In ITI countries the antibiotic used is Zithromax (azithromycin), donated by Pfizer. A single oral dose of Zithromax once a year is as effective as the standard treatment of tetracycline eye ointment 2 times a day for 6 weeks. The ITI is currently working in five countries: Morocco, Tanzania, Mali, Ghana, and Vietnam. The ITI works with ministries of health to devise an operating plan and joins...

This is the essential guide for all those who make policy or make decisions to protect and promote public health, particularly those who wish to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases at the national, state, or local levels. Essential partners include leaders in health professional and other nongovernmental organizations, government, industry, the media, schools, workplaces and other institu...

Indonesia used to have one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in both the southeastern Asian region and globally. With efforts from the government and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the past two decades have witnessed considerable improvements in maternal and child health in Indonesia. Here, we examine the current status of maternal and child health in Indonesia and perti...

I offer an institutional theory of corporate social responsibility consisting of a series of propositions specifying the conditions under which corporations are likely to behave in socially responsible ways. I argue that the relationship between basic economic conditions and corporate behavior is mediated by several institutional conditions: public and private regulation, the presence of nongov...

Since 1989 the Bank’s Operational Directive (OD) 4.01 Environmental Assessment and its successor documents OP/BP/G 4.0 have required that affected groups and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) be consulted as part of the environmental assessment of projects and particularly those with potentially significant impacts (Category A). The primary purpose of this provision is to protect the interes...

Abstract Groups around Puget Sound have been formed to recover salmon, protect marine resources and address other natural resource issues. They are drafting plans to guide future restoration and protection actions by governments and nongovernmental organizations. Despite concern about the potential for development to degrade ecological functions, they have done very little to guide the associat...

According to corporate social responsibility (CSR), firms should conduct activities focusing not only on the self-interest of firm but also benefiting society. Drawing CSR approach, this study investigates barriers employment for people with physical disabilities (PWPDs) in Hong Kong (HK) tourism industry. Forty-seven human resources (HR) managers, directors, and members HK Hotel Association we...

Nowadays, states spend more attention, time, and money on performance measurement and evaluation in the public sector than ever before (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [OECD], 1996; Pollitt & Bouckaert, 2000, p. 87; Power, 1997). Results-based management is the talk of the day at all levels of the public sector: local, regional, national, and even supra national. Schools a...

This study focuses on “School Clubs and Peace-camp-sites”, which are the extra-curricular educational activities organized by schools in partnership with nongovernmental organizations ultimate objective of cultivating peace among young pupils. It shows how they can contribute to construction lasting making it possible promote knowledge, competences, attitudes values necessary bring changes thei...

s and Reporfs 193 paid or contract staff to assist member organizations in such areas as project proposal development, and that a documentation center be established as an information clearinghouse for and about NGOs. In addition, the conference urged governments to recognize NGOs as partners in development, encouraged NGOs to involve their target groups in decision making, and supported leader...