Sentences with phrase «health and education initiatives»

By Judd Tully NEW YORK — «Artists for Haiti,» a charity auction organized by actor Ben Stiller and art dealer David Zwirner and held at Christie's this evening raised a rousing $ 13,662,000 to benefit health and education initiatives for the earthquake - ravaged and desperately poor Caribbean country.

While there, she worked to establish numerous systemic health and education initiatives.

Brenner FIT, a pediatric obesity program of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center» sBrenner Children's Hospital, was awarded a two - year grant by the department store chain Kohl's, through its Kohl's Cares program, to continue its ongoing support of children's health and education initiatives in the local community.

Robert Mondavi Winery, Franciscan Estate and Mount Veeder Winery raise over half a million dollars for local health and education initiatives.

Through the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Zuckerberg and his wife have donated hundreds of millions of dollars toward health and education initiatives.

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This organization will target small businesses and social initiatives in key areas such as health, small - scale agriculture and education.

Through education and health initiatives as well as bringing awareness to the concept of time poverty, she continued to dedicate her life to bettering those around her.

The Slaight Family Foundation has committed to providing that money over the next five years to 15 non-profit organizations that are engaged with the First Nations, Inuit and Métis on a wide range of initiatives, from health and education to cultural activities and preventing violence against Indigenous women.

He is also chairman of The Dangote Foundation, which focuses on education and health initiatives, including a $ 12,000 - per - day feeding program.

The Ontario government has invested $ 995,000 to support this project as part of the province's OntarioBuys initiative to strengthen innovation and efficiency practices in the province's health and education sectors.

In addition, the party has pledged other key health - related initiatives, such as limiting the commercialization of genetically modified crops; developing national goals for pre-natal care; reducing cigarette smoking through education and taxes; and promoting healthy eating and physical activity.

And in any case, the federal government is not stopped from partnering with the provinces on nation - wide initiatives in health, welfare and educatiAnd in any case, the federal government is not stopped from partnering with the provinces on nation - wide initiatives in health, welfare and educatiand education.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met today with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and announced a wide range of new initiatives and agreements between both countries that span education, security, sustainable development, trade and investment, and women's health and empowerment.

Barry Callebaut has its Cocoa Horizons Foundation which «funds farmer training, farmer support, innovative finance, initiatives to protect children, access to education, woman's empowerment and basic health services.»

Other CIA initiatives have further enhanced the college's position of leadership on these vital issues, including Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives ®, a continuing medical education (CME) conference co-presented by the CIA and the T.H. Chan Harvard School of Public Health; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bHealth; and Menus of Change ®, a ground - breaking leadership initiative launched in 2012 by the CIA in collaboration with select partners who are working to create a long - term, practical vision for the integration of optimal nutrition and public health, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and bhealth, environmental stewardship and restoration, and social responsibility concerns within the foodservice sector and beyond.

This year's report illustrates the company's initiatives to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through sustainable cocoa farming practices and to address the basic health and education needs of cocoa communities.

Lisa Yates is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Program Manager of Nuts for Life, a health education initiative of the Australia Tree Nut Industry and Horticulture Australia.

This week, we have already examined how the All - Star contest will help Alder Hey Children's Hospital, a variety of initiatives in Liverpool, plus the education and men's health work of the foundation.

The Chelsea FC Foundation uses the power of football to provide sport, health, education and environmental initiatives throughout our communities...

Framing community breastfeeding education as a public health strategy can allow us to look for opportunities in childhood initiatives, mental health programs, social interventions, and more!

As we expose in our Update 46 newsletter, Nestlé's «First 1000 Days» health education initiative has an underlying intention of boosting sales of infant formula and other products.

To promote the prevention of, recognition of, and appropriate responses to TBI, CDC has developed the Heads Up initiative, a program that provides concussion and mild TBI education to specific audiences such as health - care providers, coaches, athletic trainers, school nurses, teachers, counselors, parents, and student athletes.

Healthy Schools BC Regional Grants aim to build regional capacity amongst health, education and community partners to collaboratively work through new approaches and designs for learning (such as the Healthy Schools BC Learning Framework, Spiral of Inquiry and innovative prototyping) for district / group - level initiatives that are directly related to mental well - being.

Healthy Schools BC, a key initiative of the Healthy Families BC (HFBC) strategy, builds the capacity of the health and education sectors to effectively implement healthy schools initiatives using a Comprehensive School Health apphealth and education sectors to effectively implement healthy schools initiatives using a Comprehensive School Health appHealth approach.

