Non-governmental organizations built around advocacy, fundraising or the direct humanitarian delivery of medical aid, distinct from both government health agencies and professional bodies. Belongs here: disease-focused advocacy charities such as the American Heart Association, humanitarian medical organizations such as Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross Movement, and philanthropic foundations such as the Wellcome Trust. Does not belong here: an intergovernmental public health agency acting under government authority, grouped under public health and international health organizations.
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1. International Committee of the Red Cross (Wikipedia)
WikipediaICRC, founding date, era
Eight days later, on 17 February 1863, the five men held the first meeting of the Sub-committee and decided the Sub-committee should declare itself constituted a "Permanent International Committee", which would thus continue to exist as an "International Committee for Relief of Wounded in the event of War" after its mandate from the Geneva Society for Public Welfare had expired.
ICRC, founding date, kind
Eight days later, on 17 February 1863, the five men held the first meeting of the Sub-committee and decided the Sub-committee should declare itself constituted a "Permanent International Committee", which would thus continue to exist as an "International Committee for Relief of Wounded in the event of War" after its mandate from the Geneva Society for Public Welfare had expired.
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