Sentences with phrase «medical charities in»

Medical charities in the United Kingdom, which account for one - third of all public funding for medical research in the country, are being battered by the economic crisis, according to a survey published this week.

An Indian company starts to sell discounted copies of expensive patented AIDS drugs to a medical charity in Africa.

Not exact matches

Through her charity, B Strong, she brought with her four chartered planes (and over 10 planes as of Wednesday) packed with tens of thousands of pounds of medical supplies, water, food, baby diapers and wipes, as well as $ 25,000 in cash gift cards, cash, and $ 30,000 in Costco gift cards.

Brother's Brother Foundation, a Pittsburgh - based international charity, has provided over $ 4 billion of medical supplies, pharmaceuticals, textbooks, food, seeds, and other humanitarian supplies to people around the world in 149 countries since 1958.

Alinafe Kasiya, a deputy country director in Malawi with Seattle - based medical charity Village Reach, spoke for the whole panel when he noted that «the strength of our partnerships will define our success.»

Hopefully by filing suit and making my allegations public, I will help to ensure that Catholic Charities will finally fix the systemic problems I discovered and provide the type of medical treatment that would warrant the level of trust its patients place in it.»

It has emerged a Christian charity said a Pakistani medical student who confessed to planning to take part in a suicide attack at a church during Easter was pardoned last week.

The four missionaries were working for a Cambridge - based Christian charity providing free medical services to communities in rural areas around the Niger Delta creeks.

Compassion, a notable, United States - based Christian charity, has been in India for more than 40 years and serves more than 145,000 Indian children by feeding, tutoring and providing medical care to those in the most need.

Teams from the London School of Economics and Erasmus University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that involvement in organized religion was more effective at producing «sustained happiness» than sports, political groups, charity work or continuing educational efforts.

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VanHagar wrote on Wdenesday, May 2, 2012 at 7:47 pm, stating, «It was in faith in God that gave us the Salvation Army, Abused Children «s Fund, Freedom 424 (serving victims of s.ex trafficking), Bright Hope International (working with the poor), Children «s Christian Lifeline Hunger and Medical Relief, Christian World Relief, Five Talents - USA, Inc., Habitat for Humanity International, Living Water International (providing clean water), etc. etc. and hundreds (if not thousands) of other faith - based charities help the poor and disenfranchised.

He was a medical director for US - based Christian charity Samaritan's Purse and became ill while working at a care centre in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.

It was in faith in God that gave us the Salvation Army, Abused Children «s Fund, Freedom 424 (serving victims of s.ex trafficking), Bright Hope International (working with the poor), Children «s Christian Lifeline Hunger and Medical Relief, Christian World Relief, Five Talents - USA, Inc., Habitat for Humanity International, Living Water International (providing clean water), etc. etc. and hundreds (if not thousands) of other faith - based charities help the poor and disenfranchised.

Dr. Kent Brantly is a medical director for American Christian charity Samaritan's Purse and became ill whilst working in a care centre in the Liberian capital of Monrovia.

Horrified by the conditions of women at Newgate prison in London she resolved to make the prisoners brutal conditions easier and set up a charity to give food and medical care.

Previous winners this season include Children's charity Dravet Syndrome UK, who won the first vote of the season in September, The Brompton Fountain, with the medical charity collecting against Leicester City in January and most recent winners from our armed forces category, Blind Veterans.

4Children, the charity that conducted the survey, believes that medical institutions need to be more pro-active in discussing the problems facing new mothers.

I recently heard about the Bakken Invitation Program, in which 10 honorees who have been given another chance at life after overcoming a medical challenge and have gone on to give back to their community are awarded a $ 20,000 grant to direct to a charity of their choice.

More than 200 leading medical and scientific charities have written to MPs urging them to support the legislation, which supporters argue could facilitate ground breaking scientific research, in the face of increasing religious opposition.

Freedom from Torture filed witness evidence in support of the litigation, which was led by charity Medical Justice.

What started out as a small, off - budget, temporary surcharge on insurance to help pay for charity care, hospital debt and graduate medical education as New York hospitals deregulated in the late 1990s, has ballooned over 19 years into a multibillion - dollar all - purpose revenue fund that supports dozens of public health programs, and plugs billion - dollar holes in the state's general budget.

Little Monsters Bash is an event in aid of Tree of Hope, a UK charity that has a mission to transform the lives of sick children and empower their families by aiding them in fundraising in order to pay for strongly required medical treatment and equipment.

Also in October 2017, four Britons working for a medical charity were kidnapped in Delta State.

HIs contributions to our neighborhood have included «securing financing through the State's Secured Hospital Revenue Bond Program so that Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center could modernize and expand; providing the Lifeline Center for Child Development with a permanent home; securing the financial support that has enabled the Bayside Historical Society to undertake its restoration of the Fort Totten Officers Club; creating the Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society to operate the former Adriance Farm Site as the Queens Farm Museum and transferring 52 acres of surrounding land to New York City for permanent use as horticultural - agricultural parklands; and providing land for the Cross Island YMCA to expand, for the Hollis - Bellaire - Queens Village - Bellerose Little League to own their ball fields and for Catholic Charities of the Brooklyn - Queens Diocese to develop senior citizen housing in Bellerose.

