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UCSF AIDS Health Project
http://www.ucsf-ahp.org/
"The mission of the UCSF AIDS Health Project is to provide culturally sensitive counseling and education to stop the spread of HIV infection, and to help people face the emotional, psychological and social challenges of living with HIV disease."
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
http://www.unesco.org/
"The main objective of UNESCO is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations through education, science, culture and communication in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human rights and fundamental freedoms which are affirmed for the peoples of the world, without distinction of race, sex, language or religion, by the Charter of the United Nations."
UNICEF
See United Nations Children's Fund
Union of American Physicians and Dentists
http://www.uapd.com/
"The UAPD, founded in l972 with Dr. Sanford Marcus as the first president, is a non-profit mutual-benefit organization. We are an independent labor union representing physicians and dentists. Although over 90% of the 5,000 doctors we represent are in California, we are equipped to develop affiliates in other states and, in fact, are in the process of doing just that."
United Cerebral Palsy Association (UCP National)
http://www.ucp.org/
"United Cerebral Palsy's mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network."
United Children's Fund, Inc.
http://www.unchildren.org/
"United Children's Fund provides financial assistance, humanitarian aid and volunteer support to people living in the poorest regions of the world. We're committed to improving the lives of the poorest of the poor, the marginalized and the oppressed. Our mandate is building better communities through compassion, love and assistance."
United Nations
http://www.un.org/
"The United Nations is central to global efforts to solve problems that challenge humanity. Cooperating in this effort are more than 30 affiliated organizations, known together as the UN system. Day in and day out, the UN and its family of organizations work to promote respect for human rights, protect the environment, fight disease and reduce poverty. UN agencies define the standards for safe and efficient air travel and help improve telecommunications and enhance consumer protection. The United Nations leads the international campaigns against drug trafficking and terrorism. Throughout the world, the UN and its agencies assist refugees, set up programmes to clear landmines, help expand food production and lead the fight against AIDS."
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
http://www.unicef.org/
"United Children's Fund assistance is focused on those living in the remote villages and rural areas where very little international and other outside aid is available. In many of the remote areas no other aid is available. United Children's Fund depends on contributions from those who generously give to help the victims of extreme poverty and the scourge of the AIDS pandemic."
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch/
"The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country."
United Nations Population Fund
http://www.unfpa.org/
"UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is the world's largest international source of funding for population and reproductive health programmes. Since we began operations in 1969, the Fund has provided nearly $6 billion in assistance to developing countries."
United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org/
"As the leading advocate for worldwide action against HIV/AIDS, the global mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to the epidemic that will: prevent the spread of HIV, provide care and support for those infected and affected by the disease, reduce the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS, and alleviate the socioeconomic and human impact of the epidemic."
United Network for Organ Sharing
http://www.unos.org/
UNOS’s missions is "To advance organ availability and transplantation by uniting and supporting its communities for the benefit of patients through education, technology and policy development."
United Ostomy Association, Inc.
http://www.uoa.org/
"The United Ostomy Association is a volunteer-based health organization dedicated to providing education, information, support and advocacy for people who have had or will have intestinal or urinary diversions."
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
http://www.uscap.org/
"The United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology's (USCAP) central mission is to provide participants with a free-flow of new information, both at the investigative and the appled practice level, and to reinforce and update their knowledge in their area(s) of interest and expertise in the field of human disease."
United States Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/
The mission of the U.S. Census Bureau is "To be the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States."
United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/
"The USDA’s mission is to "Enhance the quality of life for the American people by supporting production of agriculture."
United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
"Congress established the U.S. Department of Education (ED) on May 4, 1980, in the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88 of October 1979)."
United States Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
"THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves."
United States Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/
The missio of the DOJ is "To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide Federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; to administer and enforce the Nation's immigration laws fairly and effectively; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans."
United States Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/
"The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support."
United States Distance Learning Association
http://www.usdla.org/
USDLA's mission is "To provide national leadership in the field of distance learning."
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/
"EEOC has five commissioners and a General Counsel appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Commissioners are appointed for five-year, staggered terms. The term of the General Counsel is four years. The President designates a Chair and a Vice Chair. The Chair is the chief executive officer of the Commission. The five-member Commission makes equal employment opportunity policy and approves most litigation. The General Counsel is responsible for conducting EEOC enforcement litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)."
