Health and Illness/Aid Organizations

Introduction:

This page details many aid organizations in the realm of health and illness according to category.

• Most of the links on this page link to Hebrew websites.

Click here for a comprehensive listing of organizations in English on the Shira Pransky Project website.

General Assistance within the Healthcare System

• Social Services within the Healthcare System
• The Ministry of Health Complaints and Questions - contact details are on the Ministry of Health website.
• Health plan ombudsmen (public complaints commissions):

• Clalit
• Maccabi
• Meuhedet
• Leumit

• *5400 "Kol HaBriut" The Ministry of Health Call Hotline

Legal Aid Organizations

• The Mazor Clinical Center - Providing legal advice regarding patients rights in Israel
• The Society for Citizen Rights in Israel
• The Society for Patients Rights in Israel
• Physicians for Human Rights - Israel
• All Rights- for Families with Special Needs Children
• The MARAP Clinic - Law, Medicine and Psychiatry
• The Dolev Foundation for Medical Justice
• Z.V.I. - Israel Health Consumers
• Lilach - Israel Society to Live and Die with Dignity

National Insurance

• Yad Mechavenet - Free advice for national insurance medical committees

Financial Assistance for Patients

• Haverim L'Refuah (Friends for Health) - Assistance in finding and purchasing medications
• Yad Eliezer
• Keren Yishiy - Marpe Lechayim
• The Israeli Fund for Financing Medications - Founded by Yachad Betikva
• Refaeinu V'Nivasheia
• Refuah Vesimcha
• Saad V'marpe

Medical Information and Advising

• The DA'AT Public Health Information Center (a partnership between Hadassah and Yad Sarah)
• Yad Eliezer
• Yachad Betikva
• Kivunim - Information Center for Patients and their Families
• Saad V'marpe
• Santé Israël Information for French speakers about the Israeli Health Care system.

Assistance for Families

• Yad L'Tomech - Support Center for Family Caregivers
• Caregivers Israel - Recognition and Support for Family Caregivers
• Kesher Connecting Special Families

Rehabilitation Equipment

• Light to the World (Or LaOlam) - Free medical equipment lending service across Israel
• Variety
• Yad Sarah - Click here for more information about equipment lending on Yad Sarah's English website
• Kivunim - Information Center for Medical Rights
• Kamaayan Hamitgaber - Operates in Pardes Hanna, Karkur, Elyakhin, Givat Haim Meuhad
• Lions Israel
• Milbat
• The Michaelson Institute for Rehabilitation of Vision
• Ma'ayan- Alyn Hospital
• The Mishcon Family Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Needs - Alyn Hospital
• Rehabilitation Center in the Loewenstein Hospital
• The Foundation Optical Center
• Ner David Avi - Equipment lending in the Ashkelon, Netivot, and Ashdod regions.
• The Central Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Handicapped
• Saad V'marpe
• Ezer Mizion - Click here for more information about equipment lending on Ezer Mizion's English website
• Ezra Le'marpeh
• The Arab Association for the Disabled
• Keren Yishi - Marpe L'Hayim
• Re-Specs Frames for the Needy
• Refaeinu V'Nivasheia
• Tikva Umarpe - For pediatric dialysis, kidney transplant and nephrology patients

Children

• Or Menachem - Assistance for children in hospitals
• Jordan River Village - Free vacation for chronically and seriously ill children
• The Israel National Council for the Child
• The Israeli Association of Child Development and Rehabilitation
• Friends for Health
• Yachad Betikva
• Saad Marpe
• Kav-Or - Distance Learning for Children in Hospitals
• All Rights For Families with Special Needs Children
• The Clinic for Children and Youth Rights at the Hebrew University - Legal assistance
• Simcha Layeled - Assistance for Sick Children and their Families
• Tlalim - Educational Support for the Sick Child

Women

• One in Nine
• Isha L'Isha - Abortion hotline
• Hadadi - The Support Center for the Breast Cancer Survivor in Jerusalem
• Just One Life - Emotional and financial support for pregnant women at risk
• Women and Their Bodies (Nashim LeGufan)

Seniors

• Gisha L'chaim- Life's Door
• Mobile Dental Care - The Oral Health Association
• Yad L'Tomech - Support Center for Family Caregivers
• Yechidit Segula - Senior Citizens Rights in Hospitals
• Caregivers Israel - Recognition and Support for Family Caregivers
• Click here for a comprehensive categorized listing of organizations offering assistance to the elderly.

