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TAMPA, Fla., July 9 /PRNewswire/ — Gonzaba Medical Group, a multi-site medical practice with 20 physicians, has selected Intergy EHR by Sage Electronic health Records and Intergy by Sage Practice Management (PM) system to provide its newest San Antonio-based clinic with seamless access to patient and clinical data at all points of care — without the use of paper charts.
“We researched a multitude of healthcare IT vendors and found that only Sage Software offered a fully integrated database system that would allow us to interoperate with legacy clinical, administrative and financial applications,” said William Gonzaba, M.D., founder and CEO of Gonzaba Medical Group. “Since we have Intergy by Sage already installed in our other clinics and have experienced the resulting improvements in productivity and cash flow, we are confident that the addition of Intergy EHR will also deliver substantial workflow efficiencies and enhanced patient care.”
For 24 years, Gonzaba Medical Group, with more than 200 clinicians and staff, has been in the forefront of healthcare delivery in San Antonio with multiple clinic sites offering primary care and ancillary services such as physical therapy, radiology, MRI and CT imaging and occupational medicine. On August 1, 2008, the organization will launch a health and wellness clinic dedicated to fulfilling the needs of the City of San Antonio’s 11,000 employees. The facility will leverage Sage Software’s electronic health records and practice management solutions, as well as onsite medical equipment such as MRI scanners, bone densitometers and spiral CT scanners, to provide a “one-stop-shop” medical clinic experience. This new facility will allow patients to obtain all diagnostic procedures and therapeutic interventions in one visit, reducing the impact on patient’s limited time, travel and financial resources.
“Intergy EHR will enable us to save precious minutes once wasted searching for patient data — minutes that could make a difference in a patient’s outcome,” stated Dr. Gonzaba. “Additionally, the integrated system’s clinical decision-making tools will result in reduced patient errors and improved clinician compliance with best practices.”
“We share Gonzaba Medical Group’s passion for delivering exceptional customer service and patient care,” said Sharon Howard, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing for Sage Software. “The intuitive design of our solutions, combined with our extensive online and onsite training, will ensure that the August 1st launch will occur with great ease and success.”
About Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc., provides integrated Electronic health Records, EDI applications and practice management systems to thousands of ambulatory care practices throughout North America. These systems enable physicians and practice managers to better manage their practices and improve profitability. Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. is based in Tampa, Fla., and is a division of Sage Software. For more information, please visit or call (877)932-6301.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.8 million small and midsized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is a subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software solutions and related products and services, principally for small to medium-sized enterprises. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989 and now has 5.5 million customers and employs over 13,900 people worldwide.
Contacts:
Lynne Durham
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.
269-934-8853