United States Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/
"The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. The FDA is also responsible for advancing the public health by helping to speed innovations that make medicines and foods more effective, safer, and more affordable; and helping the public get the accurate, science-based information they need to use medicines and foods to improve their health."
United States Food and Drug Administration: Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cber/
"The Mission of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is to protect and enhance the public health through regulation of biological products including blood, vaccines, therapeutics and related drugs and devices according to statutory authorities."
United States Food and Drug Administration: Center for Devices and Radiological Health
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
"FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices and eliminating unnecessary human exposure to man-made radiation from medical, occupational and consumer products. T"
United States Food and Drug Administration: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
http://www.fda.gov/cder/
The CDER "assures that safe and effective drugs are available to the American people..."
United States Food and Drug Administration: Center for Veterinary Medicine
http://www.fda.gov/cvm/
"The Center for Veterinary Medicine is a consumer protection organization. We foster public and animal health by approving safe and effective products for animals and by enforcing other applicable provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and other authorities."
United States Fund for UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org/
UNICEF "works for the survival, protection, and development of children in 158 countries and territories around the world. In cooperation with governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UNICEF helps develop community-based programs to promote health and immunization programs, basic education, nutrition, safe water supply and sanitation services, and continues to provide emergency relief as needed."
United States Government Printing Office
http://www.access.gpo.gov/
" The U.S. Government Printing Office’s core mission, Keeping America Informed, dates to 1813 when Congress determined the need to make information regarding the work of the three branches of government available to all Americans. This is the inherent function of government which GPO carries out for Federal agencies on behalf of the public. The GPO is the Federal government’s primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving published information in all its forms."
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/
"The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust."
United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org
"The mandate of the United States Institute of Peace, as established by Congress, is to support the development, transmission, and use of knowledge to promote peace and curb violent international conflict. To this end, the United States Institute of Peace Act directs the Institute to serve the American people and government through the ‘widest possible range of education and training, basic and applied research opportunities, and peace information services on the means to promote international peace and the resolution of conflicts among the nations and peoples of the world without recourse to violence.’"
The United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
http://www.pepfar.gov/
"The Emergency Plan is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease -- a five-year, $15 billion, multifaceted approach to combating the disease around the world."
United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
United States Sentencing Commission
http://www.ussc.gov/
"Each year, the agency collects a vast amount of federal sentencing data. The Commission also studies various crime and sentencing issues such as the public’s view of crime seriousness. Further, it reviews and refines the guidelines in light of decisions from courts of appeals, sentencing-related research, congressional action, and input from the criminal justice community. In addition, it trains thousands of criminal justice professionals in the use of the guidelines and serves as a clearinghouse of crime and sentencing information for Congress, the Executive Branch, the Judiciary, criminal justice professionals, and the public. The Commission publishes numerous reports each year, all of which are posted on its Internet home page."
United Way of America
http://national.unitedway.org/
"The mission of United Way is to improve people's lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities. "
The University of Georgia Gerontology Center
http://www.geron.uga.edu/
"The University of Georgia Gerontology Center is the hub for coordinating and conducting The University of Georgia's education, research, and outreach services associated with the study of aging and the aged."
The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
"The Urban Institute measures effects, compares options, shows which stakeholders get the most and least, tests conventional wisdom, reveals trends, and makes costs, benefits, and risks explicit."
Urgent Care Association of America
http://www.ucaoa.org/
"The Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA) exists to encourage and facilitate the development and success of urgent care centers and the urgent care industry."
U.S. Funds for UNICEF
http://www.unicefusa.org/
"The mission of the United States Fund for UNICEF is to promote the survival, protection and development of all children worldwide through fundraising, advocacy, and education."
U.S. Pharmacopeia
http://www.usp.org/
"The United States Pharmacopeia promotes the public health by establishing and disseminating officially recognized standards of quality and authoritative information for the use of medicines and other health care technologies by health professionals, patients, and consumers."
USA Freedom Corps
http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/
"As a Coordinating Council housed at the White House and chaired by President George W. Bush, we are working to strengthen our culture of service and help find opportunities for every American to start volunteering."
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