Tag: aids

Walmart Expands Commitment To Accelerate the End of AIDS in the US

Stuart Mitchell

On World AIDS Day last year, Walmart launches four new HIV-focused specialty pharmacies of the community, and nationwide pharmacy training program. The post they made is copied below. Over the past four decades since the HIV epidemic began, we have seen incredible progress in HIV screening, reducing stigma and the development of new therapeutics that may not only prevent disease transmission, but also lead to normal life expectancy. Despite this progress, of the 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States today, about 400,000 of them are not…

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Cameo Partners with (RED) to Fight AIDS; Partnership Launches in Support of the 5th (RED) Shopathon Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of World AIDS Day 2019, Cameo, a platform enabling consumers to purchase personalized videos from their favorite pop culture personalities, today announced a partnership with (RED) to fight AIDS in support of the fifth (RED) Shopathon campaign. Participating talent will donate a percentage of the proceeds from Cameo requests fulfilled between now through December 15 to (RED)’s efforts to end AIDS, with Cameo making additional donations for every (RED) Cameo booking. Special (RED) talent joining the Cameo Fameo for the campaign includes Bobby Berk, design & lifestyle expert and member…

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Private Sector Partners Step Up the Fight Against AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Five private sector partners today announced new pledges for the Global Fund’s Sixth Replenishment during the World Economic Forum on Africa. Goodbye Malaria, which is supported by Nando’s, an international restaurant group founded in South Africa, as well as other corporate partners, has pledged R85 million (about US$5.5 million) to the Global Fund to expand a grant that aims to eliminate cross-border malaria transmission in Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini. Project Last Mile, GBCHealth and Zenysis Technologies announced in-kind support and co-investments to increase the effectiveness of health programs through…

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Elton John To Deliver Landmark Lecture On HIV In Remembrance Of Princess Diana

Stuart Mitchell

The Diana, Princess of Wales Lecture on HIV will be delivered by Elton John in front of an invited audience of politicians, health workers, journalists, civil society leaders, celebrities, and people living with HIV, on June 8th, 2018 in London. The lecture was launched by United Kingdom’s National AIDS Trust (NAT) in 1999 as a living tribute to Princess Diana (who was a patron of NAT until her tragic death in 1997). This lecture is being delivered in partnership with Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and is supported by Gucci.…

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Casey House Launches First-Ever HIV+ Eatery in Toronto to Bring Awareness of Stigma

Stuart Mitchell

Casey House, Canada’s first and only stand-alone hospital for people living with HIV/AIDS, is taking a bold step forward in their ongoing effort to eradicate HIV/AIDS by igniting a conversation around the stigma that people living with HIV/AIDS experience.  The new campaign, Break Bread Smash Stigma, comes with the launch of a state-of-the-art facility, a study revealing shocking statistics around Canadians’ perceptions of people living with HIV/AIDs, and Canada’s first-ever HIV+ eatery. Toronto-based creative agency Bensimon Byrne created the campaign with PR support from its sister company, Narrative.  “Casey House is…

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