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UNICEF and Sansiri Partner for Salt Iodization in Thailand

By: UNICEF Thailand
A strategic partnership between UNICEF and Sansiri Plc., one of Thailand’s largest real estate developers, has led to new regulations for mandatory salt iodization in Thailand in an effort to address the devastating effects of iodine deficiency disorders in children. More

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The World Tourism Organization Helps Hotels Go Green

By: Zoritsa Urosevic, UNWTO
The hotel industry is one of tourism’s largest drivers of economic growth, employing millions worldwide in a wide range of positions. It is also one of the most energy-intensive, accounting for around one-fifth of the tourism sector’s CO2 emissions. Tackling tourism’s... More

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Change for Good programme helps world's poorest children

The Change for Good programme, a project by which major airlines collect and donate leftover foreign currency from passengers returning home, has raised over $USD 70 million for programmes benefitting children. The alliance is designed to collect unused currency from passengers and convert spare... More

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A health care worker in Ethiopia tends to a patient.

Johnson & Johnson Commits to New Private Sector Partnership in support of the H4+ and Coordinated UN Response

Johnson & Johnson announced a collaboration with UN Health 4+ agencies and the World Bank that aims at helping to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Inspired by this unique approach to maternal and child health they have become the first corporate partner with Health... More

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Ms. Junko Sazaki, Chief of UNFPA's Office in Tokyo, with members of the Hellosmile partnership at the launch ceremony of a Japan Airlines Hellosmile flight

UNFPA Partners with Sanrio, UNIQLO and Toyko FM on Cervical Cancer Prevention

UNFPA, participates in a global multistakeholder partnership to prevent cervical cancer. More

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UNFPA Joins Forces with IBM in Setting up 7 Billion Actions Campaign Platform

IBM is partnering with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA, in promoting its efforts to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing a world of seven billion people—a milestone reached at the end of October 2011. More

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UNESCO and Panasonic Partner to Promote World Heritage Conservation and Environmental Education

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation have launched a strategic partnership to promote sustainable development through World Heritage conservation and environmental education for the next generation. More

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The Stop TB Partnership: Ten Years On

By: Daniela Mohaupt, Stop TB Partnership Secretariat, World Health Organization
In the 10 years since its founding by just seven partners in 2001, the Stop TB Partnership has attracted over 1000 partners that share its vision of a world free of tuberculosis. More

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Saatchi & Saatchi Offer Creative Flair to ‘Stigma Fuels HIV’ Campaign

By: Alison Phillips-Pearce, UNAIDS
In June 2011, the ‘Stigma Fuels HIV’ global multimedia campaign was launched in every UN workplace around the world representing a target audience of more than 100,000 employees in more than 140 countries. More

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Body Shop International Lends Campaigning Prowess to HIV Activist Campaign

By: Alison Phillips-Pearce, UNAIDS
On World AIDS Day (1 December 2010), the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and The Body Shop launched a three-year campaign calling for increased activism and thus heightened public awareness regarding HIV. The global campaign, called “Be an... More