Education

Women and Families Initiative

The HIV Collaborative Fund, a community organization that raises funds to support treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS, and Johnson & Johnson are partnering in a Women and Families initiative, which focuses on HIV/AIDS treatment preparation services for women. These services include advocacy, treatment and adherence education, counseling on stigma and discrimination, skills-building workshops, and direct service delivery in each of the communities served. Thousands of women in communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa have been reached over the past few years.

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.

Unamos al Mundo por la Vida

Unamos al Mundo por la Vida recruits and educates beggar children in Caracas, Venezuela.

Staying Away from Tobacco for a Healthy Life

China, with approximately 350 million smokers, produces and consumes more cigarettes than any other country in the world. Pfizer China anticipated its parent company's global tobacco control initiative (see Global Health Partnerships) by supporting the Chinese government's efforts to promote smoking cessation through a series of community awareness and education programs, notably a three-year smoking cessation initiative by the Beijing University Medical School called 'Staying Away from Tobacco for a Healthy Life'.

Save the Children

Since 1998, Johnson & Johnson has partnered with Save the Children in efforts to educate children and their families in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam about child development, health and nutrition. The partnership's first project involved integrating personal, community and environmental hygiene instruction into school curricula in Thailand. Johnson & Johnson has provided more than USD 1.1 million in grants, contributions, matching gifts and in-kind gifts.

Sanofi-aventis: TB Free & Other Initiatives

In March 2002, sanofi-aventis and the Nelson Mandela Foundation established the TB Free program, a EUR 15 million effort to increase detection and treatment rates for tuberculosis in South Africa. Initially planned to finish in 2007, it has now been extended to 2010. The partnership trains volunteers to encourage patient compliance during the 6-month treatment, using the WHO-recommended DOTS (Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course) strategy.

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.

Saber para Reagir

According to a survey of 600 adolescents from the impoverished Sao Jorge community in the Brazilian city of Londrina, 60% do not use contraceptives and 30 percent have used illegal drugs. To protect these vulnerable teens from infectious diseases, ALIA began the Saber para Reagir (To Know Is to React) program. The program's workshops educate 80 participants at a time about sexually transmitted diseases (including HIV/AIDS), early pregnancy, correct use of male and female contraceptives, and citizen rights.

Roche Children's Walk

The Roche Children's Walk (formerly the Global Roche Employee AIDS Walk) extended its scope to all vulnerable children in 2008. In 2008, 14,000 employees from 100 sites walked around five kilometers each to raise an estimated CHF 1.2 million, including the amount contributed by the company. While 35% was contributed via company affiliates to local children's charities, the balance was donated through Re&Act to Roche's long-term partners, the European Coalition of Positive People and UNICEF Switzerland, for their work in Malawi.

Renascer: Helping Poor Mothers in Brazil

Renascer provides medical and educational aid to mothers with chronically ill children living below the poverty line. 

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