Jan Shulman
Amendola Communications
480.664.8412, ext 12

Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The historic collaboration between retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers — resulting in the merger of two complementary ePrescribing networks — will serve as a catalyst to fuel unprecedented growth in wiring the most-used benefit in America’s health care delivery system, Medco health Solutions, Inc. said in a statement today.
“Collaboration among retail pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers in pursuit of patient safety and health care efficiency represents a breakthrough that will help to forge a new future in American pharmacy,” said John Driscoll, President, New Markets, Medco. “For patients, payors, pharmacists and physicians, ePrescribing will help to reduce prescribing errors and drug interactions and maximize the use of the most effective, lowest-cost therapies — speeding the prescribing and dispensing process, while removing costs from the health care system.”
RxHub, launched by a consortium of the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit managers and SureScripts, a system sponsored by retail pharmacies earlier today announced that they would merge their industry-leading systems in an effort to further the adoption and use of ePrescribing technologies.
“The unification of SureScripts and RxHub creates a single platform for nationwide adoption and broad use of safe and secure ePrescribing technologies at a time when Congress is considering financial incentives to doctors by increasing Medicare and Medicare reimbursement for prescriptions transmitted electronically,” said Driscoll.
Technologies such as ePrescribing are considered pivotal in addressing the estimated 1.5 million preventable medication errors each year in the United States that cost the health care system as much as $3.5 billion.
A pioneer in adapting innovative technologies to advance pharmacy care, Medco invented the world’s most advanced automated dispensing pharmacies, the largest Internet pharmacy and in 2001 served as a founding member of RxHub. More than 55 percent of mail electronic prescriptions in the industry were sent to Medco’s mail-order pharmacies during the first quarter of 2008. As a major customer of network services for e-prescribing, Medco strongly supports this transaction.
Since 2005, Medco has partnered with health plans and private employers in collaborative ePrescribing pilots such as the award winning project in Southeast Michigan. According to a recent survey of participating doctors:
– Three out of four prescribers believe strongly that ePrescribing improves safety for their patients.
– Nearly 70 percent of respondents say it improves the quality of care.
– More than 80 percent of all prescriptions written by those surveyed are currently written electronically; four of 10 practices now only write ePrescriptions.
– More than 70 percent saw a reduction in communications with pharmacies over prescription questions.
– More than half strongly agree that ePrescribing saves clinicians time and increases productivity.
About Medco
Medco health Solutions, Inc. is the nation’s leading pharmacy benefit manager based on its 2007 total net revenues of more than $44 billion. Medco’s prescription drug benefit programs, covering approximately one-in-five Americans, are designed to drive down the cost of pharmacy health care for private and public employers, health plans, labor unions and government agencies of all sizes, and for individuals served by the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program and those served by its specialty pharmacy segment, Accredo health Group. Medco, the world’s most advanced pharmacy(TM), is positioned to serve the unique needs of patients with chronic and complex conditions through its Medco Therapeutic Resource Centers(R), including its enhanced diabetes pharmacy care practice through the Liberty acquisition. Medco is the highest-ranked independent pharmacy benefit manager on the 2008 Fortune 100 list. On the Net: .
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the statements. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed, and actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this press release should be evaluated together with the risks and uncertainties that affect our business, particularly those mentioned in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Medco health Solutions, Inc.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 24 /PRNewswire/ — HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a leading provider of healthcare market intelligence, reports that the consolidation of Independence Blue Cross and Highmark has local hospital officials anxious about the potential influence of what would become the largest health insurer in the state. According to the latest Philadelphia Market Overview, the expected merger of the state’s two largest health insurers may encourage greater consolidation as hospitals seek greater negotiating clout.
“This merger will affect the balance of power between area health systems and health plans,” states Mark Cherry, market analyst for HealthLeaders- InterStudy and author of the report.
Combined with the recent economic slowdown, the effects of the Blue plan merger could exacerbate hospitals’ problems with uncompensated care while increasing interest rate payments on bonds used for construction. The best- positioned health systems in southeastern Pennsylvania are Jefferson health because of its dominant market share and University of Pennsylvania health System mostly due to its prestige. Many of the remaining hospitals are under increased pressure to consolidate or otherwise affiliate with these systems as demand increases for expenditures such as, electronic medical records and providing malpractice insurance to physicians, and as consumers are attracted to hospital branding.
The Hospital & health System Association of Pennsylvania is concerned about the ability of an even more dominant health plan to bully providers and lower reimbursements at one time. Because Philadelphia is home to several highly regarded academic hospitals, health plans in the area have traditionally been at a disadvantage, with large and respected health systems Jefferson health and Penn health able to dictate contractual terms. However, this pending blockbuster merger may have the hospitals making concessions.
About the Philadelphia Market Overview
This year’s Philadelphia Market Overview marks a change for HealthLeaders-InterStudy. Due to the diverse nature of this metropolitan statistical area’s (MSA) components, the 2008 Philadelphia report will focus only on the Pennsylvania counties in that MSA, providing a more comprehensive analysis on the healthcare segments in Philadelphia proper. In addition, two new Market Overview reports will be published in 2008 focusing on the areas taken out of the Philadelphia report: Wilmington, Del., Market Overview, coming in July, and Southern New Jersey Market Overview coming in October.
About Market Overviews
Market Overviews provide a detailed analysis of local healthcare markets, allowing healthcare businesses to plan their local strategies. In addition to the 75 metropolitan statistical areas covered in our individual market reports, HealthLeaders-InterStudy will be producing the following NEW Market Overview reports in 2008:
Wilmington, Del.
Spokane, Wash.
Colorado Springs, Colo.
Cape Coral/Fort Myers, Fla.
Columbia, S.C.
Springfield, Mass.
Southern New Jersey
Charleston, S.C.
Madison, Wis.
Portland, Maine
Lexington, Ky.
Baton Rouge, La.

