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GPU Announces MOU with Global VSAT Forum
May 10, 2010 at 9:00am

WASHINGTON, D.C. – State-of-the-art satellite communications solutions are to be applied globally to meet increasing need and demand for tele-health and telepractices solutions to address healthcare and education access disparities through a new partnership of GlobalPartnersUnited (GPU), a Bethesda, MD-based tele-health public-private alliance, and the Global VSAT Forum, the U.K.-based association of the satellite communications industry.

New USAID Administrator Shah Discusses Agency Vision
May 9, 2010 at 5:11pm

On Wednesday, May 7, 2010, Dr. Rajiv Shah, the newly appointed Administrator of the US Agency for International Development, outlined a strong vision for bringing the agency into a new leadership role in global development.

GPU--a 'pitcher' at the Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference
March 24, 2010 at 10:36am

GPU was chosen to ‘pitch’ our social enterprise mission at the Unite For Sight Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale University on April 17-18, 2010.

Evelyn Cherow accepted into World Bank Roster of Experienced Professionals
March 24, 2010 at 11:31am

Evelyn Cherow, GPU CEO, has been accepted to the newly compiled World Bank Roster of Experienced Professionals in the field of disability and development by the Disability & Development Team, Office of Social Protection & Labor, The World Bank.

GPU CEO receives APHA Disability Section’s Certificate of Appreciation
March 7, 2010 at 8:24pm

GPU CEO, Evelyn Cherow received the American Public Health Association (APHA) Disability Section’s Certificate of Appreciation for collaborative efforts of the International Section with the Disability Section to improve the lives of people with disabilities worldwide.

May 9, 2010 at 11:27pm

The Delegation of the European Union to the USA provided the backdrop on May 6, 2010 for the second in a series on advanced technologies to mitigate barriers to appropriate healthcare for nations and populations lacking qualified personnel, pharmaceuticals, adequate training institutions, and facilities to deliver services. The inspiration of Mateja de Leonni Stanonik, MD, PhD, Chair, Scientific and Organizing Committee, the series launched April 7, 2010 at the Embassy of Slovenia. Bridging the digital divide to establish networks of professionals and resources to strengthen healthcare systems was at the core of presentations provided by three leaders in healthcare technology applications and panelists participating in the discussion forum with audience members.