Latest Large Grant Announcement The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announcesd the outcome from its third annual large grants competition. The large grant scheme provides funding for experienced researchers requiring longer term funding or extended support for research or research infrastructure. All four grants address important social and economic issues both within the UK and globally.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNine Out Of Ten People With Mental Health Problems Are Prisoners Of Stigma Shocking New Research Millions of people with mental illness are unable to do everyday things like going to the shops, making new friends or applying for jobs, groundbreaking research reveals. The pioneering survey of more than 3,000 people with mental
health problems clearly reveals that this includes people you expect to love you unconditionally, your family, (36%), closely followed by employers (35%), neighbours (31%) and friends (25%).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com$4.4 Million To Improve Mental Health Of Canadians Announced By CIHR Funding of $4.4 million from the Canadian Institutes of
Health Research (CIHR) was announced by Steven Fletcher, MP for Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia and Parliamentary Secretary for
Health, on behalf of Tony Clement, Minister of
Health. This funding will support three research teams investigating how to improve the application of mental
health research. The Mental
Health Commission of Canada is contributing $250,000 to one of the projects. The announcement was made at St.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comEfforts Seek To Address Asthma, Encourage Students To Become Pharmacists In Minority Community The following summarizes efforts that seek to address racial
health disparities. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania Asthma Partnership will award a total of $35,000 to community-based and not-for-profit groups that work to address asthma in the community, the
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comACLU To Lobby Florida School District To Abandon Abstinence-Only Sex Education The American Civil Liberties Union recently announced that it plans to lobby the Volusia County School District in Florida to abandon its abstinence-only education program and to teach children how to prevent unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDelegates At Conference Discuss Ways To Prevent Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, Support Pediatric Care In Central Asia Delegates from Central Asian countries, United Nations agencies and aid groups recently met in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to discuss methods of preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission and supporting pediatric HIV/AIDS care in the region, Kazakhstan's Kazinform reports.
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