NURS FPX 8024 Assessment 1 Nongovernmental Agencies involved in Global Issues
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Nongovernmental Agencies Involved in Global Issues
The nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play an essential role in addressing global health requirements through collaboration with government agencies. In the evaluation, important details of the World Obesity Federation are presented to control the obesity issue. WOF is set to take initiatives on obesity management (WOF, 2025). The NGO also promotes the argument for action to be taken on the increased policies and funding to be given to the initiatives regarding the prevention and management of obesity.
Section I
About the Nongovernment Funding Organization
The WOF is one of the significant NGOs that lead in the obesity response in the world. The federation was established in 2014 through a merger of two precursor organizations, the International Association for the Study of Obesity and the International Obesity Task Force. Historically. The establishment of WOF is considered a landmark shift in international health advocacy of obesity. In such a way, the NGO concentrates on the management of the complex, chronic, and non-communicable condition of obesity. The NGO is London-based and operates through a vast network of more than 95 member organizations in more than 100 countries (WOF, 2025). The extensive membership network of organizations enables the WOF to accommodate the country-specific efforts, and, at the same time, to reinforce a collective and inclusive global strategy to address obesity. The Federation encompasses in its international outlook a multiplicity of regions such as Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States. The WOF is present in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, China, India, Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, France, Slovakia, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Costa Rica (WOF, 2025). The broad network allows WOF to accommodate country-specific efforts and still have a global approach to the same.
Mission and Goals
The mission of the WOF is to offer international leadership and to motivate international action to decrease, prevent, and remedy obesity. Mission is in keeping with the global health agenda of responding to the epidemic increase in obesity and the morbidity, mortality, and cost of care globally. The mission of the WOF is provided, and the goals are explained, measurable, and achievable (WOF, 2025). The goals are to decrease the proportion of obesity among individuals and enhance patient awareness of the management of obesity. Furthermore, the Federation creates the Global Obesity Observatory that contains useful evidence-based information that could guide the necessary country response, with sufficient reference points to track and measure change in the future (European Commission, 2025). The instruments that members can use concerning WOF goals are reasonable and supported by evidence.
Transparency and Accountability
The WOF is also very committed towards openness in financial affairs, governance systems, and decision-making. WOF is a charity organization that was founded in the UK, and, therefore, it is a subject of the regulatory body of the Charity Commission of England and Wales ( UK Charity Commission, 2025). The WOF follows the regulatory standards that demonstrate the transparency approach of the NGO. Moreover, the annual reports and audited financial statements maintain transparency on the economic process. The finance committee is primarily charged with the task of financial accountability and prepares the annual budget, identifies risk, and suggests information to the discussion at the board of trustees level.
NURS FPX 8024 Assessment 1 Nongovernmental Agencies involved in Global Issues
A board of trustees, which has regional vice-presidents and committee chairs, governs the WOF. Governance is complemented by the tasks of operational committees, clinical care, policy and prevention, publications, and membership committees, which enable WOF to ensure that decisions reflect the diversity of views and the course that is aligned with the health priorities globally. Responsibility is defined in the working structure of WOF. The WOF holds a yearly general meeting (AGM), during which members cast votes on major resolutions, which contain annual accounts and whether an independent auditor is to be hired (Nutter et al., 2023). The member involvement increases the accountability in terms of transparency in WOF and, more significantly, represents the aspect of operational and institutional accountability.
Program Effectiveness
In order to address the multidimensional and complicated problem of obesity, WOF is still providing several international programs. The strategic center of obesity professional education (SCOPE) program is one of the most influential programs of WOF that trains and certifies the global healthcare professionals (WOF, 2024). The program is founded on international clinical guidelines and recommendations and is constantly revised according to novel best practices and research. The training allows health professionals to more appropriately evaluate, handle, and treat individuals living with obesity in any setting or population. Consequently, the efforts of WOF are directly contributing to managing the burden of obesity in the world and providing interventions that are specific to vulnerable sub-populations. World Obesity Day is another significant program, held on March 4 every year, contributing to the mobilization of the global advocacy and awareness of obesity (Lan & Sulaiman, 2024). The campaign uses the definition of obesity as a disease, reduction of stigma, and the use of broader policy action. In this way, the program has served a global community, and it has trained thousands of practitioners, hence becoming a scalable, tangible solution to improving healthcare systems as it pertains to the obesity crisis, even in regions that are generally devoid of trained obesity specialists.
Partnerships and Collaborations
The WOF has a rich history of collaborating with other international organizations, governments, universities, and local communities. Because of this, it has gained more visibility and reach across the globe. WOF, as a nongovernmental organization with formal consultative status with the WHO, is in a position to shape the global health policy and engage in obesity prevention practices. The collaborative rights of the WOF are best represented by the cooperation between The Lancet Commission on Obesity, which is formulated to explore the food systems approach to the intertwined epidemics of obesity and climate change, and the WOF itself (Swinburn et al., 2022). Additionally, the alliances of the WOF with national governments and ministries of health are particularly significant when addressing obesity. WOF assists the use of national obesity strategies and gives technical support in surveillance and policy assessment, as well as regional workshops to facilitate capacity building through country involvement at the national level. Moreover, WOF has collaborated with such organizations as the World Heart Federation, which indicates that the WOF is a change in cross-sector and cross-disciplinary collaboration to promote system-wide measures involving the common risk factors that are not merely related to obesity (World Heart Federation, 2025). The collaborations are relevant to provide coordinated, universal, and systems-based answers to obesity prevention and management.
