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BEIJING, Dec. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Several of China’s leading and most authoritative news channels and programs, including CCTV’s national news program Xinwen Lianbo, (“News Simulcast” in English), CCTV News, Phoenix TV and Drago…
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs today announced that it has accredited seven more organizations: four in the United States and three in Asia, including the first organization in Thailand.
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These latest accreditations—of health systems, academic medical centers, an independent institutional review board and a marrow donor program—reflect widespread appreciation of the value of AAHRPP accreditation, in virtually every sector of the research enterprise and every region of the globe.
The newly accredited organizations are:
“Throughout the research enterprise, organizations have come to recognize that one of the most effective ways to safeguard research participants is to have one standard worldwide for research protections,” AAHRPP President and CEO Elyse Summers said. “With more than 200 AAHRPP accredited organizations—and many more working currently to achieve AAHRPP accreditation —it is clear that AAHRPP has set that global standard.”
To earn AAHRPP accreditation, organizations must demonstrate that they have built extensive safeguards into every level of their research operation and that they adhere to high standards for research. In today’s global, collaborative research enterprise, organizations increasingly rely on AAHRPP accreditation status to help identify trusted research partners.
To date, AAHRPP has accredited organizations in 46 states, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand. All major U.S. independent institutional review boards have earned AAHRPP accreditation. In addition, more than 60 percent of U.S. research-intensive universities and over 65 percent of U.S. medical schools are either AAHRPP accredited or have begun the accreditation process. The National Institutes of Health, the world’s largest public funder of research, has earned accreditation, as has Pfizer, Inc., the largest industry sponsor of clinical research.
About AAHRPP: A nonprofit organization, AAHRPP provides accreditation for organizations that conduct or review human research and can demonstrate that their protections exceed the safeguards required by the U.S. government. To learn more, visit www.aahrpp.org.
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Sewing Seeds of Love Prior to ‘Race to Hong Kong ICC’
HONG KONG, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Over 200 Hong Kong Girl Guides have taken part in the ‘Sewing Seeds of Love’, which is part of the …
UN and the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) commemorate the International Day for the Elimination Violence against Women and Girls with focus on Ending Family Violence & Making it everyone responsibility
BEIJING, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — As the world marks the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, the UN System in China joins the Government of China in calling for everyone to work together to address the scourge of domestic violence in families.
Domestic violence continues to be a global pandemic, with up to 70 per cent of women experiencing violence in their lifetime. This year the focus will also be on the impact of violence within the family, especially on children, who often bear the brunt of being exposed as well as victims of domestic violence.
In China, once considered a “family matter”, the issue of domestic violence has received growing attention, especially given increased media reporting on individual cases. Evidence clearly demonstrates that domestic violence can have a devastating impact in the family. Violence against women and girls is rooted in and reproduces power imbalances between women and men in family and society.
Anyone may be a victim of domestic violence, but some groups are more vulnerable including women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly. Collectively, domestic violence and abuse of women, children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities committed by intimate partners and/or caregivers in the home is defined as family violence. Children who grow up witnessing and experiencing violence can perpetuate this cycle when they become adults.
“Violence within a family has terrible consequences not just for those individuals, but also on the larger community and within society as a whole. Global evidence clearly demonstrates the impact of domestic violence can have major financial, social and emotional costs that can lead to long term damage,” said Alain Noudehou, the UN Resident Coordinator in China . “Yet we know that violence within a family can be prevented. By changing social norms and ending gender discrimination, to empowering families with better coping strategies to manage daily pressures, to making sure we have strong laws and protection mechanisms, we can address it, if all stakeholders are engaged.”
Currently, 125 countries around the world have laws that criminalize various forms of family violence. In China, the Family Violence Law, which has been drafted and awaiting final passage through the National People’s Congress, would provide comprehensive national legislation on family violence.
The UN Inter-Agency Task Force, which was set up in May 2012, has been working with the Government of China on the drafting of the legislation that intends to provide comprehensive protection for all forms of family violence, including all forms of physical, mental, and sexual abuse or neglect within a family. Technical assistance from within the UN and global experts has focused on how to include protection and assistance to survivors, to punish and rehabilitate perpetrators, as well as highlight the different practices countries have adopted to ensure the respect, protection and fulfillment of the rights of survivors of family violence in national court proceedings and the ensuing rehabilitation and integration services.
The International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (EVAW) held every year on the 25th November and first adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1999, is a day for everyone to work together in a concerted manner to raise awareness, challenge cultural norms that harm women and children, provide support for violence survivors, and advocate for the adoption and implementation of comprehensive laws to protect them.
