GSK [LSE/NYSE: GSK] in partnership with The St. Louis Community Foundation announced today an 18-month, $...
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01-18-16
Partnership to Improve Prevention of Women’s Cancers and Quality of Cancer Registries in Latin America and Caribbean Reaches 1 Year Milestone
The Women’s Cancer Initiative in the Americas works to improve the quality and effectiveness of national breast and cervical cancer programs and the quality and completeness of national cancer registries in the region.
The
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12-30-15
Improving Lives and Livelihoods with Better Healthcare Management in Chile
The Chilean company AccuHealth, a pioneer in virtual clinical hospitals, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA) with a patient-centric tele-monitoring service designed to improve the health and livelihoods of chronically ill patients with value-added medical care at an affordable cost. BCt...
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11-20-15
Improving Eye Care and Transforming Lives in Mexico
salauno, a provider of low-cost, high-quality ophthalmic care to Mexico’s mid- and low-income populations, has joined the Business Call to Action with a plan to increase the number of patients it treats each year and expand its reach in Latin America by 2020. BCtA is a global ini...
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11-20-15
ViiV Healthcare Awards Additional Round of Grants to Support Innovative HIV Programs Aimed at Reducing Disparities in the Southern U.S.
ViiV Healthcare today announced it will award seven grants to organizations across the Southern U.S., a community disproportionately impacted by HIV, as part of its
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11-13-15
World Diabetes Day: Health Partnerships to Improve Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
According to the International Diabetes Federation, there are 387 million people living with diabetes today (1 in every 8 people), and an expected increase of 205 million additional cases by 2035 if appropriate action is not taken. An added complication, nearly 1 in 2 people that have diabetes ar...
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10-30-15
Women’s Work is Never Done: Community Health Charities Urges Women Caregivers to Take Care of their Health at Home and in the Workplace
Community Health Charities continues its focus on women’s health this month by emphasizing the role of women as caregivers and the many resources available to them through its network of member charities that can help manage their responsibilities, take care of their own health and lessen the imp...
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10-30-15
Novartis Foundation and Partners Launch New Hypertension Program in Ghana
The Novartis Foundation and its partners have begun screening patients in the Community-based Hypertension Improvement Project (ComHIP), a two-year program designed to evaluate the impact of an innovative healthcare model on hypertension management and control in Ghana.
With the innovative...
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10-29-15
Ambulance Services Now Available to KonsultaMD Customers
Ambulance services may now be availed by customers of KonsultaMD with the recent partnership between the healthcare hotline and Lifeline Ambulance Rescue, Inc., the first and only dedicated “Emergency Quick Response (EQR)” service in the Philippines.
“This is another milestone for us here ...
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10-21-15
Children’s Health Fund and Stanford Children’s Health Unveil New State-of the-Art Mobile Medical Unit
Underserved adolescents from San Francisco to San Jose will be the recipients of the most technologically advanced mobile healthcare following today’s unveiling of a new Children’s Health Fund mobile medical unit. Known as the Teen Health Van, the “doctor’s office on wheels” will feature Samsung’...
