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Department of Health - http://dchealth.dc.gov/
Describes the agency's programs, such as addiction, HIV/AIDS, nutrition, medical insurance, preventive health, and environmental services. Includes a calendar of events, health alerts, news releases, reports, and information on licenses and on birth and death certificates. |
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Washington Regional Transplant Community - http://www.beadonor.org/
Information about organ donation. |
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William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing - http://www.wendtcenter.org/
Works to ease the impact of illness, loss and bereavement through direct services, education and advocacy. |
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Ronald McDonald House - http://www.rmhc.greaterdc.org/
Provides a home away from home for families of seriously ill children. |
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Capital Hospice - http://www.capitalhospice.org/
Find out about medical and nursing care, programs, job openings, and news releases. Formerly Hospice of Northern Virginia, Hospice of Prince George's County and Hospice Care of DC. |
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Kaiser Family Foundation - State Health Facts Online - http://www.statehealthfacts.org/profileglance.jsp?rgn=10
Offers health facts and statistics. Includes information on topics such as health coverage, costs, managed care, minority and women's health and HIV/AIDS. |
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Chartered Health Plan - http://www.chartered-health.com/
DC-based health maintenance organization. Includes description of wellness classes and information for medical providers. |
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Healthy Babies Project, Inc. - http://www.healthybabiesproject.org/
Aims to reduce the dangerously high rates of infant deaths, illnesses, and low birth weight by reaching out to high-risk, low-income, substance-abusing pregnant women and their families. |
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Consumer Health Foundation - http://www.consumerhealthfdn.org/
A private, nonprofit charitable organization that provides grants to local grassroots and community-based organizations in the metropolitan Washington DC area that focus on improving health and healthcare. |
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DC Firefighters Burn Foundation - http://dcffburnfoundation.org/
Non-profit organization founded by active and retired firefighters to assist the recovery and rehabilitation of injured colleagues and burn patients. Includes list of services, details of fundraising events, and membership information. |