Issues concerning the HIV/AIDS and Malaria Epidemic Deandre Bonnelle World Issues Mr.Paterna Friday‚ January 11‚ 2013
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Malaria parasite in pregnancy causes serious problems like jeopardising the health of pregnant women‚ compromising the health of the foetus and increasing the likelihood of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as stillbirth‚ spontaneous abortion and low birth weight (NDHS‚ 2013). Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy (IPTp) is one of the strategies where pregnant women in malaria – endemic countries receive complete doses of Sulfadoxine – Pyrimethamine (SP)‚ whether or not have symptom
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Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection (Review) Enayati A‚ Hemingway J‚ Garner P This is a reprint of a Cochrane review‚ prepared and maintained by The Cochrane Collaboration and published in The Cochrane Library 2010‚ Issue 3 http://www.thecochranelibrary.com Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection (Review) Copyright © 2010 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons‚ Ltd. TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MDG6 Combat HIV/AIDS‚ Malaria and Other Diseases: MDG6 strive to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases. Most of the indicators show positive trends‚ particularly in the case of HIV prevalence among pregnant women‚ and detection and provision of health care for TB patients. The latter has been achieved and the former is likely to be. This can be attributed to swift and focused action on the part of the government‚ particularly in the case of TB. However
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Q4 b) Case study [RED] a) Founders of product [RED] The setup of [RED] was funded by leading corporate players‚ Bill Gates and George Soros in which primary importance was for a charitable purpose of fighting aids‚ tuberculosis and malaria in Africa countries. Hence they take on the stance of Shaper of Society. They do not value profits and only focus on the main cause of raising funds. By partnering with other corporate brands such as Apple and Gap‚ they are in this together to support the good
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funds for AIDS in Africa. This innovative approach of engaging public and private entities in raising funds has enabled the global fund to fight diseases in Africa. Some of the diseases that the global fund targets include AIDs‚ tuberculosis‚ and malaria. According to Harvard Business School (2009)‚ RED partners have managed to attract higher revenues since consumers associate the brands with ethical practices. Strategy Analysis Product red business has made significant gains in inspiring organizations
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and money for the Global Fund by teaming up with the world’s most iconic brands to products that would be sold. A percentage of each product sold would be donated to the Global Fund to help women and children affected by pandemics such HIV/AIDS and malaria. A basket of consumer goods were launched to this effect which included Product Red- American express card‚ vintage t-shirts‚ Motorola handsets‚ converse wear‚ apple iPod‚ Emperio Armani and also an edition of the Independent. The Red manifesto‚
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Amy Brower MKTG100 May 31‚ 2014 (Product) RED 1. Do you think a partnership with (Product) RED can improve Gap’s image? Is it a sign that they are making a commitment to corporate social responsibility or do you agree with critics who say their involvement is an attempt to spit-shine the company’s image while continuing to do business as usual? I do believe that partnering with (Product) RED can and did improve Gap’s image. I believe that any company that helps with benefiting The Global Fund
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1. Discuss the four components of corporate social responsibility and how they relate to a charitable campaign such as (Product) RED. (Product) RED shows their corporate social responsibility by engaging different companies that have products that "we" as the consumers use every day. Also‚ by engaging a great cause as the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa shows they are making an effort to society to fight this devastating disease. (Product) RED showed their ethical and moral responsibility
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FUNO_C04.qxd 10/15/08 11:42 Page 117 117 CASE EXAMPLE (PRODUCT) RED and Gap (RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver‚ Chairman of DATA‚ to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world’s most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT) REDbranded products. A percentage of each ( PRODUCT) RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children with HIV/AIDS in Africa.1 The (RED) initiative was set up in early 2006‚ with
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