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Youth Against AIDS and Serviceplan Suisse Demand Renaming of HIV in Open Letter to World Health Organization on the occasion of World AIDS Day

Stuart Mitchell

“Change the name, end the stigma” is the core message of the global campaign of the Initiative Youth Against AIDS with Serviceplan Switzerland. On the occasion of World AIDS Day today, an open letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been published, calling on him to officially rename HIV. The letter describes HIV as an “Epidemic of the Mind,” and it caused and perpetuated primarily by non-medical factors. This call is supported by a report released today titled ‘Epidemic of the Mind‘. The…

Impacting Human Health: Moderna’s 2021 ESG Report

Stuart Mitchell

In its 2021 ESG Report, Moderna outlines its corporate responsibility strategy and defines five guiding focus areas for ongoing and future efforts: Medicines for patients Employees Environment Community Governance and ethics The report also includes updates to the progress Moderna has made to date: 25% of total doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 were delivered to low- and middle-income countries. 40% of Moderna’s U.S. workforce identifies as racially or ethnically diverse, up from 35% in 2020. Moderna announced its Global Public Health Strategy to: Advance vaccines targeting 15 pathogens…

ASA – Mental Health in Ads

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Mental Health in Ads. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The theme of this year’s World Mental Health Day, recognised on 10 October, was to make ‘mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority’. Everyone will experience change or uncertainty in their lives, often relating to family, friends, work or health, and good mental…

Global investor alliance managing $5.7 trillion unites to improve population health

Stuart Mitchell

Thirty five investors managing over $5.7 trillion have come together in a new alliance committed to building healthier, fairer societies. The Long-term Investors in People’s Health initiative, led by ShareAction and supported by The Health Foundation and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation, is uniting asset managers and asset owners who want to prioritise population health. Investors have an enormous influence on people’s health through the companies they invest in – which shape the physical and mental health of workers, customers, and wider society. Yet most investors are overlooking health as…

Haleon and Microsoft use AI to enhance health product accessibility for people who are blind or partially sighted

Stuart Mitchell

Haleon, a global leader in consumer health, and Microsoft Corp. have announced a new collaboration to make everyday health more accessible for people who are blind, have low vision or have difficulty reading product labels due to low literacy. Together, the companies are expanding functionality in the Microsoft Seeing AI app to provide consumers with more detailed labelling information for over 1,500 Haleon products across the U.S. and U.K. Seeing AI is a free mobile app designed to help people who have trouble seeing by narrating the world around them.…