Ashoka and Boehringer Ingelheim initiative to promote health

Jun 24 2011

The social entrepreneurial organization Ashoka and pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim on Tuesday announced they are launching a three-year global initiative aimed at "promot[ing] healthy individuals, families and communities by identifying and supporting the most promising solutions to challenging health problems," according to an Ashoka press release. The "Making More Health" initiative will "include[e] support for a series of programs aimed at identifying innovative health solutions" (6/21).

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