Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are a broad category of organizations that are neither for profit nor part of a government. Health NGOs exist because there are needs that are not being met by government or international agencies. Health needs are being defined and redefined from global health to primary health care to the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. Health NGOs are working on the ground, providing services, raising awareness around health, advocating for changes in policy, and working with other health actors in different forms of partnerships to address important health issues that cannot be addressed by one group of actors alone.