Healthcare Services
News and content about corporate responsibility innovations in the healthcare services industry.
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09-16-10
Baxter's Sustainability Efforts Support Education, Sustainable Product Design; Earn Dow Jones Sustainability Index Recognition
Baxter International Inc.'s (NYSE: BAX) Science@Work education initiative achieved a milestone with the opening of Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA), a new Chi...
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09-02-10
Medtronic Inc (NYSE:MDT) publishes 2010 Corporate Citizenship Report
Global medical technology company Medtronic has published its 2010 Corporate Citizenship report, Innovating for a Better World, at: www.medtronic.com/2010CitizenshipReport.
The report provides a comprehensive re...
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07-16-10
ViiV Healthcare announces further initiatives to improve access to HIV medications for people living in the least developed countries
Today ViiV Healthcare announced a new series of initiatives to support people living with HIV/AIDS in the poorest and most vulnerable countries. To address the evolving treatment needs in these countries, people living with HIV/AIDS will now be able to access the whole port...
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07-06-10
ViiV Healthcare Announces Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative, an Innovative Community Support Program to Fight HIV/AIDS
ViiV Healthcare today announced the launch of Positive Action U.S. Southern Initiative, a collaborative, community-focused program designed to address gaps in services or programs that support linkages to care and treatment adherence among individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
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06-30-10
ViiV Healthcare Awards Grants from the Positive Action for Children Fund of £3.6m
Today ViiV Healthcare awarded a total of £3.6m in grants to support 12 projects focused on preventing HIV transmission from mother-to-child, to improve the health and wellbeing of women, children and their families around the globe. These grants are the first of a series of ...
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06-24-10
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) publishes 2009 Sustainability Report
Baxter’s 2009 Sustainability Report – Our Priorities for a More Sustainable Future focuses on the company’s progress toward its sustainability priorities and goals, and features various initiatives and performance metrics.
Baxter’s sustainability priorities, grouped into the ...
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06-24-10
Baxter Highlights Progress Toward Sustainability Priorities, Including First and Only Carbon Trust Certification for Medical Product, in New Report
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) today released its 2009 Sustainability Report - Our Priorities for a More Sustainable Future, marking the 11th consecutive year the company has released a sustainability report about its social, economic and environmental perfor...
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06-03-10
BD Issues 2009 Sustainability Report
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, announced today the publication of its 2009 Sustainability Report. The report reaffirms the commitment of BD's 29,000 dedicated associates worldwide...
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05-20-10
Princeton Professor Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., to be Awarded the 2010 William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research
In recognition of his contributions to the field of health services research and lifelong achievements, Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., has been named the 2010 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research. The Prize, funded by The Baxter International Found...
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03-22-10
ViiV Healthcare Calls for Initial Grant Proposals to the Positive Action for Children Fund
Today ViiV Healthcare announced the inaugural request for grant proposals (RFPs) through the Positive Action for Children Fund. Over the next ten years, ViiV Healthcare will invest £50 million in the Fund to support programmes focused on preventing HIV transmission from moth...
