, working to accelerate social impact. Delegates from 190+ countries are counselled by influential political, business and humanitarian leaders. Delegates return to their communities and organisations with the means and motivation to make a difference, accessing the global network of 12,000+ young leaders.

Vitamin Angels helps at-risk populations in need - specifically pregnant women, new mothers, and children under five - gain access to life changing vitamins and minerals.

Founded in 2009, the NCD Alliance has developed a robust global network of more than 2,000 organisations in 170 countries. This includes global and national NGOs, scientific and professional associations, academic and research institutions, private sector entities and dedicated individuals.

CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society throughout the world. It envisions a worldwide community of informed, inspired, committed citizens engaged in confronting the challenges facing humanity.

It aims to support good ideas and projects that help address a widespread problem affecting communities in developing countries. It could be about providing educational opportunities, reducing child mortality, improving public health, developing access to electricity in rural areas, improving road safety on the roads or building houses with eco-friendly materials — in fact, anything that could make life better in a country.

SINA tackles failing education and resulting unemployment in Africa through creating self-organized and freesponsible learning spaces, where disadvantaged youth unleash their potential for positive change as social entrepreneurs. Infants' Health Foundation is one of SINA's enterprise.

Preparing for Life is a Non-Governmenal Organization and Dutch initiative. It is driven by patient/parent organizations (VSOP/EGAN/IGA), service clubs and scientific/academic groups and institutions. The initiative was based on a report of the Health Council of The Netherlands, "Preconception Care: a good beginning" (2007) and on a report of an expert steering committee instituted by the Dutch Government, "Safe care around Pregnancy and Birth" (2010). The initiative intends to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity, by initiating a worldwide program to promote international awareness and the development of (better accessible) programs for preconception care for all women of childbearing ages and their partners, particularly in middle and low-income countries.

Genetic Alliance South Africa (GA-SA) is a non-profit, membership organisation uniting patient support groups, healthcare professionals and other stakeholders relevant to the care and prevention of congenital disorders (CDs). It aims to unite, support and build capacity in the CD community through advocacy, networking, education, public awareness and research.

Response Innovation Lab The RIL is a global collaboration which supports organizations working on humanitarian innovation in a humanitarian context. Its founding members include World Vision, Save the Children, Oxfam, George Washington University and Civic.

The March of Dimes funds lifesaving research and programs and works to end premature birth, birth defects, and infant mortality.

After realizing that birth defects are a leading cause of death in the first year of life, and babies who survive may be physically or mentally disabled, taking a costly toll on their families, communities and nations. World Birth Defects Day was created to bring together various organizations globally to carry out awareness raising on birth defects every year on March 3, about this serious global problem and advocate for more surveillance, prevention, care and research to help babies and children. Infants' Health Foundation was selected as a partner and representing Uganda as World Birth Defects Day Partner since 2019.

Labdoo is a humanitarian social network joined by people around the world who want to make our planet a better place by providing those in underdeveloped regions (both in the developing and the developed world) a chance at a better education. The goal of the social network is to send unused laptops, ebook readers, tablet-PCs and any device that can be loaded with education software to needy schools and organizations around the world using collaboration and without incurring any economic or environmental costs. It has provided Infants' Health Foundation with over 36 laptops to carry out health education campaigns mostly through social media platforms.

We collaborate with government health facilities to complement and supplement the their public health care system. We work together with them in increasing access to and utilization of maternal child healthcare services in remote hardest to reach areas.