Coalition mondiale des entreprises contre le VIH/SIDA, la tuberculose et le paludisme

Auteur: Sonia Shah in Foreign Affairs [USA]

...Over the last two decades, the private sector has emerged as the world’s top source of financing and leadership in the fight against deadly disease. The resources of some of the private industry players involved in global health today dwarf those of...

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• Entreprises concernées: Anglo American Coca-Cola ExxonMobil Gold Fields Kraft Foods (now Kraft Heinz) Merck Nestlé Novartis PepsiCo Pfizer Rio Tinto

Auteur: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria

Today, March 24th, GBC and its members around the world are observing World TB Day. Through educational and awareness-raising activities for their employees and surrounding communities, GBC member companies are playing a key role in the global fight to...

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• Entreprises concernées: BD (Becton, Dickinson) Chevron Eli Lilly Freeport-McMoRan Novartis Xstrata (part of Glencore)

Auteur: Interview with Corey Cooper, China.cn.org

In an...interview...GBC President and CEO Dr. John Tedstrom...explained how the GBC coordinates private sector involvement in disease awareness, control, and prevention efforts...commented on the status of GBC's current initiatives in China...[and]...

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Auteur: Xinhua

…The Tuesday ILO conference released a report, "HIV and AIDS Related Employment Discrimination in China," co-authored by ILO and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), which notes that PLWHIV in China are faced with...

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Auteur: The Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria [USA]

...GBC resources can help you engage employees and customers, educating them about the epidemic and your company’s role in ending it. GBC has compiled a collection of materials and multimedia resources for you to share with key stakeholders...The...

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• Domaines à la loupe: Business tools and guidance
• Entreprises concernées: L'Oreal

Auteur: Tian Ying, Xinhua [China]

…A survey conducted by UNAIDS and China, found 23.3 percent of 2,096 HIV-positive workers claimed they had been denied employment, and many did not expose their positive status for fear of discrimination...China began implementing a regulation on HIV...

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Auteur: Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC)

From an initiative that’s reaching 3.5 million people threatened by TB to a massive expansion of access to cheap anti-malaria medication in 24 African countries, businesses are doing work that is complementing the global health work of governments and...

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• Entreprises concernées: Accor Bayer Boehringer Ingelheim Coca-Cola Diageo Eli Lilly ExxonMobil Heineken L'Oreal Lonmin NBA Newmont (formerly Newmont Goldcorp) Sanofi Standard Bank Standard Chartered Unilever

Auteur: UNAIDS

On 15 March 2010, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé met with more than 15 private sector companies affiliated with the Global Business Coalition on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC). Mr Sidibé…reiterated his call for the virtual elimination...

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• Domaines à la loupe: HIV/AIDS
• Entreprises concernées: Abbott Laboratories BD (Becton, Dickinson) Boehringer Ingelheim Booz Allen Hamilton Bristol-Myers Squibb Colgate-Palmolive Johnson & Johnson Mylan Laboratories Pfizer Standard Bank Unilever Vestergaard Frandsen

Auteur: Sarah Boseley, Guardian [UK]

Could Coca Cola heal the world? Or Standard Chartered Bank or Chevron oil, for that matter? These giant corporations have money and skills. They do business in difficult, hard-to-reach places. They make things happen. So how much could be achieved if...

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• Entreprises concernées: Chevron Coca-Cola ExxonMobil Fluor PepsiCo Schlumberger Standard Chartered