Indonesia

ViiV Healthcare's Positive Action on HIV/AIDS

Set up in 1992, Positive Action is ViiV Healthcare's international HIV/AIDS education, care and community support program. It works with community organizations to build capacity to counter the ignorance and stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS through outreach, education and advocacy. In 2009, ViiV Healthcare provided more than GBP 1 million, funding projects in 46 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Sanofi-aventis: My Child Matters

In 2004, sanofi-aventis and the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) launched a mobilization and awareness program called 'My Child Matters', to fight against childhood cancers in emerging countries. The objective is to encourage institutions (hospitals, NGOs, etc.) to develop pragmatic approaches to improve awareness, early diagnosis, access to care and treatment, pain control and better management of the social and cultural aspects of the disease for both children and families.

Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD)

The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) research center focuses exclusively on the discovery of innovative medicines for the treatment of diseases that are endemic to developing countries.

Leprosy Elimination

Novartis is providing free treatment for leprosy patients worldwide through its multi-drug therapy.

JPMA's HIV/AIDS Training Program

The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) has, at its own expense, commissioned the ASEAN Institute for Health Development (AIHD) to train medical professionals in ASEAN member countries in the 'Management of Community-based Prevention of HIV/AIDS and Care'. This two-week course is intended to contribute to the promotion of the physical and mental health care of patients and residents through the professional development of health workers in the AIDS-related divisions of public institutions.

Global Polio Eradication Initiative

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a plan to eliminate childhood polio through extensive vaccination.

Global Pharma Health Fund

The Global Pharma Health Fund e.V. (GPHF) is a charitable organization initiated and funded exclusively by donations from Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Germany. In 2007, it took over the work of the former German Pharma Health Fund, which was set up in 1985. The organization aims to improve health care in the context of development assistance, in particular the use of the GPHF-Minilab in the fight against counterfeit drugs.

Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF) was created to eliminate one of the world's leading causes of disability and disfigurement as a public health problem by the year 2020. An estimated 120 million people in at least 80 countries of the world suffer from the disease, and one billion (20% of the world's population) are at risk of infection.

GlaxoSmithKline's PHASE Program

GlaxoSmithKline's Personal Hygiene & Sanitation Education (PHASE) project is helping to reduce diarrhea-related disease by encouraging school children to wash their hands. GSK established PHASE in 1998 and has so far invested over USD 7 million in the program. PHASE is run in partnership with AMREF, Save the Children and Earth Institute at Columbia University, as well as national Ministries of Health and Education in countries where the program is active. The program has had impressive results so far.

Computerized Training for Management of Childhood Diseases

Every year, almost 10 million children die before they reach their fifth birthday. Many of these deaths could be avoided if those children received timely and appropriate care. It is the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) to reduce the infant and child mortality rate by two-thirds by 2015 (compared with 1990). One of the most promising instruments for achieving this goal is the Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases (IMCI), an approach to managing the most common diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles, or malnutrition.

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