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Scaling Up Cross-Sector Collaborations

Member Service Highlight: GBC Prepares First Impact Initiatives, Identifies Execution Gaps for Business Engagement

Henry Chang, the new Vice President of Impact Initiatives, is leading a series of meetings with potential partners across Africa to develop high-impact, cross-sector collaborative initiatives.


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TB Best Practices in New Web Resource

CDC World TB Day Poster

TB in the Workplace Addressed by Company Experts from Eli Lilly, AngoGold Ashanti

TB best practices and expert recommendations—including the key to an effective TB workplace program—are now available in new online resource launched by GBC this World TB Day.

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Media Partnerships and Measuring Impact

Executive Perspective: Stephen King, Director, BBC World Service Trust

"Our experience has shown that bringing more entities to the table, more minds to the particular problem, has always had a positive outcome for us-whether it's other broadcasting, technology or mobile phone companies, or distribution companies, like Coca-Cola, Unilever or DHL."

Stephen King
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GBC Gala Features Best in Business Action, Networking Opportunities

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

CEOs, High-Level Partners, and UN Secretary General Meet this June in NYC; Queen Latifah to MC

The Gala will coincide with the UN's High-Level meeting on AIDS, and many visiting dignitaries will join us for a reception and dinner.

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The State of Business and AIDS, TB and Malaria

The Definitive Assessment of How We're Doing and Where We Go from Here

The 2008 report, produced with Booz & Company, will present in-depth data and recommendations. By taking part in our confidential electronic survey, GBC member companies can identify these trends and gaps, and inform the future direction of business engagement.

The State of Business and AIDS
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Video Games for Behavior Change

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Member in Action: Dell Leverages Resources in Digital Media Partnership

Bryant Hilton of Dell's Corporate Affairs department explains the link between video games and behavior change and Dell's recent commitment in joining the (PRODUCT) RED campaign with Microsoft.

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GBC's New Web Address: gbcimpact.org

GBC has changed our web address from businessfightsaids.org to gbcimpact.org, in order to better reflect the scaling up of our results-oriented agenda and capture our complete mandate, which includes TB and malaria.

This change will not affect any service: We will forward all e-mails and website visits using our old address to the new one for the next six months.

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New Resources: Tools for Action, New Best Practices and the Business Fight in Russia/Ukraine

Best Practices on Women and HIV/AIDS
Ten new case studies provide actionable and focused tools for companies in the fight.

 

Business Action Magazine Focuses on Tools for Business Engagement
TheWinter/Spring issue of GBC’s bi-annual magazine explores leveraging employees for impact and tech toys as tools for behavior change.

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Events: GBC Builds Collaboration in Global Fight

GBC Executive Director John Tedstrom Moderates Forum on HIV/AIDS in Asia
Asia Society event highlights impact of epidemic across the continent, identified in the report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia.

 

Tedstrom Addresses Yale Law School on Business Role in Public Health
Executive director engages students on business fight, role of public health in economic development.

 

 

 
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GBC Calendar
 

April
20-22 | First Meeting of the Travel and Tourism Industry Platform
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

25 | Private Sector Meeting on World Malaria Day
Paris, France

May
1 | Private Sector Strategy Workshop with Donors
Johannesburg, South Africa

1 | Collaborative Meeting & Member Visit
Maputo, Mozambique

19-22 | Pan African Business Coalition Conference
Durban, South Africa

TBD | GBC/TPAA Collaborates with National Business Association Roundtable
Moscow, Russia

June
9 | GBC Gala Features Best in Business Action
New York, USA

9 | Measuring Impact Focus of 2008 Technical Sessions
New York, USA

9 | UN Forum Aims to Integrate HIV/TB Agendas
New York, USA

10-11 | GBC Members to Engage at UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS
New York, USA

18-20 | GBC Co-Coordinates Meeting to Fight Stigma
Nairobi, Kenya

TBD | GBC/TPAA Trains Journalists on HIV/AIDS Reporting
Pskov, Russia


Mission
 

The mission of GBC is to leverage the power of the global business community to defeat the HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria epidemics worldwide.

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