1 in 2 women in the UK will suffer from a gynaecological problem that will devastate and, in some cases, claim their lives.
Wellbeing of Women is the only UK charity dedicated to funding research that will benefit these women and their families. The charity also support the training and development of specialistsb who will diagnose and treat them. Wellbeing of Women works in partnership with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists andis delighted and honoured to have Sarah Brown as our patron.
Over the past 40 years Wellbeing of Women has invested in funding the very best in medical research and training. Every woman living in the UK since 1964 will have benefitted from advances in healthcare made possible by research grants from Wellbeing of Women, such as ultrasound and cervical cancer screening.
Half of all women in the UK will experience a reproductive health problem during their lifetime such as trouble conceiving, intensely painful periods or gynaecological cancer. Wellbeing of Women is the only charity dedicated to solving all of these problems through pioneering medical research. Yet despite our best efforts, we still recieve more research grant applications than we are able to fund.
ORBIS is a founding member of ‘Vision 2020 - the right to sight’ a global initiative led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to end avoidable blindness by the year 2020. The WHO estimates there to be 37 million blnd people in the wolrd and an additional 124 million who have vision so poor that normal life is impossible. Yet an estimated 75% of those suffering do not need to be blind, the techniques and tools exist to treat their condition but 90% of these people live in developing countries where acces to basic healthcare let alone specialist eye care is scarce.
ORBIS’s vision is of a world where no one is needlessly blind and where everyone has access to quality eye care even in the poorest developing nations.
Working in partnership with local hospitals, ORBIS implements long term sustainable projects to strengthen their capacity and them with the skills, knowledge and equipment they need in order to provide services to their community in the long-term, ensuring that sight saving treatment is available to the people who need it most.
