Instituto Unidos pela Vida (Brazil)

Brazil

198, Rua Francisco Rocha, Paraná, 80420-130, Brazil

Email

5541996369493

Veronica Stasiak, Executive Director & Gabriel Johnson Projects and Institutional Relations Coordinator

Founded in 2011, headquartered in Curitiba/PR, and operating nationwide, Unidos pela Vida – Brazilian Institute for the Care of Cystic Fibrosis, is a non-profit civil society organization whose mission is to advocate for people with cystic fibrosis in Brazil to have knowledge about their health and rights, equity of access to early diagnosis and the best treatments, contributing to improved quality of life. It was on the list of the 10 best small NGOs in the country in 2020 and 2021. In 2018 and 2019, it was recognized as the best small NGO in Brazil among the 100 best NGOs in the country and also received the Grand Prix Award, as the best Third Sector practice of Paraná, by the GRPCOM Institute, in 2019.