Circle of Health International
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Sera Bonds |
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Maternal and neonatal health |
| Location | United States |
| Areas Served | Sri Lanka, Tibet, New Orleans, Sudan, Tanzania, Afghanistan, Israel, Haiti, Syria, Texas, Oklahoma, Jordan, Philippines, Nicaragua, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Turkey |
| Method | Providing quality healthcare to communities by partnering with local organizations |
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Circle of Health International is a US-based non-governmental organization founded in 2004, with the mission to work with vulnerable women, children, and refugees during times of disaster through comprehensive women's health worldwide. They cooperate with organizations to help vulnerable women with a community-based approach during times of crisis. COHI has worked with midwives and public health professionals in countries like the United States, Sri Lanka, Louisiana, Tibet, Tanzania, Israel, the Philippines, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Nicaragua, Sudan, Haiti, Afghanistan, and many more.
Activities
In 2016, COHI partnered with the American Refugee Committee to provide maternal and child healthcare in Haiti, midwives in Indigenous women's forum in Nicaragua, midwifery students and sexual health advocates in Nepal, a clinic for refugees in Rio Grand Valley on the Mexico/US border. COHI assists with human trafficking globally.Affiliation
COHI is affiliated with organizations including Catholic Charities, Boston University, Harvard, The American Refugee Committee, and the American Israel Political Action Committee AIPAC. COHI is also engaged in the social enterprise community program, known as the COHI Cloth Network, to address women's poverty.Missions
;TibetIn 2004, COHI partnered with a local host organization, Tibetan Healing Fund, in Tongren, also known as Repkong, Eastern Tibet to aid with the training of midwives to create a more sustainable maternal health care system.
;Israel/West Bank
In 2004, COHI and their partners worked with Israeli and Palestinian women to address midwifery and Gender Based Violence. Conducted an assessment based on three main categories.
- To produce a substantial GBV ethnography of the region;
- To design and implement specialized programming targeting the cultural nuances of each group; and
- Coalition-building among Israeli and Palestinian organizations to implement relevant projects in partnership with local women's rights organizations.