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September 2010
Johnson & Johnson health program to help women and children worldwide includes research for new HIV and TB treatments
September 14, 2010 -- The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has launched a five-year health program—called Every Woman, Every Child—that aims to support the Millennium Development Goals target of reducing mortality in women and children by 2015. The program aims to help as many as 120 million women and children each year over the next five years and includes grants, medicine donations, research, and development. The initiative includes treatments for intestinal worms, health information for pregnant women over existing mobile phones, research and development of new medicines for HIV and tuberculosis, and efforts focused on enhancing birth safety and improving health. See the links below for more details.
