Global Media and International Public Relations

GlaxoSmithKline

HANDWASHING COULD SAVE ONE MILLION CHILDREN’S LIVES EACH YEAR
06-08-2004
The simple habit of handwashing, if widely adopted, would save more than one million lives around the world yearly, most of them children under the age of five in poorer countries... more
80 Million People Now Treated to Prevent Elephantiasis
03-15-2003
One of World’s Most Disfiguring Diseases Could Be Eliminated in 20 Years
Simple Treatment Costs Only Pennies Per Person ... more
SmithKline Beecham and The World Health Organization
to Collaborate in Seeking to Eliminate One of the World’s Greatest
Scourges -- Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis)
01-26-1998
In a new worldwide program, SmithKline Beecham (SB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) will work together to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, one of the world’s most disfiguring and disabling tropical diseases... more