To commemorate the day, the All China Women’s Federation, (ACWF), in partnership with the UN Inter — Agency Task Force against Family Violence, will host a special media event with experts that will seek to highlight the situation in China, and build momentum to prevent it.
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BEIJING, Nov. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today, UNICEF Ambassador Chen Kun added his voice to call for an end to violence against children. In a short film, the well-known and respected actor, urges everyone to act to “make the invisible, visible” and to put an end to violence against children that has a detrimental impact on their development and well-being.
In China, like in other countries, violence against children remains a problem deeply rooted in culture and widely accepted by society. Tradition holds that whatever happens within the home is a family matter, and not necessarily the responsibility of society at large or the Government. This leads to the phenomenon that when domestic violence is committed many cases are not identified and go unreported leaving children without any support.
“For a long time in China, children have been treated like private property. People think that to beat or curse children is not family violence. This concept has led us to hurt our children.” Chen Kun reflected, “I hope people can join us to carry on the campaign of ‘making the invisible visible‘.”
The film, which focuses on family violence, was made as part of a visit to Tianjin with the All China Women’s Federation (ACWF), who have been working with UNICEF to develop community based services and policies to address violence against children.
Global evidence has demonstrated that violence against children can have long term and lasting effects on a child‘s emotional and social development, and can also lead to them becoming future victims or acting violently themselves as adults thereby perpetuating the cycle of violence.
“Ending violence against children is an ethical imperative, but it also makes economic sense. Besides its impact on child victims and their families, violence has far-reaching costs for society: around the world it is diverting billions of dollars from social spending, slowing economic development; eroding human and social capital; and severely limiting children from reaching their full potential resulting in huge losses to society. However, violence against children is not inevitable and can be prevented,” said Tim Sutton, UNICEF Deputy Representative at an event hosted by the UN System in China and ACWF to commemorate this year’s International Day to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls.
A recent study estimates that the global economic impacts and costs resulting from the consequences of physical, psychological and sexual violence against children can be as high as US$7 trillion or 8% of global GDP (*). A similar study mentions that for every dollar spent on eliminating severe physical violence as a method of child discipline there will be a benefit of USD 11. [i]
Currently, in China, there is a lack of comprehensive data on violence against children that in turn has made it more difficult to determine the scale of the problem and design an effective and comprehensive response. This is compounded by the lack of an integrated national child protection system that can help identify children and families at risk, and intervene with services to prevent and respond to violence, often made worse by stress and economic pressures.
As part of the End Violence Against Children global initiative, UNICEF globally, has identified six key strategies of “what works” to prevent and respond to violence against children, that countries can implement to realize their commitment to eliminate violence against children.
In China, as a member of the UN Task Force on Family Violence Law, UNICEF is advocating for a comprehensive set of measures to protect children against violence within the family and also to provide a comprehensive response to victims of abuse. It hopes that these recommendations will be reflected in the national Family Violence Law that is currently under review.
UNICEF is also working with the ACWF and other partners to strengthen community based services including by developing the capacity of families and communities themselves as well as different experts in the judiciary, family and child welfare and health care systems to better identify children at risk of abuse or children who have been abused and referring them and their families to appropriate services.
As part of this support to ACWF, a national anti-family violence hotline s that is now operating in 2,800 counties and a Community Response Toolkit on addressing Violence Against Children are available that contribute to the prevention and response to violence against children, thereby strengthening the quality of and demand for child protection services.
Watch Chen Kun’s video: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODMzNjM0ODQw.html
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The costs and economic impact of violence, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and ChildFund Alliance, 2014 |
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Anke Hoeffler and James Fearon, Copenhagen Consensus Center, The benefits and costs of the conflict and violence targets for the post-2015 development agenda, 2014 |
On the 25th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, millions of children still need
BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — As the world celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF urges renewed commitment to make sure every child has their right to survival, development, protection and participation protected.
The first international treaty to articulate the entire complement of rights — economic, social, cultural, civil and political — relevant to children, the Convention is legally binding on all countries that have ratified it, and with its 194 State parties, it is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.
The lives of millions of children have improved since 1990, when the Convention took global affect. Countries have incorporated the provisions of the Convention in their laws, constitutions, policies and budgets. Children are now widely viewed differently — as holders of their own rights to health care, adequate nutrition, education, participation, freedom from violence and exploitation, and the time and space to play.
