GlaxoSmithKline logoCARE is one of three partners in GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) new corporate community investment initiative.

The initiative aims to improve the health of people living in the world’s poorest countries by reinvesting 20 per cent of the profits it makes in those Least Developed Countries (LDCs) back into strengthening those countries’ healthcare systems by supporting frontline health workers who work in these countries.

CARE is the implementing partner in Asia Pacific and has already begun projects in Nepal and Bangladesh, with projects in Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cambodia due to start in early 2012. CARE is developing long-term projects that focus on positively impacting Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) goals by increasing the effectiveness of frontline health workers in these countries.

CARE also benefits from PULSE - GSK’s volunteering secondment scheme. We currently have a GSK volunteer based in our Nepal office.