Instead of subsidising formula companies to boost exports or attract investment, allowing them to influence health and nutrition policies or involving them as partners in education initiatives, governments should ensure all inappropriate marketing is ended, and invest in policies to ensure mothers get the support they need to breastfeed and care for their babies.

The news feed below is provided by Breastfeeding Daily; an initiative of The Mother and Child Health and Education Trust.

In the US, the Obama administration has funded a range of initiatives that require the use of evidence - based strategies in areas such as teen pregnancy prevention, home visiting, education and workforce innovation.2, 3 In the field of home visiting, an increasing number of programs have been rigorously evaluated and have demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in outcome domains such as parenting, maternal and child health, child development and school readiness, reductions in child maltreatment, and family economic self - sufficiency.4, 5,6

It is for these reasons, and in accordance with our Core Values in which we pledge to «support and encourage collaboration with professionals in related fields within medicine, health and education to promote sleep health and sleep safety from birth to adulthood among families and the general public», that we endorse the initiative and efforts of Start School Later.

Targeting parents by hijacking the first 1000 days initiative and targeting teenage girls through nutrition education are clear violations of World Health Assembly rules and the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

By focusing on youth, addressing critical education and health outcomes, organizing collaborative actions and initiatives that support students, and strongly engaging community resources, the WSCC approach offers important opportunities that may improve healthy development and educational attainment for students.

By creating reliable trade partners for American businesses through development initiatives in governance, water, health, education, agriculture and democracy promotion, the US can avoid being «complacent» and instead become more «competitive.»

The focus of the initiative will be solving public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, sanitation and drive revenue mobilization and collection.

Mr. Thompson said the City should focus on fighting obesity through other initiatives including improved health education, increasing access to healthy foods and improving recreation opportunities rather than by banning unhealthy options.

Fix NY also includes initiatives on key business advocacy issues including: economic development, education and workforce development, energy and environment, health insurance, government contracts, infrastructure, taxation and technology, tourism and travel, and workers» compensation and unemployment.

The party was also praised for coming out with robust policies to strengthen democracy and transformational leadership of President John Dramani Mahama in rolling out several initiatives to improve quality education and health.

Money from the fund supports some of the state's most important safety net programs --» the State's Medicaid program, Family Health Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus, workforce recruitment and retention, the Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) program, Child Health Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialHealth Plus (CHP), Graduate Medical Education, AIDS programs, disproportionate share payments to hospitals and other various public health initiatives,» according to the state's financialhealth initiatives,» according to the state's financial plan.

Buffalo School Superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash says the district will make its facilities available to Erie County Health officials for testing and education initiatives.

The focus of the initiative will be solving public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, technology, governance and drive revenue mobilization and collection.

He said, however, that Cuomo's biggest benefactors remain the traditional lobbying powers: businesses supporting his initiative to cap the growth of property taxes; landlords, developers and tenant advocates who sought the continuation of New York City's rent control law; and more from contributors with interests in health care and education.

«The Oneida County Health Department has been a leader in working with the community to address the lead poisoning situation, and this new initiative expands our partnerships to provide lead prevention education to our constituents.»

Cuomo may become a vociferous and vocal opponent of the Trump administration on health care, start dealing more with unions, walk back some of his education initiatives, and maybe even start backing marijuana legislation.

The focus of the initiative is to improve public service delivery in health, education, agriculture, sanitation and also drive revenue mobilization and collection.

The budget also includes money for several education innovations championed by the governor, among them $ 15 million for Community Learning Schools, an initiative led by the UFT that transforms schools into community hubs that integrate social, health and other services.

Universities, colleges, and their students in Canada were not anticipating much in the way of increased funding for postsecondary education initiatives because much of the talk leading up to this year's federal budget focused on health care..

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

An analysis of survey data from participants in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)- based Disparities Leadership Program — a yearlong executive education initiative designed to help health care leaders address racial and ethnic disparities in health care services — has identified five important strategies that helped participants implement successful projects for their institutions.

Cherny concluded: «Palliative care has been a central part of ESMO's work in research, education and public health policy initiatives both in Europe and around the world.

* Public health education and advocacy initiatives, such as anti-tobacco and cancer awareness campaigns, totaled an estimated $ 77.9 billion in 2013, less than 3 % of total health spending.

The Cleveland Clinic Office of Diversity, in collaboration with the Office of Civic Education Initiatives and Health Legacy of Cleveland, is sponsoring the Saturday Academy to increase the number of African American and Hispanic physicians, scientists and physician leaders.