Since China ratified the Convention in 1992, there has been a dramatic reduction in poverty, with 605 million people lifted out of poverty between 1990 and 2011 as defined by the World Bank $1.25 standard. Under-five mortality was reduced by 80% between 1991 and 2013. While primary school enrolment is at almost 100 per cent for both boys and girls.
Despite this remarkable progress, there are still millions of children who are missing out on their fundamental rights and access to basic services, especially those in poor, remote and ethnic minority areas. The number of people living in poverty remains high at 82 million in rural China. Poverty disproportionately affects children: roughly 10% of China’s child population lives in poverty, while 25% of children (approx. 70 million) live in one of China’s 828 designated poverty counties.
“As we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the results it has helped bring about for children, we must remember that by meeting our obligations under the Convention, we build the foundation of a strong as well as a just society,” said Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF China Representative. “We must also continue our work for universal implementation of the Convention, making the right of the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and excluded children to health, education, protection and equal opportunity a central public priority.”
China is making enormous progress for children — but for this progress to be sustained, it must reach every single child, especially the most vulnerable and the hardest to reach.
As part of its international obligation, China submitted its combined Third and Fourth State Party report on CRC implementation to the Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2010. In 2013, the Committee reviewed the report making a number of recommendations. These included:
In China, an innovative social media campaign under the theme “Please listen to me” was launched today to mark the 25th anniversary of the Convention. The campaign aims to remind the public of the basic rights entitled to every child and inspire a nationwide discussion about the urgency of ensuring all children enjoy the same rights and achieve their full potential.
“I hope every parent can listen to children’s voice carefully,” said Chen Kun, UNICEF Ambassador for China. “Their views should be well respected.”
As part of the campaign, UNICEF also premiered the first children’s Chinese version of
Imagine,” a world well-known song originated by John Lennon. This year the song was dedicated to UNICEF in advocating for child rights around the world.
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NEW YORK and LEIDEN, Nov. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — To mark the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, IKEA Foundation is boosting its commitment to children with six new grants to UNICEF, amounting to US$31.5 million (€24.9 million).
The new grants will focus on reaching the most marginalized and disadvantaged children living in poor communities and in strengthening UNICEF’s response in emergency and conflict situations.
Five of the IKEA Foundation grants will support UNICEF programmes in Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, and Rwanda. The new grants will focus on early childhood development, child protection, education, and helping adolescents to improve their lives and strengthen their communities.
A sixth grant will enable UNICEF to develop information management tools to strengthen emergency response and monitoring.
“UNICEF’s partnership with IKEA Foundation has helped advance the rights and improve the lives of children growing up in some of the world’s most difficult places,” said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. “We are grateful to the Foundation and look forward to continuing our work together to reach the children we have not yet reached, and to put equity and children’s rights at the centre of an agenda of action for all children.”
Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in 1989, there has been tremendous progress for children. A baby born in 2014 has a much better chance of surviving beyond the age of five. Children today are far likelier to go to primary school than they were in 1989. The number of children aged 5-17 involved in child labour has declined by almost one third since 2000. Yet too many children have not benefitted from this progress.
IKEA Foundation CEO Per Heggenes said, “We are very proud of our longstanding partnership with UNICEF, helping to develop new approaches leading to improved lives for millions of vulnerable children around the world. These new grants will ensure this work continues, helping even more young adolescents, children and families enjoy their basic rights.”
IKEA Foundation is UNICEF’s largest private sector donor. Over the last decade, this partnership has helped promote the rights of millions of children to survival, education and protection in Africa and Asia.
IKEA Foundation’s six grants to UNICEF are:
About UNICEF
UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere. For more information about UNICEF and its work visit: www.unicef.org.
About the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Convention on the Rights of the Child explicitly recognizes the universal rights of all children. It is the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history and has inspired changes in laws and practice that have improved the lives of millions of children in every region of the world.
About IKEA Foundation
The IKEA Foundation aims to improve opportunities for children and youth in the world’s poorest communities by funding holistic, long-term programmes that can create substantial, lasting change. The Foundation works with strong strategic partners applying innovative approaches to achieve large-scale results in four fundamental areas of a child’s life: a place to call home; a healthy start in life; a quality education; and sustainable family income. Currently funded programmes will benefit an estimated 100 million children by 2015. Learn more at www.IKEAfoundation.org and www.facebook.com/IKEAfoundation.
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BOSTON, Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Partners HealthCare International® (PHI), the global arm of Partners HealthCare, formally announced a collaborative partnership with Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital Ltd. (SJIH), to expand an ongoing consulting relationship that began in 2011. SJIH will be a new and innovative model of health care in China that is centered on family, community, and a stronger connection between the patient and the caregiver. With the development of SJIH, both organizations aim to define a new standard in high quality health care as yet unrealized in China, making the future of health care a reality today for its citizens.