Organizations by Illness/Condition

Cancer

• Larger Than Life - For quality of life for children with cancer
• The Israel Cancer Association
• One in Nine
• Or Menachem - Assistance for children in hospitals
• Beit Natan - Healthcare resources and support for women with cancer
• Gisha L'Chaim - Life's Door
• Hadadi - The Support Center For The Breast Cancer Survivor in Jerusalem
• Zichron Menachem - The Israel Association for Support of Children with Cancer
• Friends for Health
• Chaiyanu - Assistance for children with cancer and their families
• Yad L'Tomech - Support Center for Family Caregivers
• Yad Tamar Support for cancer patients and their families
• Yachad Betikva
• Israeli CML (Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) Patients Support and Information Organization
• Halil Ha'Or The Association for Lymphoma and Leukemia Patients
• Jordan River Village - Free vacation for chronically and seriously ill children
• AMEN - The Israeli Association of Myeloma patients
• Make a Wish Foundation
• The Organization for Stoma (Neostomy) Patients in Israel
• The Yuri Shtern Holistic Care Center for Cancer Patients - Complementary medical treatment for cancer victims free of charge or at a nominal cost
• Ezer Mizion Support and assistance for children and adult cancer patients and their families
• PELE - A Wig for Every Woman
• Kav-Or - Distance learning for children in hospitals
• Rachashei Lev - Support for children with cancer
• Tmicha - The Israeli Association of Palliative Care
• Caregivers Israel - Recognition and support for caregivers of families

Chronic Illness

• The Israel Psoriasis Association
• EYAL - Israel Epilepsy Association
• Assaf - Organisation for suffers of CFS and Fibromyalgia
• Gisha L'Chaim
• The Israeli Association for Gaucher
• The Israeli Familial Dysautonomia Foundation
• Friends for Health Medication for the Chronically Ill
• Tene Briut - Prevention, detection and treatment of chronic diseases for the Ethiopian community
• The Israel Multiple Sclerosis Society
• The Home for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
• Yad L'Tomech - Support Center for Family Caregivers
• Jordan River Village - Free vacation for seriously ill children
• Katef Chama - Support for families of the chronically ill
• Mateh Medical Association for the Treatment and Establishment of Health
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Israel
• The Association for Fighting A-T Disease
• The Israel Foundation for Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
• IFOB - Israeli Foundation For Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases
• Inbar - The Israeli Association for those with Rheumatic Diseases
• ALEH - Israeli Hemophilia Association
• The Israel Pulmonary Hypertension Association
• Ori Fund - Mitochondrial diseases
• YAHEL - Advising and Educating about Food Allergies
• Mifrakim Tzeirim (Young Joints)
• The Israel Parkinson Association (IPA)
• The Israeli Celiac Association
• Kol Haneshima - Support for parents of children who have undergone a tracheostomy
• Rosh Tov - Alopecia areata
• Simcha L'Yeled Assistance for Sick Children and their Families
• Life's Door (Tishkofet Maagan)
• Caregivers Israel - Recognition and Support for Caregivers of Families

Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

• Melabev - Providing care for those with Alzheimer's disease and dementia
• EMDA - For those suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia
• Yad L'Tomech - Support Center for Family Caregivers
• The Tzipporah Fried Center - Ezer Mizion - Support and assistance for Alzheimer's patients' families
• The Stuchinski Ramat-Gan Alzheimer Research and Treatment Center
• Huntington Patients Association of Israel
• Caregivers Israel - Recognition and Support for Caregivers of Families

