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Together we strive to combat poverty and diseases – communicable diseases like influenza and HIV, and no communicable diseases like cancer and heart disease. We help mothers and children survive and thrive so they can look forward to a healthy old age. We ensure the safety of the air people breathe, the food they eat, the water they drink – and the medicines and vaccines they need. The principle that all people should enjoy the highest standard of education and health, regardless of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition. Over the years, people have come together to reiterate and reinforce this principle — for example in the Declaration of Alma-Ata in 1978, which set the aspirational goal of health for all. It remains front and centre today, in the drive for universal health coverage.

A strong education in STEM is essential for all students, whether they grow up to pursue a STEM career or just apply scientific reasoning and knowledge in their day-today lives. At a time when STEM education is struggling to produce graduates with the qualities and skills to keep the United States’ science and technology sectors competitive, CIF provides a variety of programs to make sure talent and interest in scientific endeavors are nurtured. CIF also strives to help everyone become literate in STEM by conducting research and developing tools and services for educators, researchers, and policymakers to make critical and lasting improvements in education systems.

CIF has a long-standing commitment to cultivate responsible science in the service of society and build bridges between science and the greater public. It fosters and facilitates the responsible practice and application of science in the service of society and addresses legal, ethical, and human rights considerations to which science gives rise. Questions of values, ethics, human rights, and law are raised by the emergence of new technologies. CIF provides a space for assessment and advocacy on the responsible development and application of science and technology, and communication and collaboration between the scientific communities and human rights and legal communities.