Health and Wellness

The University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) are working together to bridge the gap between basic science and clinical research to advance innovative medicines that treat African patients. 

The collaboration with the University’s Drug Discove...

• RHD has been eliminated in most developed nations, but sub-Saharan Africa studies show at least 2-3% of school-age children suffer from this often fatal disease¹
   
  
• Collaboration between Novartis physicians, Zambian healt...

ClearCause Foundation today announced its newest advisor, Noëlle Ghnassia Damon, LCSW-R, DNCCM. Ms. Damon is a psychotherapist in private practice, as well as a Diplomate of the National Center for Crisis Management in collaboration with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.

“In 2012 we looked back and celebrated 20 years of inspiring Canadians to achieve their best health. Now, in 2013 – we’re looking forward to inspiring other businesses to create healthy, positive and sustainable change” – Stewart Brown, Founder and CEO

GE (NYSE: GE) was recently awarded International Medical Corps’ (IMC) Global Citizen Award, given annually to dedicated supporters who have helped IMC deliver humanitarian relief to communities devastated by conflict or disaster....

ViiV Healthcare today announced that it will expand the Positive Action Southern Initiative to two additional states and issued a new request for letters of interest (LOIs). First established in 2010, the Positive Action Southern Initiative is a collaborative, community-focused program that focus...

Today the Children’s Health Fund’s South Bronx Health Center kicked off a significant facility improvement project made possible by nearly $70,000 in funding from UnitedHealthcare. Also instrumental in this project is CBS EcoMedia. The renovations, which include cosmetic improvements to the clini...

Novartis celebrates the one-year anniversary of an unprecedented, coordinated effort to eliminate or control 10 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. The commitment was captured in the landmark London Declaration on NTDs in which Novartis and a group of partners, including the World Health ...

Companies should measure “quality of life per square foot,” and give their knowledge workers a stronger voice in influencing major changes, including the way workspaces are designed, according to a new position statement by CoreNet Global advocating the quality of working environments and work ex...