WHO ARE HEALTH IN FOCUS?

HIF exists to make healthcare more accessible, equitable and effective by turning local insight, evidence and collaboration into meaningful action.

Medical volunteers pose with a Health in Focus medical camp banner outside Ky Quang II Pagoda Orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Volunteers sorting donated clothing in a warehouse with bookshelves and storage racks.
Masked hospital staff stand beside carts loaded with boxed medical equipment, including Omron compressor nebulizers and crutches, outside a Vietnamese inpatient treatment room.
Masked healthcare worker measuring a man's blood pressure with a digital monitor in a clinic
Group photo of diverse students posing and smiling in a bright classroom, with several wearing face masks.
Masked man in a blue Thanh Niên Việt Nam polo shirt speaking with a woman in a red shirt outdoors
Woman using forearm crutches outside a hospital as another woman assists her beside a wheelchair
Child receiving a vaccination while adults comfort and hold them in a clinic.
Masked medical volunteers pose outside a hospital holding a “Health in Focus” medical camp banner for K’Quang II Pagoda Orphanage.
Healthcare worker in gloves and face mask measuring a seated man's blood pressure in a classroom or clinic.
Healthcare worker examining a schoolgirl’s eye with a handheld light during a school vision screening.
Healthcare workers wearing masks and scrubs review documents together in a clinical setting.

Health in Focus (HIF) is a youth led, volunteer run not for profit charity founded in late 2020 to tackle health inequity - a challenge no single organisation, profession, program, or country can solve alone. We bring people together to break down barriers to healthcare and education, turning community priorities into meaningful action.

Our aim is to help build a future where better health is shaped with communities, sustained locally, and shared across borders. We break this down further into 3 key objectives:

1

Reduce Global Inequity

We work to reduce barriers that prevent people and communities from accessing quality healthcare, health information and education.

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
  • Improve access to healthcare for underserved communities.
  • Address social, geographic and economic barriers to health.
  • Support locally appropriate responses to health inequity.
  • Connect communities with people and resources that can help.
2

Enhance Health, Education & Well-being

We help people develop the knowledge, support and opportunities needed to make informed decisions about their health and well-being.

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being SDG 4 Quality Education SDG 5 Gender Equality SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
  • Improve health literacy and access to reliable information.
  • Increase opportunities for prevention and early intervention.
  • Deliver accessible health education within communities.
  • Empower people to share health knowledge with others.
3

Waste Less & Help More

We use the resources available to us more effectively so that funding, equipment, knowledge and existing capacity can create greater social value.

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
  • Reduce unnecessary waste across healthcare and our programs.
  • Promote responsible reuse and redistribution where appropriate.
  • Maximise the value created by every dollar and resource contributed.
  • Consider long-term sustainability when designing initiatives.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals supported so far HIF’s work currently contributes to seven of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — with scope to support more as our work grows. Explore all 17 goals.