http://www.projecthope.org News from Project HOPE Convio Content Management System Module en-us www.projecthope.org-431192564 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/on-world-hypertension-day.html To combat the hypertension epidemic as well as other chronic health problems, Project HOPE opened the HOPE Centre clinic in 2012 in Zandspruit, South Africa, an extremely impoverished area near Johannesburg. Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-428257569 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/project-hope-medical-3.html The six Project HOPE volunteers are taking part in New Horizons 2013, a joint humanitarian assistance mission and training exercise conducted by the 12th U.S. Air Force. Sun, 12 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-427934173 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/project-hope-welcomes.html The volunteers will provide assistance to the staff at the HOPE Centre in a variety of capacities, all in an effort to improve the quality of care at the clinic. Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-424023213 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/project-hope-merck-vaccinate.html The Virginia-based humanitarian organization and Merck have delivered the final shipment of 200,000 doses of the vaccine PNEUMOVAX® 23 (Pneumococcal Vaccine Polyvalent) to Nicaragua as part of a national campaign to vaccinate vulnerable individuals. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-423424373 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/project-hope-honors.html Project HOPE, a global health education and humanitarian assistance organization today announced it has awarded 43 volunteers with the PRESIDENT’S VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD, a national honor offered in recognition of volunteer service. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-423351209 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/project-hope-and-merck-2.html Project HOPE, a global health education and humanitarian assistance organization, in partnership with MSD, a leader in global health care (known as Merck in the United States and Canada), has delivered the final shipment of 200,000 doses of the vaccine PNEUMOVAX® 23 (Pneumococcal Vaccine Polyvalent) to Managua, Nicaragua as part of a national campaign to vaccinate vulnerable individuals against pneumococcal infections, a major cause of pneumonia. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-422209023 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/new-device-by-project-hope.html Project HOPE and Virginia-based firm Guardit have come up with a pioneering device that could make dramatic strides in diagnosing a disease that claims more young victims than AIDS, Malaria and measles combined. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-421469774 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/founding-editor-john-iglehart.html Health Affairs, the nation’s leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research, announced today that founding editor John Iglehart will return to lead the publication. Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-416478789 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/ucb-and-project-hope-launch.html UCB and Project HOPE announced the inauguration of a program to improve medical care for children with epilepsy in China and to provide psychological support for their families. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 www.projecthope.org-416073452 http://www.projecthope.org/news-blogs/press-releases/global-ngo-project-hope-and.html On World TB Day, Project HOPE reaffirms its commitment to help achieve international targets to halve the prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and deaths from TB worldwide by 2015. Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500