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Ireland Has 'Fastest Rising Need' for Palliative Care in Europe
Rapidly-ageing Irish population behind trend, new study suggests Increases in funding will be needed to cater for the increase in deaths from cancer, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases according to new research. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times By Paul Cullen Ireland has the fastest rising need…
Author: The Irish Times
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Health reform challenge in Australia: Repairing the fundamentals and building on stronger foundations
Australia’s Prime Minister praises biomedical research at the University of Queensland as an example of what can be achieved when government, universities and philanthropy work together in partnership. It is good to be back home; it’s good to be back in Brisbane; good to be…
Author: Prime Minister of Australia
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A sneak peek at EUR55m Cork hospital
It’s not due to open until July next year, but the bold new St. Patrick’s Hospital and Marymount Hospice site in Curraheen is already taking shape. DAVID FORSYTHE had a guided tour of the new EUR55million complex IF you’ve driven along the Ballincollig Bypass lately,…
Author: Evening Echo
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Meet the 2013 Purpose Prize Winners
By Marc Freedman It’s a great honor to unveil the stories of our seven inspirational Purpose Prize winners for 2013. These individuals come from all walks of life, but hold one thing in common: each is changing the world in what was once seen as…
Author: Encore.org
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UCSF starts $1.5B hospital complex
by Ron Leuty UCSF Medical Center broke ground on its $1.5 billion women’s, children’s and cancer hospital complex, a two-city-block project in San Francisco’s Mission Bay. Leaders hope the 878,000-square-foot project will be the site where basic research from across 16th Street — at the…
Author: San Francisco Business Times
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Vietnam brings a new research generation to UQ
Five talented Vietnamese researchers will share in a $1 million University of Queensland scholarship package for PhDs in UQ’s leading research institutes. UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield announced the scholars this week in Vietnam, where he met with UQ alumni, Vietnam government officials and teaching…
Author: UQ News Online
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$125 million donation for new UCSF hospital
Original Source by Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer UCSF Medical Center has received a $125 million donation, among the largest in its history, to help build a planned $1.68 billion hospital to provide services to women, children and cancer patients near its Mission Bay biomedical complex,…
Author: The San Francisco Chronicle
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Donors should fund UK campaigning charities to create an impact
Foundations can make a lasting impact by funding United Kingdom charities to carry out social campaigns, such as lobbying, letter writing and protesting, according to this report by New Philanthropy Capital. London, UK – New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), the charity think tank, has today published Critical masses, a…
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Health Care for America Now: A New Campaign to Win Quality, Affordable Health Coverage for All in the U.S.
The public relations spin doctors for the U.S. health insurance industry, who are probably busy at work concocting the script for a TV commercial or Internet ad to sink comprehensive health care reform in 2009, ought to think again. You may remember the fictitious couple,…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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The new philanthropists: Silicon Valley teens
Original Source by Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writer A group of Kenyan orphans is tasting milk for the first time. On a train platform in India, teachers are giving lessons to children whose families force them to beg from passengers. And in Thailand, health workers…
Author: San Francisco Chronicle