McCann Health Wins Big at Mannys and DTC National Advertising Awards

McCann Health North America announced today that it has been awarded three coveted Manny Awards celebrating excellence in healthcare communications, and two DTC National Advertising Awards, celebrating the best in direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical marketing. Amar Urhekar, President of McCann Health Americas, said, “These awards are a tribute to the talent, creativity and leadership at McCann Health North America. I am tremendously proud of the teams who contributed to these wins and grateful for the trust that our clients put in us to bring this creativity to their brands.” At the Manny…

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Barnardo’s publishes relationships and sex education recommendations and calls on Government to issue RSE guidance

Barnardo’s welcomes the Department of Education’s revised safeguarding guidance published  on Thursday 17 May which includes advice on how to deal with sexual violence and harassment in school. While the leading children’s charity supports the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ advice, it is urging the Government to publish its consultation on the guidance on relationships and sex education (RSE) as soon as possible.   The charity is also unveiling its own research with young people today on what they want from RSE lessons, which includes nine key recommendations to the…

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Dove Announces Global Partnership With Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe to Build Self-Esteem and Body Confidence in Young People Using Mainstream Entertainment for the First Time

Dove announces a two-year global partnership with Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe to educate young people on body confidence through the cartoon’s themes of inclusivity and empowerment, world and characters – going directly to them in a medium they know and love, something that has never been done before. This pioneering collaboration comes from the Dove Self-Esteem Project which has been helping young people build self-esteem and body confidence through educational programmes since 2004. The project is based on the knowledge that over half of girls do not have high body…

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UNESCO And News Organizations Honor World Press Freedom Day With Global Call To Action

To commemorate World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO brought together major news organizations from all over the world to rise above the competitive nature of journalism and band together in support of a common cause: a free and independent press. The global campaign encourages each participating news organization to rally behind a radical idea: that news organizations should actively encourage their audience to not just engage with their platform but to read, listen and watch others as well. Based on the idea that consuming a range of news, sources, points of…

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Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation and Exact Sciences Team Up to Fight Colon Cancer

Colon cancer cut short the life of legendary football coach Vince Lombardi at the age of 57 and, nearly 50 years later, remains the number two cancer killer in the United States. Now, the foundation bearing his name and one of the country’s premier cancer diagnostics companies are teaming up to fight back. Today, the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation (VLCF) announced a new, multi-year partnership with Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences that will work to increase awareness of colon cancer, stress the importance of screening and prevention, and raise funds for…

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