HealthRight International, Inc.
Empowering marginalized communities to live healthy lives
Mission
HealthRight International builds lasting access to health for excluded communities, employing a human rights-based approach and working closely with community partners to improve local capacity and advance the inclusivity of health systems.
Ruling year
1995
Executive Director
Dr. Peter S. Navario
Main address
244 Fifth Avenue Suite C150
New York, NY 10012 USA
Formerly known as
Dcotors of the World
EIN
13-3791391
NTEE code
Public Health Program (E70)
International Relief (Q33)
International Human Rights (Q70)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Many people and communities who are marginalized - be that due to their sexuality, income, HIV status, residency, etc - have inadequate access to high-quality health care. Some of the barriers are physical, as for pregnant women living in rural areas far from health centers, while others are not, such as doctors refusing proper treatment to LGBTQ people or sex workers. Health is a human right, and marginalized people deserve access to the healthcare they need. The problem to address is bridging the gaps to make healthcare accessible to these people, in a sustainable and long-lasting manner.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
HIV
In support of UNAIDS’ global 90-90-90 HIV targets, our programs center on comprehensive HIV care: prevention, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), testing, antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, referrals, case management and social support, advocacy, and mental health care. The groups our programs serve include key populations (KPs) among whom the risk of acquiring HIV is 25–35 times higher. In 2020, KPs and their sexual partners accounted for 65% of global HIV infections.
Violence, gender inequity, stigma, and substance use are common drivers of the HIV epidemic. In partnership with communities, we create holistic, integrated programs for HIV prevention, treatment, and wellness that address the structural challenges that impede care.
Peter C. Alderman Program for Global Mental Health
HealthRight’s Peter C. Alderman Program for Global Mental Health (PCAP) has provided mental health and psychosocial services in Eastern and Northern Uganda since 2006. PCAP works to reduce symptoms of depression, post-traumatic stress, and other disorders through psychological, pharmacological, and social therapies.
PCAP oversees organizational capacity building as well as client-centered, human-rights-based mental health and psychosocial support programs provided by community health workers and caregivers.
In post-conflict countries, less than 10% of people in need have mental health care access. More people in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from mental health issues than HIV/AIDS and TB combined. For example, 25% of Ugandan mothers suffer from perinatal depression.
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)
HealthRight aims to advance the well-being of marginalized women, children, and adolescents (WCA) through RMNCAH programming in these priority areas: maternal and newborn health, reproductive and sexual rights and health, prevention of gender-based violence, child survival and protection, and gender equality. Global research data indicate that 99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries, and 80% of child deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Our human-rights-based approach seeks to support women and adolescents in marginalized communities through deep relationships with local organizations. We advocate for respect, dignity, and equality in health care systems for marginalized women and children.
Violence
Through prevention activities, capacity building, early intervention with at-risk groups, and response to survivors of violence, HealthRight helps communities rebound from and reduce violence. We also provide medical, psychosocial, and mental health services to improve health and well-being, social links, and resiliency of people affected by violence.
Health consequences of violence include: depression; anxiety; PTSD; HIV; suicide; disabilities; miscarriage; pregnancy complications
Using a human-rights-based lens, we partner with communities to address root causes of violence, identify people at risk of violence, and provide social safety nets to survivors of violence. We believe in survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and non-discriminatory program design and care.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of women and girls whose health improved as a result of our programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls, Adolescents, At-risk youth
Related Program
HIV
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of LGBT people whose health improved as a result of our programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
LGBTQ people, At-risk youth, People with HIV/AIDS
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of at-risk adolescents whose health improved as a result of our programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, At-risk youth, Incarcerated people
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of migrants whose health improved as a result of our programs
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Immigrants and migrants, Nomadic people, Victims and oppressed people
Related Program
Peter C. Alderman Program for Global Mental Health
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people trained
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Activists, Academics
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This includes community health workers, clinicians, government staff, partner organizations, etc.