Liver Diseases

• Hetz - Israeli Organization for Liver Health
• Israel Liver Transplantees' Association

Kidney Diseases

• The Israeli National Kidney Transplantees and Dialysis Patients Association
• Israel National Kidney Foundation
• Tikva Umarpe - For pediatric dialysis, kidney transplant and nephrology patients

Muscular Dystrophy and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• ATLAS – The Israel ALS/MND Association
• Gisha L'Chaim
• IsrA.L.S. - The Israel ALS Research Association
• Meshi - For families of children suffering from muscular dystrophy
• ADI - Duchenne Israel
• Little Steps - Support for children with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy and their families
• Life's Door (Tishkofet Maagan)
• Prize for Life- To promote the study of ALS and to increase awareness of the disease
• Orphant Israel A site dedicated to rare diseases

Diabetes

• The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Israel
• Israel Diabetes Association
• Jordan River Village - Free vacation for children with chronic illness
• Tene Briut - Prevention, detection and treatment of chronic diseases for those who left Ethiopia
• Ezer Mizion - Assistance and support for juvenile diabetes among the religious population

Strokes

• The Neeman Association for Stroke Survivors

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

• The Association for those Handicapped by CP
• Ilan Israel
• Milbat
• Alyn Hospital's Maayan Program for rehabilitative equipment
• Tsad Kadima Education and rehabilitation of children and adults with cerebral palsy

Tourette Syndrome

• ESTI - Israeli Tourette Syndrome Association

Mental Health

• Enosh - Israeli Association for Mental Health
• ERAN - Emotional First Aid by Telephone & Internet
• Association for Excellence in Psychiatric Rehabilitation (AEPR)
• Bizchut - The Israeli Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities
• Behevra Tova - Seeing Beyond
• Haagudah Lbriut Hatzibur Rehabilitation Services and Housing for Life
• Habait Shel Ronit - Social activities for people with special needs
• DROR: The Israeli Association for Housing Discharged Psychiatric Patients
• Jordan River Village - Free vacation for chronically and seriously ill children
• Lishma
• MALAM - Organization of Mental Health Consumers in Israel
• MAMAN - Center for information and communal participation for families facing mental illness
• Makshivim - Online social and self-help group for the mental illness community
• SAHAR - Support and Listening on the Net
• OZMA - The National Forum of Families of People with Mental Illness
• Ezer Mizion - Mental Health Services Division
• Chimes Israel
• Zipor Hanefesh - Artistic Creations from those Facing Emotional Challenges
• The MARAP Clinic - Law, Medicine and Psychiatry
• Reut - Community Mental Health Association
• Shelanu - Services for families of the mentally ill provided by WIZO
• Shekulo Tov - Integrating the mentally ill into the community through employment and leisure

Disabilities

• Click here For a comprehensive listing of organizations that assist people with disabilities.

Premature Infants

• The Lahav Society for the Premature Infants in Israel

Fertility

• Chen Patient Fertility Association
• Kivunim - Information Center for Medical Rights
• Bonei Olam
• Puah Institute - Helping couples with fertility, medicine, and Jewish Law

Dental Care

• Mobile Dental Care - The Oral Health Association - A mobile clinic and subsidized prices for disabled and confined people.
• Yad Eliezer - Subsidized dental clinics in Tzfat and Tiberias
• Yad Sarah Mobile dental clinic for seniors and the confined ill.
• Lotus Dental Clinics - Subsidized dental treatments for welfare patients throughout the country
• Keren Ted Erison Funding complex dental care to people with disabilities and seniors.
• Lev Chash - Subsidized dental care in Haifa and Kiryat Ata
• Dental Volunteers for Israel (DVI) - Dental treatment in Jerusalem for children and adolescents cared for by welfare.

Support in English

• AACI's Shira Pransky Project

Credits

• Original translation performed by The Shira Pransky Project as part of a grant from The Fellowship Fund.