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“This partnership demonstrates what is possible when organizations come together to meet a common goal. PHI’s mission is to effect transformative, sustainable improvements in health care for people worldwide. The people of China are global consumers and they are seeking the best health care available. They want quality, they want services, and they want the best physicians – Jiahui International Hospital will establish a new standard of care. Our combined efforts will make exceptional health care both accessible and attainable,” said Partners HealthCare International CEO and President, Gilbert Mudge, M.D.
The China health care market has faced many challenges, including overcrowded hospitals, an underdeveloped primary health care system, and a shortage of trained physicians and other clinical staff, all of which has led to growing dissatisfaction among consumers. In 2010 China began the transition from a predominantly government-run public health care system to one that is now decentralized and open to private and foreign investment, thus setting the stage for a private, international hospital like SJIH. Centrally located in the Xuhui District of Shanghai, Jiahui International Hospital is a 100 percent privately, foreign-majority owned tertiary level hospital based on international standards.
“We want to improve health care in China by creating a high-quality alternative health care system,” said Feng Ge, SJIH. “Most people in China have only experienced public hospitals. No other health care experience in China can compare to Jiahui International Hospital.” According to Ge, Chinese culture is at the root of work being done at Jiahui. “We are developing an ‘ecosystem’ with the patient at its core. It is a very simple but powerful principle.” From design to operation, Jiahui aims to employ the best practices to become an internationally recognized leading medical institution in China, providing high-quality, patient-centric, and integrated healthcare services, as well as professional training and clinical research.
To achieve their vision, SJIH’s team of expert healthcare professionals established a multi-year partnership with Partners HealthCare International. PHI’s founding members, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) are the two largest Harvard Medical School affiliated hospitals, and are consistently ranked in the top 10 on the U.S. News and World Report’s list of Best Hospitals. In its work with SJIH, PHI leverages the vast knowledge available throughout the Partners HealthCare network which includes unmatched capabilities in oncology, neurosurgery, cardiovascular disease, cutting-edge radiation therapy, women’s health, and orthopedics. Initial work with the team has focused on hospital planning, innovative models of care delivery, and recruitment and staffing models that will support attracting top clinicians.
On October 21st, SJIH signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MGH, under which the MGH Cancer Center (MGHCC) will collaborate with SJIH to co-develop a center of excellence in breast cancer. The program will adopt MGHCC’s patient-focused multidisciplinary approach to address the needs of Chinese breast cancer patients and their families. The SJIH team is also exploring additional potential clinical affiliations with Partners-member hospitals.
To learn more about SJIH, read this article from Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/benjaminshobert/2014/10/22/how-chinas-sea-turtles-are-going-to-improve-the-countrys-healthcare-economy/
About Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital (SJIH)
Shanghai Jiahui International Hospital is a foreign-majority-owned for-profit general hospital being developed in Shanghai. It was approved by China’s Ministry of Health (“MOH”) and Shanghai Municipal Government in April 2011 and has China’s first international general hospital license granted by the MOH. The hospital is conveniently located within the city center of Shanghai in Xuhui District with approved tertiary care capacity of 500 licensed beds.
About Partners HealthCare International
Partners HealthCare International (PHI) is the global arm of Partners HealthCare, one of the leading not-for-profit health care systems in the U.S. Founded in 1997, PHI is dedicated to advancing the Partners HealthCare mission worldwide through collaborations and partnerships designed to expand a global client’s capacity to deliver high quality health care. Partners was founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, the two oldest and largest teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School, and includes community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care and other health-related entities. Partners’ five top-ranked hospitals comprise part of the health care system, and all are recognized by the 2014 – 2015 U.S. News and World Report. To learn more about PHI and how we are extending the capabilities of healthcare systems in China, India, Japan, the Middle East, as well as our commitment to international markets beyond, please visit www.partners.org/international.
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– Support Will Provide Critical Basic Needs and Essential Infrastructure; Action Against Hunger, AmeriCares and Direct Relief to Receive Portion of Allen’s $100 Million Commitment
SEATTLE, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Philanthropist Paul G. Allen today announced new grants to provide immediate humanitarian relief to address basic human needs that are being threatened by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Beginning today, these grants will enable aid organizations to provide food, supplies and prevention kits and rebuild local treatment centers in Ebola-stricken areas.
