About us
The Public Health Association (RA) develops and operates treatment, rehabilitation, education and prevention programs nationwide, with the aim of promoting the health of the entire Israeli public.
Our essence
The Public Health Association (RA) has operated as a non-profit for over fifty years to fulfill its mission of equitably promoting public health in Israel.
Among other activities, the Association operates treatment centers for people with mental illnesses, vocational rehabilitation centers for people with disabilities, medical centers for the treatment of addictions, and services for disabled IDF veterans suffering from PTSD and their families.
In addition, the Association operates innovative programs to promote active, healthy, and sustainable lifestyles, designed specifically for kindergartens, schools, workplaces, retirees, and volunteers in the community.
Over the decades of our history, we have forged extensive working relationships with the Ministries of Defense, Welfare, Health, and Education, alongside fruitful work with the National Insurance Institute, health funds, and local authorities.
We are here to serve everyone, striving daily to create a healthy, egalitarian, inclusive, and progressive Israeli society.
Our vision
The Public Health Association works to promote public health, for the entire population, providing equitable support for all and with every issue.
Changing the face of health
- Establishing Child Development Centers.
- Establishing outpatient services in hospitals and in the community.
- Partnering in the implementation of disability and nursing laws of the National Insurance Institute and the provision of diagnoses to establish eligibility under these laws.
- Doubling the number of mental health clinics in the country.
- Developing the field of mental health rehabilitation and establishing the first rehabilitative employment programs.
- Assisting in the formulation of the law on rehabilitation of people with mental disabilities in the community.
- Establishing centers for long-term treatment of drug and alcohol victims and their reintegration into the community.
- Developing a computer model for the provision of efficient student health services in schools.
- Developing services at HMOs for rehabilitation from dependency on prescription drugs and painkillers.
- Developing services for withdrawal and/or reduction of alcohol consumption through medication.
- Developing a revolutionary digital program to promote active, healthy and sustainable lifestyles in elementary schools in Israel.
- Founding a unique hotline in Israel to treat and prevent addiction as an emergency response after the events of October 7, 2023.
- Developing addiction treatment programs and training, including courses for doctors, social workers and nurses.
Letter from the CEO
As the CEO of the Public Health Association, I feel immense pride and a deep sense of mission in leading an organization at the forefront of the efforts to improve quality of life and health for each and every person in Israel.
Since its founding in 1972, the Public Health Association has operated as a non-profit, with dedication and focus on sensitive treatment of people dealing with the disease of addiction; empowering the rehabilitation of people facing mental illnesses, people with disabilities, and disabled IDF veterans suffering from PTSD; prevention and education for health and sustainability for all segments of the population.
The Association staff are the heart and soul of our activity, and do sacred work every day. They work with dedication, passion and professionalism, while focusing on the personal and unique needs of each individual. Our sense of commitment and responsibility to the community is the engine that drives our every decision and action.
Every day, I witness the considerable impact of the Association’s activities on the lives of people all over Israel – children in kindergarten and school, who acquire essential life skills from our health and environmental promotion programs; people with mental illnesses and people with disabilities, who integrate into society and the labor market; and people dealing with addictions, who get a chance to choose life again.
The Association also goes into the streets, lending a hand to the homeless and people caught up in the cycle of prostitution, who receive not only support and guidance, but also a hug, recognition, and the sense that they are seen as fellow human beings.
Our powerful and uncompromising ethos, “Health Above All – For Everyone”, guides us in our work and constitutes the essence of our mission.
Thank you to each and every one who has contributed to our success – staff, board members, donors, volunteers, and partners. Together we will continue to work with dedication for the sake of public health.
Yours
Attorney Yasmin Nahum
CEO, Public Health Association
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