Health and Wellness
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05-31-16
Greenplay® & Brock Improve Player Concussion Safety
Greenplay Organics LLC, the manufacturer and distributor of Greenplay® second generation organic infill for synthetic turf, is proud to be collaborating on advancements to player safety with Brock International, the established industry leader in shock pads and concussion prevention technology fo...
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05-11-16
Partnership Launched to Tackle Cervical Cancer in Africa
Ongoing efforts to prevent and control cervical cancer in the African Region have received a significant boost following the announcement of a pioneering partnership between the World Health Organization African Region (WHO AFRO) and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers &a...
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05-05-16
Make a Difference: Join the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge
What do Tulsa, Cleveland, Kansas City, San Diego, Durham and New Haven have in common? They’ve signed on to the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge, a new initiative to provide recognition and awards totaling $1.5 million to communities showing measurable changes in health and wellness. Th...
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04-25-16
New Safe Water Fund Provides a Means for Socially-Minded Individuals and Organizations to Support Safe Water Projects Around the World
LifeStraw has launched the LifeStraw Safe Water Fund (www.lifestraw.com/engage) to provide socially-minded individuals and organizations with a means to contribute to high-impact programs that provide access to safe water for developin...
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04-25-16
ViiV Healthcare étend son accord de brevets pour le dolutégravir auMedicines Patent Pool (MPP), de facon acouvrir tous les pays de la tranche inférieure des revenus intermédiaires.
ViiV Healthcare, socieÌteÌ mondiale speÌcialiseÌe dans le traitement du VIH, controÌ‚leÌe par GSK, et comptant Pfizer Inc. et Shionogi Limited parmi ses actionnaires, a annonceÌ aujourd'hui son intention d’eÌtendre la porteÌe mondiale de son accord de licences nationales concernant ...
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04-25-16
ViiV Healthcare Extends Medicines Patent Pool Licence Agreement for Dolutegravir to Cover All Lower Middle-Income Countries
ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders, today announced an extension of overall country coverage of its existing licence agreement for adults formulation of dolutegravir to the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to co...
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04-16-16
Innovative Sources of Financing to Help Scale Up Prevention and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis in Low and Middle-Income Countries
To coincide with the 2016 International Liver Congress in Barcelona, the Viral Hepatitis Prevention Board (VHPB) launches a report that reviews over 20 different existing funding mechanisms and examines how these financing sources could be used to support government strategies to provide access t...
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04-12-16
GoGo squeeZ® Partners with Action for Healthy Kids® to Spread Goodness Nationwide
Just in time for Every Kid Healthy Week, GoGo squeeZ®, the makers of all-natural 100 percent fruit in a pouch, today announced a long-term partnership with Actio...
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04-08-16
"‹"‹"‹Tetra Pak Reaches More Than 70 Million School Children
Tetra Pak has a long tradition in providing practical support when governments are introducing and implementing school feeding programmes. Every year, the number of children benefitting from school feeding served in Tetra Pak packages in their schools is being counted....
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04-08-16
Celebrities Advocate National Dining Fundraiser on April 28
Though there have been many strides made towards curing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, such as the recent breakthrough of scientists using gene editing to remove HIV from ...
