The
International Health Awareness Network (IHAN) is a not-for-profit,
non-governmental organization in consultative status with the United Nations
conceived at the "End of the Decade Women's Conference" in Nairobi, Kenya, during the United Nations'
Third World Conference on Women in 1987.
IHAN has
advisory council members in Jordan, Kenya, India, Switzerland, Turkey, Pakistan, USA, Australia, Bangladesh, South
Africa, China, Egypt, Niger, England, Iran and Japan.
IHAN is
affiliated with the International Council of Women and the National Council of
Women in the United
States, and is also associated with the
United Nations Department of Public Information, ECOSOC, the NGO Forum for Health, and the United Nations NGO
Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse.
To educate, empower and
provide health care to women and children with a focus on under served
socioeconomic groups.
To develop, fund and implement health projects, i.e.
mass immunization, primary health care screening, treatment and educational
workshops.
To work with the United Nations and other organizations to
advocate and implement programs and policies that
improve women's and children's health and quality of life.
To
participate in international and national health-related development
conferences.