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Medical Equipment Donation Guidelines

Medical Equipment Donation Guidelines provide a guide for those accepting and making medical equipment donations, and also useful for those planning to purchase medical equipment.

Guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/AIDS

The Guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/AIDS provides practical, operational, timely and relevant guidance to companies and/or leaders in the private sector who want to combine forces in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It includes lessons learned and examples to those interested in...

Information on Ioaveni, Moldova

This is an information page about the town of Ioaveni in Moldova. It includes statistics and historical information about the town.

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle was offered as a means of stimulating discussion about partnerships at the World Economic Forum's 2003 Meeting in Davos. The document attempts to define public-private partnerships, provide examples of such partnerships and suggest questions that...

Guidelines for the Donation of Medications (GNPPLUS)

The Global Network of People living with Aids (GNPPLUS) has produced this document, which lists guidelines for donations of medicines. It refers to legal issues relating to both donors and recipients. It recommends that drugs should appear on the national Essential Drug List, or if no list is...

Business and malaria: a neglected threat?

Business and malaria, a report of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum, is the largest and most comprehensive report ever on the impact of malaria on business. The report found that 72% of Sub-Saharan African businesses are affected by malaria. In response, the GHI...

Dare to Lead: public health and company wealth

This is the first in a series of briefing papers analysing the human development impact of transnational corporations (TNCs). The series aims to examine the links between trade and poverty eradication and to illustrate the challenges facing industry as a whole in contributing more systematically to...

Water Environment Federation (WEF) Conferences

Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a non-profit technical and educational organisation whose vision is to "preserve and enhance the global water environment." The Conferences website lists annual WEF conferences.

UNICEF - Ghana page

UNICEF provides the latest statistical data on Ghana, including indicators of the current poverty situation in the country. Statistics are listed under topics such as education, nutrition, mortality, water and sanitation. All the data comes from the appropriate United Nations agency whenever...

TravelHealth

TravelHealth offers practical health advice and vaccinations for travellers.

Business UNusual

Business UNusual, a collaborative publication of the United Nations Global Compact Office and the Global Public Policy Institute, provides an overview of recent partnership activities in the United Nations, as well as the challenges the UN faces in its efforts to engage the private sector and...

Sports Volunteering in England 2002

This report, published in July 2003 by Sport England, builds on the base established by the Sports Council in 1995 with the publication of Valuing Volunteers in UK Sport (Sports Council 1996). The 1996 study was the first comprehensive investigation of the scale and value of volunteering in UK...

Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships

Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships, a case study, evaluates the response of Pfizer Inc. to the HIV/AIDs endemic. It focuses on the efforts of the its Fellows Program to support HIV/AIDS service NGOs in developing countries. In this...

Tourism industry and poverty reduction: A business primer

Tourism industry and poverty reduction: A business primer, a policy briefing paper, explains why poverty does matter to tourism businesses and describes what companies – both in the originating and destination countries – can do to contribute to the global effort on poverty reduction.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Country-by-country

This United Nations organisation provides a country-by-country guide to the latest statistical data on poverty indicators. Statistics are given under topics such as education, nutrition, mortality, and water and sanitation. All the data comes from the appropriate United Nations agency whenever...

Article: Materials for the Arts (MFTA)

News story about a New York based gifts-in-kind organisation with a 22,000 sq. foot warehouse. MFTA provides arts materials to support schools, other educational establishments, and non-profit organisations in the local area.

Microcredit Summit

Micro credit programmes offer small loans, and other financial services such as savings, to very poor people for self-employment projects that generate income, allowing them to care for themselves and their families. The Micro credit Summit Campaign brings together micro credit practitioners,...

UNICEF - Finland page

This United Nations organisation provides the latest statistical data on Finland, giving indicators of the current poverty situation in the country. Statistics are given under topics such as education, nutrition, mortality, water and sanitation. All the data comes from the appropriate United...

UNICEF - Hungary page

This United Nations organisation provides the latest statistical data on Hungary, giving indicators of the current poverty situation in the country. Statistics are given under topics such as education, nutrition, mortality, water and sanitation. All the data comes from the appropriate United...

UNICEF - Ireland page

This United Nations organisation provides the latest statistical data on Ireland, giving indicators of the current poverty situation in the country. Statistics are given under topics such as education, nutrition, mortality, water and sanitation. All the data comes from the appropriate United...