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Accord Interagency Gifts in Kind Standards

Accord Gifts in Kind Standards govern US-based member organisations' Gifts in Kind (GIK) activity.

UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS)

GLAAS is a UN-Water initiative implemented by the World Health Organization (WHO)

The MDGs: Everyone’s Business

The MDGs: Everyone’s Business is a new report from UNDP’s Growing Inclusive Markets (GIM) Initiative covering 40 case studies and over 140 supporting institutions referenced by specific MDGs, released on 21 September 2010 in the framework of the United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development...

Samaritan's Purse International Relief (SPIR) - Donating Medical Materials

Samaritan's Purse has detailed guidelines for those donating medical items. Factors that should be taken into account include: equipment condition, intended use, maintenance requirements, and availability of parts or accessories. Although the guidelines are specific to the operations of this...

Medical Equipment Donation Guidelines

Medical Equipment Donation Guidelines provide a guide for those accepting and making medical equipment donations, and also useful for those planning to purchase medical equipment.

Guidelines for the Donation of Medications (GNPPLUS)

The Global Network of People living with Aids (GNPPLUS) has produced this document, which lists guidelines for donations of medicines. It refers to legal issues relating to both donors and recipients. It recommends that drugs should appear on the national Essential Drug List, or if no list is...

WHO Guidelines for Medicine Donations

WHO Guidelines for Drug Donations, updated in 2010, were developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in cooperation with major international humanitarian agencies. The Guidelines aim to improve the quality of medicine donations and are intended to serve as a basis for national or institutional...

Meeting poor people’s needs for access to medicines through responsible business practices

The pharmaceutical industry is increasingly looking to the potentially huge markets within emerging economies. Yet, poor people who live in these countries still desperately lack affordable and appropriate medicines. This paper argues that the industry must put access to medicines at the heart of...

World Health Organisation (WHO) Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines is a list of the minimum medicine needs for a basic health care system. The list has been updated every two years since 1977. The current version, the 17th list, dates from March 2011. It contains over 350 medicines.

Dubai International Humanitarian & Re-Development Conference & Exhibition (DIHAD) 1-3 April 2012

DIHAD is a humanitarian aid, disaster management and re-development event that takes place in Dubai every year. DIHAD is recognised as the leading humanitarian event in the region and aims to help facilitate a greater and more efficient relationship between aid agencies, NGO's, suppliers and needy...

Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships

Pfizer Global Health Fellows: Expanding Access to Healthcare Through Cross-Sector Partnerships, a case study, evaluates the response of Pfizer Inc. to the HIV/AIDs endemic. It focuses on the efforts of the its Fellows Program to support HIV/AIDS service NGOs in developing countries. In this...

Business UNusual

Business UNusual, a collaborative publication of the United Nations Global Compact Office and the Global Public Policy Institute, provides an overview of recent partnership activities in the United Nations, as well as the challenges the UN faces in its efforts to engage the private sector and...

Doing Business with the World: The New Role of Corporate Leadership in Global Development

Doing Business with the World, a publication of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), describes how companies can contribute to global sustainable development through their core businesses in a way that is profitable for the companies and good for development.

Harnessing Private Sector Capabilities to Meet Public Needs: The Potential of Partnerships to Advance Progress on Hunger, Malaria and Basic Education

Harnessing Private Sector Capabilities to Meet Public Needs: The Potential of Partnerships to Advance Progress on Hunger, Malaria and Basic Education, a report of the WEF, discusses the four main ways in which businesses typically engage in the process of economic development: core business...

Dare to Lead: public health and company wealth

This is the first in a series of briefing papers analysing the human development impact of transnational corporations (TNCs). The series aims to examine the links between trade and poverty eradication and to illustrate the challenges facing industry as a whole in contributing more systematically to...

Business and malaria: a neglected threat?

Business and malaria, a report of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) of the World Economic Forum, is the largest and most comprehensive report ever on the impact of malaria on business. The report found that 72% of Sub-Saharan African businesses are affected by malaria. In response, the GHI...

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle

Public-Private Partnerships: Meeting in the Middle was offered as a means of stimulating discussion about partnerships at the World Economic Forum's 2003 Meeting in Davos. The document attempts to define public-private partnerships, provide examples of such partnerships and suggest questions that...

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships

Joining Forces for Change: Demonstrating Innovation and Impact through UN-Business Partnerships, a publication by the UN Global Compact Office, presents a case for partnering with the UN in addition to listing case studies of successful UN-business partnerships. The partnerships presented in the...

Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals, a UN Millennium Project Report, recommends concrete actions toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The report presents an overview of the findings and recommendations of the UN Millennium Project. The document was co-authored...

Guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/AIDS

The Guidelines for building business coalitions against HIV/AIDS provides practical, operational, timely and relevant guidance to companies and/or leaders in the private sector who want to combine forces in the fight against HIV/AIDS. It includes lessons learned and examples to those interested in...