Table 2 List of global health actors included in the systematic review
From: Defining the global health system and systematically mapping its network of actors
Actor | Code | URL | Type | Headquarters Location | Health as primary intent? | Year of Inception | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abt Associates | ABA | 7 | Cambridge, MA | USA | No | 1965 | |
2 | Accordia Global Health Foundation | AGH | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 2000 | |
3 | ACTION (Global Health Advocacy Partnership) | ACT | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 2004 | |
4 | Action Against Hunger International | AAH | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1979 | |
5 | Action on Smoking and Health | ASH | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1967 | |
6 | Advocates for Youth | AFY | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1980 | |
7 | Aeras | AER | 6 | Rockville, MD | USA | Yes | 2003 | |
8 | Africa Fighting Malaria | AFM | 6 | Durban | South Africa | Yes | 2000 | |
9 | African Leaders Malaria Alliance | ALM | 2 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2009 | |
10 | Africare | AFR | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1970 | |
11 | Against Malaria Foundation | AMF | 6 | St. Albans | UK | Yes | 2004 | |
12 | AIDS Healthcare Foundation | AHF | 6 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Yes | 1987 | |
13 | Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research | AHP | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1999 | |
14 | America Association of Occupational Health Nurses | AAO | 8 | Pensacola, FL | USA | No | 1998 | |
15 | American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists | AAV | 8 | Shawnee, KS | USA | No | 1956 | |
16 | American College of Preventive Medicine | ACP | 8 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1954 | |
17 | American International Health Alliance | AIH | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1992 | |
18 | American Jewish World Service | AJW | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1985 | |
19 | American Public Health Association | APH | 8 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1872 | |
20 | American Red Cross | ARC | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1881 | |
21 | American Refugee Committee | ARO | 6 | Minneapolis, MN | USA | No | 1979 | |
22 | American Society for Microbiology | ASM | 8 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1899 | |
23 | American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | AST | 6 | Deerfield, IL | USA | Yes | 1903 | |
24 | American Thoracic Society | ATS | 8 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1905 | |
25 | amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research) | AMA | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1985 | |
26 | Anaerobe Society of the Americas | ASA | 8 | Los Angeles, CA | USA | Yes | 1992 | |
27 | Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network | APM | 4 | Herston | Australia | Yes | 2009 | |
28 | Association of Public Health Laboratories | APL | 6 | Silver Spring, MD | USA | Yes | 1951 | |
29 | Australasian College of Tropical Medicine | ACM | 8 | Brisbane | Australia | Yes | 1991 | |
30 | AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention | AVA | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1995 | |
31 | AVERT | AVE | 6 | Horsham | UK | Yes | 1986 | |
32 | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | BMG | 5 | Seattle, WA | USA | No | 2000 | |
33 | BIO Ventures for Global Health | BVG | 6 | Seattle, WA | USA | Yes | 2004 | |
34 | Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids | CTF | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1995 | |
35 | CARE International | CAI | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | No | 1945 | |
36 | Caritas International | CRI | 6 | Vatican City | Vatican City State | No | 1897 | |
37 | Catholic Medical Mission Board | CMM | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1912 | |
38 | Catholics for Choice | CFC | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1973 | |
39 | CDC Foundation | CDC | 6 | Atlanta, GA | USA | Yes | 1995 | |
40 | Center for Global Development | CGD | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 2001 | |
41 | Center for Health and Gender Equity | CHG | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1994 | |
42 | Center for International Environmental Law | CIE | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1989 | |
43 | Center for Reproductive Rights | CRR | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1992 | |
44 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDP | 1 | Atlanta, GA | USA | Yes | 1946 | |
45 | Chemonics International | CHI | 7 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1975 | |
46 | Christian Connections for International Health | CCI | 6 | McLean, VA | USA | Yes | 1987 | |
47 | CONRAD | CON | 6 | Arlington, VA | USA | Yes | 1986 | |
48 | Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development | CGE | 6 | Toronto | Canada | No | 1984 | |