Financial Management
The WOF has a very high level of financial transparency and efficiency in its operation. The total income of WOF in the year 2024 is 2,088,287, as stated by the UK Charity Commission (2025). At the same time, the expenses of the organization were more than the revenue, and the total deficit was more than 1,964,237 pounds. In this way, the financial analysis indicated that WOF has complied with the regulatory requirements in that it has been filing annual reports on time and has been subjected to independent financial audits, demonstrating a good practice of financial stewardship and accountability to the public. Regarding the budgetary allocation, WOF seems to spend budgetary resources in an effective way to help in the mission of reducing the risk of obesity. In 2023, it spent about 72 percent of total expenditure on charitable activities, including global education programs, data-driven advocacy, and policy influence in the fields of obesity prevention and treatment.
The sources of funding for this organization are diversified. The professional training and certification fees, e.g., the SCOPE program and international events related to obesity management, are revenue streams. Although WOF does not earn a lot of money from donations, the dependence on self-generated income, as well as partnerships with different sectors, offers certain protection (Lublóy, 2020). Nevertheless, the lack of significant grant funding or significant gifts might reduce financial flexibility when the earned income is low, which is a potential weakness in the long term. Financial Economics is under the watch of a finance committee that is made up of senior organizational leaders. Thus, the committee should develop the yearly budget, track financial risk, and forward budget proposals to be approved.
Section II
Logistics
Name:
Email:
Position: Community Outreach Coordinator
Organization contact number:
Link to Website: https://www.worldobesity.org/
Interview Location: Online via Zoom
Name of Organization: WOF
Era is a six-year veteran of the WOF. She began as a program coordinator of a program to address obesity among the people of Toronto. She termed her work dynamic and multidimensional, which involved strategic planning and being in the field. She may work on the already long applications for grant funding to implement the obesity management program, or review the program data on a particular day. What Era enjoys in her work is the effects of the program and the immediate positive results of the people with obesity. When questioned on the challenges she encountered, Era said that it was very hard to get financial grants for the obesity prevention program. Era indicated that her career in the field of public health started as an intern in a nutrition program when she pursued her undergraduate degree in public health nutrition. She said that her practical experience working with the reality of obesity management sparked her desire to pursue a full-time career in the nonprofit sector. The most gratifying aspect of the job is designing a program to help in managing the risk of obesity in individuals.
Mission, Activities, and Community Impact
The WOF is an NGO with a focus on obesity and prevention programs. The central aim of the organization is to create a difference in the global obesity, namely, a community outreach program. The primary objectives of the organization are to establish equal access to preventive programs and assist the vulnerable communities in achieving better health outcomes worldwide. As Era explained, their programs are affected by the changing policies regarding healthcare access and other policies regarding public health. The organization was involved in the creation of the program after it identified a gap in service delivery after conducting a community health needs assessment. The statistics found that there were substantial obstructions to access to obesity prevention programs. Accordingly, the program resulted in the prevention-oriented care that was tailored to the specifications of the community, especially those people who have obesity.
The target group is the adults who are predisposed to obesity. Involving the community has been one of the most important factors that have led to the success of the organization. Local advisory boards and community forums are organized partnerships that provide community responsiveness and input to change the services. Moreover, WOF performed quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques to evaluate the impact of services. The performance indicators are: the prevalence of obesity, the rates of obesity complications, and the rates of participation in obesity prevention programs. One of the latest success stories involved a partnership with a low-income housing community in which 20 percent of the childhood obesity cases were reduced upon completion of a preventive program.
The WOF is constantly seeking to establish a relationship with other nonprofits, organizations, and nonprofit care providers. Collaborations expand the magnitude and enhance the depth of the services offered and enable wraparound services, such as referrals of households to social services and medical care. Community outreach is also frequently done by volunteers to spread the programs, such as to spread awareness of community strategies to prevent health and obesity effects by conducting community outreach on prevention community programs. Another of the primary issues that the organization is facing is the need to establish equity in access to preventive care in the differently populated areas. The organization has also identified a currently unmet health need in the absence of culturally attuned nutrition education, which is directed towards the immigrant populations. To ensure long-term financial sustainability, the WOF has a diverse range of sources of funding, such as private donations, corporate sponsors, and foundation grants. WOF will initiate a mobile clinic in the future to expand its reach to rural areas and develop an app that would help families access obesity preventive care services in the neighborhood.
Reflections
Both the research and the interview with the representative of WOF contributed to improved insights into the functioning of the public health organizations. The community-focused approach of the delivery of public health was one of the features that suited my expectations. To successfully implement initiatives, collaboration is the main reason that a public health initiative must have. Regarding the comparison of NGOs to government-financed programs, I also had a long-term concern with the scope of the work of the NGO in the first place. I expected that NGOs experienced difficulties with funding and implementing projects or services.
Nevertheless, in actuality, WOF has robust alliances and a viable funding plan. Additionally, one of the key diversities that I realized is that the NGO can be innovative and be able to adopt programs that are more sensitive to suit the needs of the community. The experience has had a great impact on my life and has broadened my mind in thinking big about involvement in meaningful work by public health workers.
Conclusion
The mission of the WOF is to act globally to reduce, prevent, and treat obesity. Section I presents in detail the information on the WOF, funding structure, transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of the programs. The WOF is very committed to financial transparency, structure of governance, and decision-making. Section II gives the insights of the informational interview that was conducted with the person who is working in the WOF. The description of the organization, the logistics of the interviews, and the mission and community contribution will allow one to determine the effect of the WOF in addressing obesity among individuals.
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