This charity works to improve health and prevent disability in developing countries. In a letter dated 6/12/2018, this organisation stated: “The whole thrust of IMPACT’s work is on the prevention and alleviation of causes of needless disability through, for example, straight-forward treatment and surgery, better nutrition and primary healthcare.
“We feel that sustained change can only be brought about by empowering women with information and to that end, family planning advice may be provided as one part of maternity care. This is done in line with Government policy in each country and taking into account cultural or religious sensitivities.”

This charity supports projects in places such as South Sudan, Jordan and Uganda, which are run locally by nuns. IRT receives support from “a large number of Catholic parishes, particularly from their associated Justice and Peace Groups and Developing Word Groups”.
In a letter dated 18/12/2018, this charity stated that none of its projects is “involved in birth control”.
The letter also stated: “However, the question has been raised as to whether the ‘Rainbow’ HIV/AIDS project in Nzara recommends condoms to prevent transmission.”
The letter included a response from the nun who oversees the project in Nzara, which included the statement: “It is true the use of condoms in not allowed by the catholic church (sic) but in some cases where the couple are both positive after consultation with the church personnel (parish Priest) (sic) may allow them to use it.”

In e-mails dated 22/11/23 and 28/11/23, this charity stated: “The Leprosy Mission is a Christian Charity and as such does not test, nor promotes testing on embryo stem cells across projects overseas. We do believe that women have the right to good reproductive health and where appropriate, provide advice and access to contraception. We do not however, promote abortion.
“Only one of our hospitals currently offer contraceptive services and that includes the following: providing temporary contraceptive services like oral pills, intrauterine devices (IUD), implants (hormonal methods), male condoms.
“Where we work with the elderly affected by leprosy, our aim is to build self-worth and bring healing. We do not promote or engage in assistive dying.”

In a letter received in 2019, this charity stated: “All requests considered for funding are subjected to Leuka’s rigorous and impartial selection process and the decisions we make about what we fund are based on merit and scientific excellence. At Leuka we only fund research that is ethically approved and abides by Leuka’s Research Policy that can be found on our website…
“From time to time the research we fund may involve the use of human stem cells. These cells are blood stem cells usually derived from the bone marrow of living adults. We have never funded research using human embryos.” [#AMRC#]

In a letter dated 11/4/2019, responded: “Professor Ken Mills, who is the Chair of Experimental Haematology … has confirmed that LLNI do not support research using human embryos. Additionally, we have not received any proposals for research funding that have included experimentation of this type.” [#AMRC#]