49 | CORE Group | COG | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1997 | |
50 | Countdown to 2015 | COT | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2005 | |
51 | Direct Relief | DIR | 6 | Santa Barbara, CA | USA | Yes | 1948 | |
52 | Doctors for Global Health | DGH | 6 | Decatur, GA | USA | No | 1995 | |
53 | Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation | EGP | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1988 | |
54 | Elton John AIDS Foundation | EJA | 6 | London | UK | Yes | 1992 | |
55 | EngenderHealth | ENH | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1943 | |
56 | Episcopal Relief & Development | ERD | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1940 | |
57 | European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership | EDC | 2 | The Hague | Netherlands | Yes | 2003 | |
58 | European AIDS Treatment Group | EAT | 6 | Brussels | Belgium | Yes | 1992 | |
59 | European Food Information Council | EFI | 6 | Brussels | Belgium | No | 1995 | |
60 | European Generic Medicines Association | EGM | 7 | Brussels | Belgium | No | 1993 | |
61 | European Medical Students’ Association | EMS | 6 | Brussels | Belgium | No | 1991 | |
62 | European NGOs for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Population and Development | ENS | 6 | Brussels | Belgium | Yes | 1996 | |
63 | European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies | EOH | 4 | Brussels | Belgium | Yes | 1998 | |
64 | European Respiratory Society | ERS | 8 | Lausanne | Switzerland | Yes | 1990 | |
65 | European Vaccine Initiative | EVI | 6 | Heidelberg | Germany | Yes | 1998 | |
66 | Family Care International | FCI | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1986 | |
67 | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | FAS | 8 | Bethesda, OH | USA | Yes | 1912 | |
68 | Feed the Future | FTF | 1 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 2010 | |
69 | FHI 360 (formerly Family Health International) | FHI | 6 | Durham, NC | USA | No | 2011 | |
70 | Firelight Foundation | FIF | 6 | Santa Cruz, CA | USA | No | 2000 | |
71 | Fistula Foundation | FSF | 6 | San Jose, CA | USA | Yes | 2000 | |
72 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | FAO | 2 | Rome | Italy | No | 1945 | |
73 | Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics | FIN | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2003 | |
74 | Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children | FIM | 6 | Philadelphia, PA | USA | Yes | 2002 | |
75 | Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control | FCA | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | No | 1999 | |
76 | Futures Group | FUG | 7 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1971 | |
77 | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance | GAA | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1999 | |
78 | GBCHealth | GBH | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2001 | |
79 | Global Advisors Smokefree Policy | GAS | 6 | Summit, NJ | USA | No | 1974 | |
80 | Global Alliance for TB Drug Development | GAT | 4 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2000 | |
81 | Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia | GCA | 4 | Baltimore, MD | USA | Yes | 2009 | |
82 | Global Communities | GLC | 6 | Silver Spring, MD | USA | No | 1952 | |
83 | Global Health Corps | GHC | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 2008 | |
84 | Global Health Council | GHO | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1972 | |
85 | Global Health Workforce Alliance | GHW | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2006 | |
86 | Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise | GHV | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2004 | |
87 | Global Hope Network International | GHN | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | No | 1999 | |
88 | Global Network of People Living with HIV | GNP | 6 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | No | 1986 | |
89 | Guttmacher Institute | GUI | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1968 | |
90 | Health Action International | HAI | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1981 | |
91 | Health Skepticism Inc | HIS | 6 | Port Willunga | Australia | Yes | 1983 | |
92 | Health Volunteers Overseas | HVO | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1986 | |
93 | HealthCare Volunteer | HCV | 6 | Los Altos, CA | USA | Yes | 2005 | |
94 | HealthRight International | HRI | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1990 | |
95 | Hellen Keller International | HKI | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1915 | |
96 | Higher Education for Development | HED | hedprogram.org | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1918 |
97 | IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) | IBF | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1979 | |
98 | Ibis Reproductive Health | IRH | 6 | Cambridge, MA | USA | No | 2002 | |
