Category Archives: Public-Private partnership
Healthy industry engagement or corporate sugarwashing?
This past month I came across two interesting (yet somewhat disturbing) stories about food and beverage industry involvement in global health and charitable work. The first discusses the partnership between UNICEF (the United Nations Children’s Fund), a well-known global advocate … Continue reading
Oxford Health Alliance Launches World’s Most Comprehensive Chronic Disease Prevention Research Programme
The Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA), a global coalition with the aim of preventing the epidemic of chronic disease, is launching a groundbreaking public health research programme to enhance scientific knowledge about the effectiveness of community interventions in reducing the prevalence … Continue reading
Ovations launches global partnership to address chronic disease
Ovations, a UnitedHealth Group company, today announced a global partnership to address the growing epidemic of chronic disease, which today is responsible for sixty percent of all deaths worldwide. Ovations is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the … Continue reading
Filed under Chronic Disease, Obesity, Public-Private partnership, Type 2 Diabetes
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commits $500 million to reverse childhood obesity epidemic in U.S.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced it will commit at least $500 million over the next five years to tackle one of the most urgent public health threats facing our nation: childhood obesity. This is the largest commitment … Continue reading
Filed under Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Public-Private partnership, Type 2 Diabetes, Youth
Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum: Youth Report from Anja Nielson
Anja Nielsen is a 22 year-old Danish student of Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Copenhagen. A long time diabetes advocate, Anja was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14, in June 1999. Anja considers herself lucky … Continue reading
A Recipe for Success
The HEAL Partnership, part of the Prince of Wales’ International Business Leaders Forum, recently published a report on how the private sector can engage to promote health. A Recipe for Success: how food companies can profit from consumer health makes … Continue reading
Filed under Chronic Disease, Diet, Economics, Industry, Obesity, Public-Private partnership, Type 2 Diabetes
Have we found our celebrity?
Part of the difficulty in gaining media coverage and donor support for diabetes and other non-communicable diseases is that the issues are out of the spotlight; we have no “celebrity” endorsement. This may have changed. According to Novo Nordisk’s website: … Continue reading
Diabetes Supplement in The London Times
In support of World Diabetes Day on November 14, The London Times published a diabetes supplement, sponsored by Novo Nordisk. Click the link below to see it: World Diabetes Day: Diabetes Supplement
Oxford Health Alliance Annual Summit 2006
From November 20 – 22, 2006, health professionals and experts from around the globe will convene in Cape Town, South Africa to discuss the global burden of chronic disease. But rather than simply defining the problem, OxHA will actively look … Continue reading
Health trends hurt Burger King
Looks like Burger King may have to change its rebellious ways, at least in Britain. According to a recent article in the Guardian UK, Burger King’s sales have taken a dip in its 650 British restaurants, due to Britain’s recent … Continue reading
