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Health Poverty Action

We act in solidarity with health workers, activists and communities worldwide to improve health and challenge the causes of poverty.

Organisation type Registered Charity Company size 101 - 500
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About us

Who we are

Through country programmes and policy & campaigns initiatives, Health Poverty Action works to strengthen poor and marginalised people in their struggle for health and social justice. 

 

Our progressive approach combines three factors:

 

We approach health as an issue of global justice

 

The greatest causes of poor health worldwide are political, social and economic injustices. This is a global scandal, which causes unnecessary suffering on a massive scale. That is why we tackle the root causes of poor health as well as the symptoms, and why our name is Health Poverty Action.

 

We prioritise those missed out by others 

 

Development organisations tend to cluster together, which can leave large populations with almost no support at all. People may be living in hard to reach fragile areas, or marginalised for some other reason. We make these most neglected populations our highest priority.

 

We tackle the full range of factors denying people their health rights

 

This includes strengthening physical and mental health services, food & nutrition, water &sanitation, gender justice and eradicating harmful practices (such as FGM), and income generation. Tackling one cause of sickness in isolation can give the appearance of improving health, but often in reality might do little more than change the cause of death. Tackling several factors in integrated ways can save lives and bring lasting change.

 

To find out more, visit Health Poverty Action's website.

Our culture and values

We approach health as an issue of social justice

 

We recognise that the greatest causes of poor health worldwide are political, social and economic injustices. This is a global scandal which causes unnecessary suffering on a massive scale. That is why we tackle the root causes of poor health as well as the symptoms, and why our name is Health Poverty Action.

 

We prioritise those missed out by others

 

Development organisations tend to cluster together which leaves large populations with almost no support at all. People may be living in hard to reach areas, or are difficult to support for some other reason. We make these most neglected populations our highest priority.

 

We address the full range of factors which impact on health

 

As well as strengthening health services we work on areas such as nutrition, water, sanitation, immunisation, and income generation. Tackling one cause of poor health in isolation can give the appearance of improving health, but in reality might do little more than change the cause of death. Tackling numerous factors together saves lives.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

At Health Poverty Action we celebrate diversity and promote equality and inclusion amongst all our staff and everyone we work with. We actively support and encourage people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences and skill sets to join us and help shape what we do. We are particularly keen to hear from ethnic minority candidates.  

Benefits

We offer the following benefits for paid jobs.

Remote/hybrid work

Remote/hybrid work

Flexible working hours

Flexible working hours

Enhanced pension

Enhanced pension

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