99 | ICASCO (International Council of AIDS Service Organizations) | ICA | 6 | Toronto | Canada | Yes | 1991 | |
100 | Infectious Disease Research Institute | IDR | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1993 | |
101 | Institute of Food Technologists | IFT | 6 | Chicago, IL | USA | No | 1939 | |
102 | International AIDS Society | IAS | 8 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1988 | |
103 | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative | IAV | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1996 | |
104 | International Association for Food Protection | IAF | 6 | Des Moines, IA | USA | No | 1911 | |
105 | International Association of National Public Health Institutes | IAN | 2 | Atlanta, GA | USA | Yes | 2006 | |
106 | International Association of Providers of AIDS Care | IAP | 8 | Chicago, IL | USA | Yes | 1995 | |
107 | International Center for Research on Women | ICR | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1976 | |
108 | International Consortium for Emergency Contraception | ICE | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1996 | |
109 | UNITAID (International Drug Purchase Facility) | IDP | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2006 | |
110 | International Epidemiological Association | IEA | 8 | Raleigh, NC | USA | No | 1954 | |
111 | International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations | IFM | 6 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | No | 1951 | |
112 | International Finance Facility for Immunisation | IFF | 6 | London | UK | Yes | 2006 | |
113 | International Food Policy Research Institute | IFP | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1975 | |
114 | International Fund for Agricultural Development | IFA | 2 | Rome | Italy | No | 1977 | |
115 | International Health Partnership | IHP | 4 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 2007 | |
116 | International HIV/AIDS Alliance | IHA | 6 | Hove | UK | Yes | 1993 | |
117 | International Life Sciences Institute | ILS | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1978 | |
118 | International Network for Rational Use of Drugs | INR | 4 | Arlington, VA | USA | No | 1989 | |
119 | International Partnership for Microbicides | IPM | 4 | Silver Spring, MD | USA | Yes | 2002 | |
120 | International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation | IPS | 6 | The Hague | Netherlands | Yes | 1949 | |
121 | International Planned Parenthood Federation | IPP | 6 | London | UK | No | 1952 | |
122 | International Relief & Development | IRD | 6 | Arlington, VA | USA | No | 1998 | |
123 | International Society for Infectious Diseases | ISI | 6 | Brookline, MA | USA | Yes | 1986 | |
124 | International Society of Drug Bulletins | ISD | 6 | London | UK | No | 1986 | |
125 | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | IUA | 4 | Paris | France | Yes | 1920 | |
126 | International Union of Food Science and Technology | IUF | 6 | Oakville | Canada | No | 1970 | |
127 | International Union of Nutritional Sciences | IUN | 6 | Vienna | Austria | No | 1948 | |
128 | International Vaccine Institute | IVI | 6 | Seoul | Republic of Korea | Yes | 1996 | |
129 | IntraHealth International | IHI | 6 | Chapel Hill, NC | USA | Yes | 1979 | |
130 | Ipas (formerly International Pregnancy Advisory Services) | IPA | 6 | Chapel Hill, NC | USA | Yes | 1973 | |
131 | Jhpiego | JHP | 6 | Baltimore, MD | USA | Yes | 1974 | |
132 | John Snow, Inc. | JSI | 7 | Boston, MA | USA | Yes | 1978 | |
133 | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | JHB | 9 | Baltimore, MD | USA | Yes | 1916 | |
134 | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS | JUN | 2 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1996 | |
135 | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | LSH | 9 | London | UK | Yes | 1899 | |
136 | Malaria Foundation International | MFI | 6 | Stone Mountain, GA | USA | Yes | 1992 | |
137 | Malaria No More | MNM | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2006 | |
138 | Management Systems International | MSN | 7 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1981 | |
139 | Médecins Sans Frontières | MSF | 6 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1971 | |
140 | Medicines for Malaria Venture | MMV | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1999 | |
141 | MediSend International | MSI | medisend.org | 6 | Dallas, TX | USA | Yes | 1999 |
142 | Mercy Corps | MEC | 6 | Portland, OR | USA | No | 1979 | |
143 | Millennium Challenge Corporation | MCC | 1 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 2004 | |
144 | National Institutes of Health | NIH | 1 | Bethesda, OH | USA | Yes | 1887 | |
145 | Operation Rainbow | OPR | 6 | Oakland, CA | USA | Yes | 1978 | |
146 | Operation Smile | OPS | 6 | Virginia Beach, VA | USA | Yes | 1982 | |
147 | Operation USA | OPU | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | USA | No | 1979 | |
148 | Oxfam International | OXI | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1995 | |
149 | Pan American Society for Clinical Virology | PAS | 8 | Raleigh, NC | USA | Yes | 1977 | |
