Colgate-Palmolive Public Health Initiatives
Handwashing Campaign
In 2001, WFPHA and the Colgate Palmolive Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding that launched the WFPHA/Colgate Palmolive joint Handwashing Program. With the support of Colgate Palmolive, this program was established to promote effective hygiene practices for healthy living in developing countries.
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Health Systems Trust
Since 1992, the HST has been contributing to the development of a comprehensive, equitable and effective national health system in South Africa. More recently, HST has begun to work in the SADC region. Their core activities are health systems research, health systems development, advocacy, capacity development and information dissemination. These activities are implemented through core programmes of Research, the initiative for Sub-district Support (ISDS), Community Development and HealthLink.
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Medical Research Council
The South African MRC was established in terms of Acts of Parliament (no’s 19 of 1969 and 58 of 1991). Its most important functions were defined as “to promote the improvement of the health and the quality of life of the population of the Republic and to perform other such functions as may be assigned to the MRC by or under this Act”. Such ‘improvement’ was to be attained “through research, development and technology transfer”.
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Knowledge Management 4 Public Health
The MM4PH is a global knowledge sharing network for public health led by the Knowledge Management and Sharing Department of the WHO in close collaboration with the WFPHA and other key international, regional and national public health partners, including the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), and their members.
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World Federation of Public Health Associations
The World Federation of Public Health Associations is an international, nongovernmental organization bringing health workers throughout the world together for professional exchange, collaboration, and action. Its members, currently numbering 70, are multidisciplinary national and regional public health societies whose own memberships include nurses, sanitarians, administrators, physicians, health educators, pharmacists, anthropologists, researchers, and many other persons interested in public health. WFPHA enjoys official relations status with the World Health Organization and maintains close ties with UNICEF and other international organizations. WFPHA strives to promote effective public health policies and practices throughout the world every day.
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