C3 Collaborating for Health believes that only by working together can we make it easier to be healthy.

Citizens for smokers’ ‘rights’?

04 January 2012
In an apparent effort to tap into the populist impulse of the latter-day US ‘Tea Party’ movement, cigarette maker Altria has developed a website for consumers to learn more about their ‘rights as smokers’. The new website was developed by the Virginia-based...
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Consistency in packaging aids consumer awareness

05 December 2011
Recent USDA efforts to update the food pyramid included emphasis on a key element gleaned from behavioural psychology:  clear simple messages work best. In a similar vein, the European Journal of Public Health recently published a study showing the way package...
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Investing in health

02 December 2011
New initiatives in four European countries are to be funded by the Kraft Foods Foundation, partnering with local organisations with Save the Children Italy, the French Red Cross, Klasse2000 in Germany and the Alicia Foundation in Spain. In France, the Foundation...
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The Americas take on salt

14 November 2011
A meeting on 27 and 28 October of the Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction of the Pan American Health Organization discussed efforts made by many countries in North, Central and South America to reduce salt intake...
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Commercial weight-loss programmes

05 November 2011
According to recent research published in the Lancet, programmes like Weight Watchers, which have commercially prepared diet plans, are more successful at encouraging sustained weight loss than mere advice and guidance from GPs, and research shows that these individuals...
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Vitamin D fortification for public health

03 November 2011
Vitamin D has been in the news again recently as the Kellogg’s Corporation, best known for popular breakfast cereals, decided to fortify cereals with vitamin D in the United Kingdom. Produced by the skin when exposed to UVB light (sunlight), vitamin D regulates...
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No logo challenge

25 October 2011
In a move designed to remove the glamour and appeal of smoking particular brands of cigarettes, the Australian parliament recently introduced legislation mandating a government proposed ban on branding and logos on all cigarettes and other tobacco packaging. ...
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Partnerships for prevention

29 September 2011
A collaboration announced last week at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative between Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Plan International (a leading global childrens’ charity), and AstraZeneca, will develop health literacy, health...
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Clinton Global Partnership announcement

27 September 2011
In another major announcement at the Clinton Global Initiative meetings last week, the World Food Programme and PepsiCo announced the formation of a partnership aimed at marrying agricultural development of a food source that shows great potential along with a...
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Lilly-NCD partnership fund

20 September 2011
In the wake of the UN High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases, international drug maker Eli Lilly has announced a major infusion of financial support in the fight against NCDs in developing countries. The company has committed to spending $30 million over...
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