Last month, Mr. Allen announced he is increasing his commitment to fight Ebola to at least $100 million. With these latest grants, more than half of Mr. Allen’s $100 million pledge has now been committed to projects dedicated to preventing, containing, treating and addressing the effects of Ebola.
Mr. Allen’s new commitments to humanitarian efforts are:
Mr. Allen’s support will ensure protection of medical professionals in the field through the provision of medicines, preventive supplies, and personal protective equipment, provide transportation of medical supplies from healthcare supply manufacturers to Africa, and assist in the setup of an end-to-end coordinated procurement and supply distribution system to guarantee efficient distribution of medical supplies to limit the spread of Ebola. Supplies will be distributed to four partner organizations working in 47 primary health and Ebola treatment centers in Liberia and Sierra Leone. These supplies will also support the work of 800 community health workers in 500 villages in both countries and allow them to do their jobs safely without fear of catching the disease.
To date, more than half of Mr. Allen’s $100 million pledge has been allocated to the fight against Ebola. These funds have enabled:
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“The effects of Ebola extend well beyond those infected,” said Mr. Allen. “The side effect is depriving people of basic human needs. These grants will enable the people of West Africa to quickly receive essential care and supplies they need to get through this crisis.”
“Action Against Hunger is working closely with health and aid agencies in Sierra Leone and Liberia to stop the spread of Ebola,” said Andrea Tamburini, CEO of Action Against Hunger. “Support from Mr. Allen ensures the lifesaving work of educating communities about the virus, improving water conditions in health facilities, training community health workers on how to detect and refer suspected Ebola patients, and building the capacity to respond will continue.”
“The best way to halt the epidemic is to support frontline health workers in West Africa, and Mr. Allen has taken a real leadership role in that regard,” said AmeriCares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis. “With the foundation’s support AmeriCares will make lasting change in health care delivery and restore confidence for patients and health workers.”
“Direct Relief’s longstanding partners in Liberia and Sierra Leone are working heroically to combat Ebola while maintaining essential health services for everything and everyone else,” said Thomas Tighe, CEO of Direct Relief. “This support from Mr. Allen is essential to Direct Relief’s collaborative efforts to meet the vastly expanded, urgent need for critical supplies necessary to contain and treat those sickened by the virus – and address its shattering ripple effects on the broader health system.”
Mr. Allen’s Contributions to Date:
From the early days of the outbreak, Mr. Allen and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have focused on finding, funding and coordinating strategic solutions that address the most critical needs and can be deployed quickly. Mr. Allen has also created TackleEbola.com to provide an easy way for individuals to contribute to specific organizations and fund critical response needs. To date, Mr. Allen has committed funding towards implementing the following solutions:
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– More than 6,000 employees worldwide have already completed over 13,000 hours of volunteer service in their communities
TOKYO, Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Astellas Pharma Inc. (headquarters: Tokyo; president & CEO: Yoshihiko Hatanaka) announced for the fifth consecutive year, Astellas Group’s global volunteer initiative known as Changing Tomorrow Day that will engage its employees worldwide to enhance the sustainability of society through participation in local volunteer activities through March 2015. Today, Ken Jones, Astellas Pharma EMEA president and CEO, along with local employees, will teach healthy cooking classes at a school in Staines, England for the fourth straight year. The healthy cooking class is for children aged 5-7 and is designed to engage their minds and taste buds on the importance of nutritious meals. Astellas also financially supports the school’s nutritious eating cooking club for families.
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As of Nov. 4, more than 6,000 employees across Japan, Asia/Oceania, the Americas and Europe have completed over 13,000 hours of service at hundreds of locations such as hospitals, family shelters, parks, food banks, elderly care facilities, community centers and schools where they engaged in projects to support the themes of health and the environment.
Dr. Kenji Yasukawa, senior vice president, chief strategy officer, chairman of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) committee at Astellas, said, “Astellas is proud to be celebrating the fifth anniversary of Changing Tomorrow Day as we encourage our employees to provide support and contribute to the sustainable development of society and local communities to which we belong. As a good corporate citizen, Astellas will continue to actively engage in initiatives to support the health of people around the world.”
Below are examples of initiatives already completed:
On Oct. 28, 2014, the Changing Tomorrow Day volunteering initiative received a Silver award for ‘Best community involvement during a CSR program’ at the United Kingdom’s Corporate Engagement Awards.
About Astellas
Astellas is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people around the world through the provision of innovative and reliable pharmaceutical products. Astellas has approximately 18,000 employees worldwide. For additional information and to learn more about Astellas’ corporate social responsibility program, please visit our website at www.astellas.com/en.