RELIGION-RELATED INTERNATIONAL NGOs

Catholic Medical Mission Board, Inc. (CMMB):
10 West 17th St
New York, NY 10011
http://www.cmmb.org/index.html

Catholic Medical Mission Board is a 501 (c) (3) organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, founded in 1928 and rooted in the healing” ministry of Jesus.  CMMN works collaboratively with local partners to provide quality healthcare programs and services- free of discriminative practices- to people in need around the world; in 2006 CMMB has sent 286 medical professionals to work as volunteers in 32 countries.  A CMMB-sponsored study, Faith in Action, in 2005 provided the first-ever qualitative study of the contribution made by faith-based organizations to the global struggle against HIV and AIDS.  John F. Galbraith is the President and CEO.

Staff:
Board Members: 17
Full-Time Employees: 21-100
Part-Time Employees: 1-5
Volunteers: 101-500

Major Projects/Programs:
AIDSRELIEF CMMB, together with Catholic Relief Services, the University of Maryland Institute of Human Virology, Interchurch Medical Assistance and Futures Group, CMMB will provide treatment and programs valued at $25 million for the consortium's first year to 14,900 HIV/AIDS patients in nine countries: South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Haiti, and Guyana. Over five years, this program could distribute as much as $335 million in treatment to 137,600 patients and provide infrastructure support to approximately 203 facilities. CHOOSE TO CARE: attempts to build community-based solutions to the AIDS pandemic and to alleviate suffering in the hardest hit areas of southern Africa. To date, Choose to Care has helped build the capacity of more than 140 community-based organizations focused on comprehensive prevention, care and support programs that have met the needs of more than 144,000 patients and orphans BORN TO LIVE attempts to reduce the risk of mother-to-child-HIV transmission and to provide quality care and support for mothers and their babies. Asof May 2004, there are 56 Born to Live sites at partner clinics and hospitals, where between 3,600-3,800 women are tested for HIV each month. ACTION FOR FAMILY HEALTH/ACCION POR LA SALUD FAMILIAR CMMB aims to help reduce the mortality and morbidity rates of children in five Latin American and Caribbean countries, through a partnership with the Pan American Health Organization, the Catholic healthcare networks and the ministries of health in each country. Has integrated healthcare programs that treat respiratory infections, diarrhea, malnutrition, prenatal complications and mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS that are being established at 208 sites to benefit 589,689 children. BACK TO HAITI a major public health initiative to support the creation of quality healthcare programs for mothers and children in Haiti. Has established primary healthcare and life skills training services at ten schools run by Salesian sisters serving approximately 10,000 students TB-DOTS Established in 1999, CMMB's TB-DOTS program in MOnze, Zambia at the local level has now become a model used for nationwide implementation. The program includes: provision of medicine, training, lab equipment, church/community volunteers and diagnostic tools for the treatment of tuberculosis. NUESTRO PASO POR HONDURAS In a three-year partnership with the Catholic University in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, CMMB's Nuestro Paso Por Honduras (Our Path Through Honduras) program is establishing primary healthcare clinics to increase access to health services for women and children GLOBAL INITIATIVES recruits and places medical volunteers, medicine and medical supply shipments, provides emergency relief and training grants for in-country primary healthcare workers in more than 100 countries.

Budget: $143 million

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