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 Rwanda selected
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rights:the pharmaceutical industry faces AIDS in Africa It is very clear that AIDS is an important health problem for the whole planet and specially for Africa.This kind of problems need the attention of all the factors with responsibilities in public health‚starting with the governments but‚of course‚continuing with the pharmaceutical companies‚the nongovernmental organizations‚massmedia‚physicians‚the church ‚the red cross etc.In this big fight against AIDS we cannot let all the difficulties in
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Case Study : (Product) RED Can a T-shirt Save the World? 1. The concept RED was founded in 2006 by Bono and Shriver. It’s mission is to raise awareness and funds to help get rid of HIV/AIDS in africa. The product RED is licensed to partner with various companies‚ one of which is Gap. Red’s partnership with Gap is an amazing way to improve its image as it attracts the public in different ways. I believe that Gap is not in it for the money as they were ready to give 100 percent of its profits
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2001 AIDS and violent conflict in Africa * In sub-Saharan Africa there are more than 25 million Africans infected with HIV/AIDS (70 percent of the world’s cases) and 17 million dead; on its current trajectory‚ by 2010 the disease will decrease life expectancy on the continent to levels found at the beginning of the last century. * Many governments‚ international organizations‚ and NGOs have joined a UN-led movement to address the causes and effects of AIDS in
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U.S Foreign Aid to Africa Some people speak against U.S foreign aid being sent to Africa for humanitarian reasons. Others speak out in favor of such actions. All of us have seen the news tickers with vital headlines about “people being devastated by droughts in Zimbabwe and unhygienic water in Sudan”‚ but what is their government doing about it. Personally‚ I’ve asked myself several founded inquiries about where is this foreign aid going to and what are some of the achievements being made. I’ve
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The HIV/AIDS Epidemic In South Africa Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of many infectious diseases that plague the world today. According to the 2007 AIDS epidemic update put out by The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS (UNIADS) there were approximately 2.1 million AIDS related deaths and 33.2 million people infected with HIV world wide (UNAIDS/WHO Working Group‚ 2007). Despite its abundant resources and its well-developed
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Running Head: The role of international aid politics in Africa Title: The role of international aid politics in Africa. Is it helping or hurting progress in Africa on development‚ or both. Name: Saba Fazal Firdousi Course: International Relations ID: 10U0166 Instructor Name: Mashal Shabir ABSTRACT This paper aims to provide an overview of African economy in terms of the current and past issues they are facing with regard to foreign assistance from developed economies. It focuses
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Africa’s AIDS Epidemic Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has become an epidemic for many underdeveloped regions. Although it does exist in the developed nations‚ it is more prevalent in places like South America‚ Asia‚ the island countries and most heavily of all Africa. There are many aspects to the problem of AIDS in Africa. Public health departments lack the resources to treat patients properly and to control the epidemic through education. Thirty-three million people have AIDS in the
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AIDS In Africa HIV-AIDS has infected over thirty million people in the world. Over 95% of all AIDS cases in the world are in Africa and in some of those countries over 40% of the people are infected (Frederickson and Kanabus HIV and AIDS in Africa 1). AIDS does not solely affect homosexuals‚ or any certain ethnicity of people‚ either; HIV-AIDS can affect any type of ethnicity including African Americans‚ Caucasians‚ Asians‚ Indians‚ and Hispanic people. AIDS cannot be reversed or cured‚ but with
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| EU Aid to South Africa | HIV/AIDS in South Africa | This research is about the current HIV/AIDS situation in South Africa‚ and the involvement of the European Union in this issue. | Ena Macic (11067365) Jozua Dam (11034505) ES4e-1D Lecturer: Dave van Ginhoven April 19‚ 2012 Executive summary The aim of this research report is to inform about the spread of HIV/AIDS; how can the EU work better with South Africa to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS? It is known that the problem is quit
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