In 1998, Kouzarides approached the technology arm of his major funding source, the charity Cancer Research UK, about developing medical treatments from his work.

Jennifer Cohn, medical director of the drug - access program for the charity Médecins Sans Frontières in Geneva, notes that middle - income countries face the highest hurdles.

A recent survey by the charity Sense About Science revealed that more than 1 in 3 editors of scientific or medical journals have refused material for fear of a libel suit.

The research, which is funded by a # 190,158 award from the medical research charity Arthritis Research UK, is published in Nature Scientific Reports.

Even animal - rights groups were partially pleased with the outcome, with the Dr Hadwen Trust, a U.K. medical - research charity that promotes the use of alternatives to animal research, citing positive changes such as improved pain - severity classifications and more investment in alternatives to animal testing.

Dr Cornelia de Moor and her team have a three - year grant of # 260,000 from the medical research charity to investigate cordycepin as a new type of drug that has potential to relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis, a common joint condition that affects more than eight million people in the UK.

Charities invest over a # 1 billion each year in vital medical research.

«In the future, we hope to explore how this can be of direct benefit to patients but more fundamental mechanistic research is still needed and we look to charities like the BHF for support for the on - going collaboration between Peking University and Aston Medical School.»

Michael Greger is so trustworthy — he is not in this for the money — proceeds for charity on books and DVD «s — and definitely not to get popular in the medical community.

Since its beginnings in 2010 as a charity poker tournament hosted by Riggle, Rudd and Sudeikis, Big Slick has raised over $ 4.5 million toward research, hospital amenities and medical equipment.

As a board member of a national charity, Amanda lobbies and negotiates with corporate businesses to actively involve them in profit reinvestment in community for the purpose of enriching the lives of children with severe medical conditions.

A number of charities on our list are working on the ground in West Africa including the Canadian Red Cross (education, clinical case management, contact tracing, burials, support), Doctors Without Borders (medical care), Plan Canada (prevention information, support for the infected and affected, containing the spread of the disease), Samaritan's Purse (patient care) and World Vision (medical supplies / equipment, children's education and outbreak training), with Red Cross and Samaritan's Purse earning top marks with «A +» grades respectively.

The range of services that can be taken include voluntary work for a recognized charity, military service, and medical practice in one of a certain number of communities.

Some medical providers and nonprofit organizations offer special charity care or financial assistance programs to help those in need pay for essential medical procedures.

It's different than a charity, in that the mandate of these companies is to specifically help people deal with debt (medical or otherwise).

In the first half of 2015, 74 dogs arrived at the charity with serious medical conditions that needed immediate treatment.

Somewhere in between all that hard work, three dogs and random things life throws at you, I also got my Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership and founded the Mylah Medical Foundation, a charity that helps homeless dogs with medicalMedical Foundation, a charity that helps homeless dogs with medicalmedical needs.

The study was similar to one conducted two years ago by Harrison's Fund, a medical research charity in the UK.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

A proud pet parent to two canine companions and the celebrity ambassador for Medical Detection Dogs, Ms. Nicol joined TV vet Joe Inglis in opening the second annual Waddesdon Woof, a dog - friendly fete in Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire on September 22nd which raised both funds for and awareness of local dog charities and the National Responsible Dog Owners Campaign.

The equine charity in De Soto, Wisconsin, received a $ 5,000 donation from Zoetis on behalf of Taylor Rietveld, a third - year veterinary medical student at Purdue University.

Andy said new owners can be safe in the knowledge that all cats adopted from the charity will have been treated to a top - to - tail medical which means they will have been checked over by a vet, treated for any existing conditions, vaccinated, neutered (if old enough) and microchipped.

Cats in Crisis - for cat owners and rescues CorgiAid - helps Corgis in rescue Goldstock Fund - for pet owners and rescues IMOM - for pet owners and rescues Labmed - for Labs in rescue Pit Bull Rescue Central - for pit bull friendly rescues Pyramedic - helps owners and rescues with vet bills for Great Pyrenees SOS - SRF - for Siberian Huskies in rescue Laundry Farm — Provides superb laundry service for animal care organizations The Binky Foundation - assistance for starting initiatives / programs American Humane Association - expansion grants, assistance with medical costs for animals that were victims of abuse / neglect ASPCAPro - various programs Humane Society of the US - assistance with homeless animals / wildlife Petco Foundation - various programs PetSmart Charities - various programs

If you are interested in helping with the medical bills for charity or discounted cases, you can make a donation to the Veterinary Care Foundation.

Memorial donation towards a charity such as the Morris Animal Foundation will go towards veterinary medical research, service animal training funds and other ways that together, even in our grief, we can make the lives of pets and humans better in the future.