150 | Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation | PGA | pangaeaglobal.org | 6 | Oakland, CA | USA | Yes | 2001 |
151 | Partners in Health | PIH | 6 | Boston, MA | USA | Yes | 1987 | |
152 | Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health | PMN | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2005 | |
153 | PATH | PAT | 6 | Seattle, WA | USA | Yes | 1977 | |
154 | Pathfinder International | PAI | 6 | Watertown, MN | USA | Yes | 1957 | |
155 | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society | PID | 8 | Arlington, VA | USA | Yes | 1984 | |
156 | Plan International | PLI | 6 | Woking | UK | No | 1937 | |
157 | Population Action International | PAN | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1965 | |
158 | Population Council | POC | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1952 | |
159 | Population Media Center | PMC | 6 | Shelburne, MA | USA | Yes | 1998 | |
160 | Population Reference Bureau | PRB | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1929 | |
161 | Population Services International | PSI | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1970 | |
162 | Project HOPE | PRH | 6 | Millwood, VA | USA | Yes | 1958 | |
163 | Public Health Institute | PHI | 6 | Oakland, CA | USA | Yes | 1964 | |
164 | RAND Corporation | RAC | 6 | Santa Monica, CA | USA | No | 1948 | |
165 | Refugees International | REI | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1979 | |
166 | Reproductive Health Response in Crises Consortium | RHR | rhrc.org | 6 | Minneapolis, MN | USA | Yes | 1995 |
167 | Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition | RHS | 4 | Brussels | Belgium | Yes | 2004 | |
168 | Research Triangle Institute International | RTI | 6 | Durham (Research Triangle Park), NC | USA | No | 1958 | |
169 | Roll Back Malaria Partnership | RBM | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1998 | |
170 | Sabin Vaccine Institute | SVI | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1993 | |
171 | Save the Children International | SCI | 6 | London | UK | No | 1919 | |
172 | Society for Public Health Education | SPH | 8 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 1950 | |
173 | Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco | SRN | 6 | Madison, WI | USA | No | 1994 | |
174 | Stephen Lewis Foundation | SLF | 6 | Toronto | Canada | Yes | 2003 | |
175 | Stop TB Partnership | STP | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2001 | |
176 | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute | STH | 1 | Basel | Switzerland | Yes | 1943 | |
177 | Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies | SCT | 6 | Aleppo | Syrian Arab Republic | No | 2002 | |
178 | TB Alert | TBA | 6 | Brighton | UK | Yes | 1998 | |
179 | The Earth Institute, Columbia University | TEI | 9 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1995 | |
180 | The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | TGF | 4 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 2002 | |
181 | The Water Project | TWP | 6 | Concord, NH | USA | No | 2006 | |
182 | Tobacco Free Nurses | TFN | 6 | Los Angeles, CA | USA | No | 2003 | |
183 | Tostan | TOS | 6 | Dakar | Senegal | No | 1974 | |
184 | Treatment Action Group | TAG | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 1992 | |
185 | TuBerculosis Vaccine Initiative | TVI | 6 | Lelystad | Netherlands | Yes | 2008 | |
186 | Unite for Sight | UFS | 6 | New Haven, CT | USA | Yes | 2000 | |
187 | United Nations Children’s Fund | UNC | 2 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1946 | |
188 | United Nations Development Programme | UND | 2 | New York City, NY | USA | No | 1966 | |
189 | United Nations Foundation | UNF | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1998 | |
190 | United Nations Population Fund | UNP | 2 | Geneva | Switzerland | No | 1969 | |
191 | United States Agency for International Development | USA | 1 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1961 | |
192 | United States Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Global Affairs | USD | 1 | Washington, DC | USA | Yes | 2002 | |
193 | University of California, San Francisco | UCS | 9 | San Francisco, CA | USA | Yes | 1864 | |
194 | VSO (Voluntary Service Overseas) | VSO | 6 | Kingston upon Thames | UK | No | 1958 | |
195 | Women Deliver | WOD | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2007 | |
196 | World AIDS Campaign | WAC | worldaidscampaign.org | 6 | Cape Town | South Africa | Yes | 1997 |
197 | World Bank | WOB | 3 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1944 | |
198 | World Food Programme | WFP | 2 | Rome | Italy | No | 1961 | |
199 | World Health Organization | WHO | 2 | Geneva | Switzerland | Yes | 1948 | |
200 | World Lung Foundation | WLF | 6 | New York City, NY | USA | Yes | 2004 | |
201 | World Vision International | WVI | 6 | Uxbridge | UK | No | 1950 | |
202 | Worldwatch Institute | WOI | 6 | Washington, DC | USA | No | 1974 | |
203 | Yale School of Public Health | YSP | 9 | New Haven, CT | USA | Yes | 1946 | |