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IMIFAP (Yo Quiero, Yo Puedo) was founded in 1985 by a group of social psychologists, led by Dr. Susan Pick.The first program that the organization developed sought to improve sexuality education for women by equipping them with life skills they needed to tear down the psychosocial barriers hindering them from proper accession to health care facilities, personnel, and tools such as contraceptives.
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is a non-profit organization with offices in Washington, D.C., United States, New Delhi, Ranchi, and Jamtara, India, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kampala, Uganda. ICRW works to promote gender equity, inclusion and shared prosperity within the field of international development.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." [1] Identified by the 2012 World Development Report as one of two key human capital endowments, health can influence an individual's ability to reach his or her full potential in society. [2]
The Minority Health and Health Disparities Act of 2000, Public Law 106-525 led the way for an innovative program established by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCHMD). This program, originally entitled the Project EXPORT, now bears the title of the NCMHD Centers of Excellence (COE) Program.
These inequalities may exist in the context of the health care system, or in broader social approaches. According to the WHO's Commission on Social Determinants of Health, access to health care is essential for equitable health, and it argued that health care should be a common good rather than a market commodity. [4]
Susan Pick is a Mexican social psychologist and the founder and board president of the Mexican Institute for Family and Population Research (IMIFAP) (commonly known as "Yo quiero Yo puedo"), a Mexican organization that has promoted and facilitated wellbeing for over 21 million people in Mexico and 17 other countries through over 60 education, health and poverty reduction programs.
The Commission on Health Research for Development was an independent international initiative with the aim of improving health and development in developing countries. It was constituted in 1987 with 12 members and produced a report titled Health Research: Essential Link to Equity in Development published in 1990. [1]
4. The Watching Section – dedicated to the scrutiny of global processes and institutions that are crucially important for health and health care in the globe. 5. A section proposing alternatives and highlighting stories of success and resistance that are exemplars of actual actions that have contributed to better health and health care.