Manchester Global Foundation

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN POOR AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN LOW AND MIDDLEINCOME COUNTRIES AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND BY?? PROVIDING GRANTS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR PREVENTING AND RELIEVING SICKNESS AND DISEASE, MITIGATING THE RISK OF DEATH AND DISABILITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CATASTROPHE, AND PROMOTING HEALTH;?? PROVIDING HEALTH VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN MEDICINE, NURSING, MIDWIFERY, DENTISTRY AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS, FROM NORTHWEST ENGLAND AND BEYOND, TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF HEALTHINSTITUTIONS IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES THROUGH TEACHING, TRAINING, AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING; AS WELL AS PROVIDING CURATIVE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES;?? SUPPORTING THE CONDUCT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH RESEARCH THROUGH COLLABORATION BETWEEN NORTHWEST ENGLAND AND LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES, AIMED AT GENERATING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THEPROBLEMS OF HEALTHCARE PROVISION IN RESOURCE POOR SETTINGS;?? ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF HEALTH STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM NORTHWEST ENGLAND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, BY FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCES, UNDERSTANDING, AND SKILLS THROUGH LEARNING AND TRAINING ATTACHMENTS INLOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES.FOR THIS PURPOSE, “POOR” IS DEFINED ACCORDING TO THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX (MPI) OF THE UNITEDNATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) AND “VULNERABLE” IS DEFINED AS PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NATURALDISASTERS AND MAN-MADE CONFLICTS AND CRISES. LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES ARE DEFINED ACCORDING THEWORLD BANK’S CLASSIFICATION OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES. THE “SOCIALLY DEPRIVED” IN NORTHWEST ENGLAND ARECOMMUNITIES IDENTIFIED AS SUCH BY THE INDICES OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT FORCOMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.