Number of people supported with Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Services
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people supported with HIV-related activities
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people supported with mental health programming
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of survivors of violence supported
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
HealthRight International aims to empower marginalized communities live healthy lives. Out goal is to create locally built and owned solutions, greater equitable access to health services and better health outcomes for communities.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
HealthRight leverages global resources in collaboration with community partners to address local health challenges and create sustainable solutions.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
HealthRight International staff brings technical expertise in the areas of capacity building, research, advocacy and service delivery.
Since 2014, HealthRight and NYU's College of Global Public Health (CGPH) have been working together to advance research, programming and policy on health issues affecting marginalized populations around the world. Drawing from resources across NYU, the affiliation bridges the traditional divide between rigorous public health research and complex program implementation at ground level. The goal of the partnership is to enhance opportunities for each institution to build lasting access to wellness and health services for excluded communities.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Selected Program Highlights:
-HealthRight's Human Rights Clinic has provided more than 5,500 forensic evaluations to over 4,800 survivors of torture and abuse from 130 countries.
-In 2015, a total of 842 adolescents in conflict with the law in Ukraine and 138 of their parents were engaged in the STEPS HIV prevention training.
-Through a grant from the MAC AIDS Fund, HealthRight is implementing a first-of-its-kind demonstration project exploring the effectiveness pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infections in uninfected MSW in Kenya.
- Maternal and Neonatal Near-Miss Reviews (MNNR) has been implemented in 15 health facilities in Nepal and 122 health workers have been trained on it. With support from the World Health Organization, HealthRight has scaled up services to the district level and is currently conducting implementation research to support national scale-up.
-Through the Service Center for Women and Girls in Kyiv, HIV+ women are provided with outreach, social services, and access to medical care. HealthRight also manages 21 mobile outreach teams in 16 Ukrainian regions to develop services available for GBV survivors.
-Healthright and Medic Mobile launched an innovative supply chain management mobile phone app to monitor essential FP commodities In Kenya. As a result, 13,180 women have received family planning and there have been 123,724 household visits for family planning counseling and contraception.
-In 2015, HealthRight trained 1,172 professionals in child abuse prevention and foster care modules along with organizing 19 training courses and developing 6 additional modules on violence prevention and case management in Vietnam.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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Who are the people you serve with your mission?
The people we serve are diverse in all aspects, except that they are marginalized by the health systems that are meant to serve them. Due to religion, sex, sexuality, immigration status, or even geographic location - these communities are often the last to receive health services, if ever. We offer not just temporary relief, but build up the very health systems that support them, so that they can enjoy their right to health now and in the future.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys, Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Case management notes, Community meetings/Town halls,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals,
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What significant change resulted from feedback?
Halfway house - increased security; connected w/ police, added cameras, enhanced protocols Kenya - increased opportunities to support livelihood/essential services need
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our funders, Our community partners,
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How has asking for feedback from the people you serve changed your relationship?
Enhanced trust, long-term sustained partnership
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time,
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HealthRight International, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 07/13/2022
Ms. Raffaella D'Angiolino-Bush
The KB Clinic
Term: 2022 -
Vivake Bhalla
Cranemere, Inc.
Raffaella D’Angiolino – Bush
The KB Clinic
Doug Morris
The TCW Group, Inc.
Stephen Alderman
Retired
Elizabeth Alderman
Retired
Dorraine Burrell
Tick Data LLC
Erica Coletta
Mars Petcare
Tricia San Cristobal
T-REX
Dom DiPasquale
Bloomberg LP
Adi Divgi
EA Global
Kevin Foley
Aqua Securities LP
Amy Fuller
Accenture
John Kelly
Pepper Hamilton LLP
David Miller
Morgan Stanley
Isabel Rohrbeck
Schroders
Arjun Bedi
Accenture
Chuck Burke
Morgan Stanley
Tracey Edwards
Retired
Dale Favors
Adaptive Growth Leadership
Jon Herrick
Quantlab
Mac Worsham
Deloitte
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
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Race & ethnicity
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