Initiative

Hitachi Laboratory Equipment Donation Extends Nationwide [Press Release]
Business Wire | 6 hours 51 minutes ago
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced today the expansion of its knowledge and skills enhancement initiative in the Philippines called the Integrated University Program with the launch of its regional laboratory center at Cebu Technological University (CTU) Main Campus. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, DOST Secretary Dr. Estrella Alabastro, PEZA Director General Atty. Lilia de Lima and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Nona Ricafort were present to wit...

Micronutrient Initiative Receives Renewed Canadian Support to Expand Live-Saving and Life-Enhancing Programs [Press Release]
MarketWire | 1 day 16 hours 58 minutes ago
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 --

River Blindness (Onchocerciasis) Reduced By Nearly One-Third In At-Risk Populations In Six Countries [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 12 hours 43 minutes ago
...in the Americas by 2012 PRNewswire WASHINGTON Nov. 21 WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A regional initiative launched in the 1990s to eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness) in the Americas has substantially reduced the prevalence...

New Sury Initiative in Silicon Valley Seeks to Integrate Ethics, Innovation, and Finance [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 7 hours 3 minutes ago
New Sury Initiative in Silicon Valley Seeks to Integrate...Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A new initiative in the Silicon Valley is creating a...developed the new forum, named the "Sury Initiative for Financial Innovation and Risk Management...

Seedco Financial to Partner With Goldman Sachs '10,000 Small Businesses' Initiative to Help New York City Small Businesses [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 2 days 10 hours 53 minutes ago
...Sachs '10,000 Small Businesses' Initiative to Help New York City Small Businesses...established "NYC Small Business Support Initiative." Seedco Financial will also receive...s financing and technical support initiative for small businesses is expected to...

Underserved Communities to Benefit from $4 Million [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 11 hours 50 minutes ago
...s (LISC) Building Sustainable Communities initiative. This initiative is a long-term effort to help struggling communities...with LISC on the Building Sustainable Communities initiative, which has positively impacted the lives of families...

ASTMH Symposium Showcases Efforts To Meet the Need for New Medicines to Treat Infectious Diseases in Developing Countries [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 13 hours 58 minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- An urgent need for new medicines to treat neglected infectious diseases in the developing world has prompted a growing number of collaborations among academic researchers, non-profit product development partnerships (PDPs), and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. As noted today in a symposium at the 58th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), these collaborations are opening up new avenues of access to indus...

GSMA Completes First Phase of Smart SIM Initiative [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 7 hours 28 minutes ago
HONG KONG, November 18 /PRNewswire/ --

Case Studies Offer Inside Look at Effective Ways to Address Global Health Challenges [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 15 hours 28 minutes ago
...Foundation, Global Health Progress (an initiative among research-based biopharmaceutical...companies), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the Association of University...Counsel, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. "In every case, valuable insight...

National System Aims To Minimize Diversion of Cold and Allergy Medicine in Methamphetamine Production [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 10 hours 31 minutes ago
...Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) today announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine. The National Precursor Log...legislation to adopt real-time tracking of the medicines. This initiative has proven to be successful at enforcing the legal purchase...

Zyomyx Point-of-Care CD4 Test Selected by CD4 Initiative to Help Treat HIV/AIDS Patients in Developing Countries [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 5 days 28 minutes ago
...of-Care CD4 Test Selected by CD4 Initiative to Help Treat HIV/AIDS Patients in...selected by Imperial College London's CD4 Initiative as the best-performing POC test method...POC product being supported by the CD4 Initiative. With this announcement, Zyomyx is...

New USAID Mission Director for Benin Sworn In [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 12 hours 8 minutes ago
...three presidential initiatives in the country: the President's Malaria Initiative, the Africa Education Initiative, and the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative. Armstrong has spent most of his 30-year career in international...

Minister Oda Unveils CIDA's Children and Youth Strategy [Press Release]
MarketWire | 1 day 16 hours 34 minutes ago
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/20/09 -- The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today unveiled the Canadian International Development Agency's Children and Youth Strategy, one of CIDA's three thematic priorities.