Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Americans for Cures Foundation announces Michael J. Fox as a featured speaker at State of Stem Cell Advocacy 2008, this year's leading conference for grassroots advocates supporting stem cell research. The conference will be held on April 12-13 at UCSF Mission Bay. Americans for Cures Foundation welcomes new ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) have announced that it has been selected by Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) to participate in a statewide effort to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
APIC will join BSCF and other leading health organizations to expand the Foundation's innovative California Healthcare-Associated ...
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
The Global Child Nutrition Foundation's 5th annual A Possible Dream Gala will take place Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and honor several champions of child nutrition, including the 2008 recipient of the Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award. The gala supports the Foundation's mission to raise awareness about the global epidemic of ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the city of Los Angeles to stop it from foreclosing a former AIDS hospice that now serves as an office for the organization's case managers, the Los Angeles Times reports.
AHF opened the hospice, called the Linn House, ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
The Pfizer Foundation, a charitable organisation established by Pfizer Inc, a research-based pharmaceutical company, declared a $33m USD multi-year programme to support public health programmes to address the emerging global challenges in cancer and tobacco control.
Pfizer said it has entered into partnerships with 15 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in 26 countries, ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Patty Stonesifer on Wednesday announced that she will be stepping down from her position by the end of the year, the New York Times reports. Stonesifer, who helped start the foundation in 1997 after leaving Microsoft, said that it is "the right time" to ...
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