About HealthLeaders-InterStudy

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a company of Decision Resources, Inc., is the authoritative source for managed care data, analysis and news. For more information, please visit .
All company, brand or product names contained in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Elizabeth Marshall
Decision Resources, Inc.
781-296-2563

HealthLeaders-InterStudy

NEW YORK, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WebMD health Corp. and HLTH Corporation today announced that executives of WebMD are scheduled to participate at the William Blair 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to a live audio broadcast of the presentation over the Internet. The broadcast can be accessed at (in the Investor Relations section). A replay of the broadcast will be available at the same web address.
About WebMD
WebMD health Corp. is the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and health-focused publications. WebMD health Corp. is a subsidiary of HLTH Corporation .
All statements contained in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on WebMD’s current plans and expectations and involve risks and uncertainties, including those described in our SEC filings.
Contacts:
Investors: Media:
Risa Fisher Jennifer Newman

212-624-3817 212-624-3912

WebMD

BATESVILLE, Ind., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Hill-Rom today announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Tri-anim health System, Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.). The agreement will enhance selling efforts for Hill-Rom’s product The Vest(R) Airway Clearance System to both acute and long-term care facilities within the United States.
“We are excited to move forward partnering with Tri-anim,” said Kim Dennis, group vice president, Post Acute Care at Hill-Rom. “We believe this strategic alliance will enhance our focus on increasing awareness of the importance of Airway Clearance Therapy in the treatment of respiratory conditions across the care continuum.”
Dennis added that, “Hill-Rom’s expertise in providing innovative medical technology products, such as The Vest System, will fit well with Tri-anim’s experience as the nation’s largest specialty distributor of respiratory care products in the acute care segment. This relationship will be good for patients and their caregivers, and will enhance the goals of both our companies.”
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to represent such a respected and recognized brand in the healthcare market and look forward to taking Hill-Rom’s The Vest Airway Clearance System into the Acute Care Market,” said Bob Byers, Jr., president and founder of Tri-anim. “The Vest System has been clinically proven as an effective device in the treatment of retained pulmonary secretions for over 15 years. We are confident that the specialty distribution partnership between Tri-anim and Hill-Rom will lead to greater application of the High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation technology in all areas of the hospital to help reduce pulmonary complications and improve patient outcomes.”
The Vest Airway Clearance System, Model 205, which in 2007 received a Medical Design Excellence Award(R) for distinction in engineering and design, will be the first product to be distributed with Tri-anim.
The Vest System uses High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation (HFCWO) technology to provide both the patient and clinician with a safe, easy to use, and effective method of Airway Clearance Therapy. HFCWO therapy is prescribed for patients with retained secretions as a result of either acute or chronic respiratory conditions.
ABOUT TRI-ANIM
For more than 30 years, Tri-anim has met the needs and exceeded the expectations of providers throughout the healthcare continuum, including hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), long-term care facilities, surgery centers and nursing homes. Tri-anim is an industry leader providing e-commerce solutions enabling customers a faster and more efficient procurement method for purchasing medical products. The e-Quick(R) System, a proprietary patent-pending technology, allows customers to place a five-line order in less than 45 seconds. All in-stock orders received - until 5 p.m. - are shipped the same day from one of 13 distribution centers nationwide. For more information, go to .
ABOUT HILL-ROM
Hill-Rom is a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the health care industry, including patient support systems, non-invasive therapeutic products for a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, medical equipment rentals, and workflow information technology solutions. Hill-Rom’s comprehensive product and service offerings are used by health care providers across the health care continuum in hospitals, extended care facilities and home care settings to enhance the safety and quality of patient care.
Hill-Rom…enhancing outcomes for patients and their caregivers.

Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release contain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the Company’s future plans, objectives, beliefs, expectations, representations and projections. The Company has tried, wherever possible, to identify these forward-looking statements using words such as “intend,”"anticipate,”"believe,”"plan,”"encourage,”"expect,”"may,”"goal,”"become,”"pursue,”"estimate,”"strategy,”"will,”"projection,”"forecast,”"continue,”"accelerate,”"promise,”"increase,”"higher,”"lower,”"reduce,”"improve,”"expand,”"progress,”"potential” or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. The absence of such terms, however, does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. It is important to note that forward- looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those set forth in any forward- looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: the Company’s dependence on its relationships with several large group purchasing organizations, whether the Company’s new products are successful in the marketplace, changes in customers’ Medicare reimbursements, collections of accounts receivable, compliance with FDA regulations, antitrust litigation, potential exposure to product liability or other claims, failure of the Company’s announced strategic initiatives and restructuring and realignment activities to achieve expected growth, efficiencies or cost reductions, disruptions in the Company’s business or other adverse consequences resulting from the recent spin-off of the funeral service business, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the spin-off, failure of the Company to execute its acquisition and business alliance strategy through the consummation and successful integration of acquisitions or entry into joint ventures or other business alliances, increased costs or unavailability of raw materials, labor disruptions, the ability to retain executive officers and other key personnel, and certain tax-related matters. For a more in depth discussion of these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, see the discussions under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2007, its Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2008, and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward- looking statements.
Hill-Rom

SHANGHAI, China, May 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Linkwell Corporation (Linkwell) (BULLETIN BOARD: LWLL) , a leading developer, manufacturer and distributor of healthcare related disinfectants in China, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Shanghai LiKang Disinfection Hi-Tech Company, Ltd., (LiKang Disinfectant) began training and licensing disinfection teams for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The project is sponsored by and under the direction of the Chinese Ministry of health (MOH) and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), who signed exclusive agreements with LiKang Disinfectant last month.
Attending the opening ceremony were Mr. Hualin Yang, the Secretary-General of the China Pest Infestation Control and Sanitation Association (a division of China’s Ministry of Agriculture); Mr. Liubo Zhang, the Chairman of the Office of Infection Control (a division of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention); the leader from the Vocational Ability Authentication Centers of MOH; and Mr. Xuelian Bian, the Vice Director of the Shanghai Disinfection Association, and Chairman & CEO of Linkwell, and others.
Mr. Bian commented, “It is an honor to be selected for this very important mission. health security is an important part for the Beijing Olympics and the MOH has paid great attention to every aspect of prevention and crisis action planning. All of our training experts are charged with training disinfection teams, which are key to the success of health security.” After the class, passing the exam of disinfection vocational ability, the students will receive the government required license of Disinfection Vocation Certificate.
Background
Linkwell announced on April 11, 2008, that its wholly owned subsidiary, LiKang Disinfectant, was selected by the Chinese MOH and MOHRSS to implement China’s new disinfection vocational training and licensing program. The MOH and MOHRSS created the program to improve China’s public health safety security by standardizing the disinfectant industry’s qualification and licensing standards.
This national training and licensing program will provide essential health services for the Beijing Olympics and all of China and the Company believes that being selected to implement and manage this monumental program is an honor and should provide several new business opportunities. In addition to direct compensation for the training, LiKang Disinfectant’s management believes that the increase in prestige, and brand recognition with help promote sales of its disinfectant products in the years ahead.
Linkwell estimates that there are one million disinfectant and pest control professionals who need this training and licensing and expects that the Company is well-positioned to benefit from this program as these professionals commence the mandatory training and licensing, which will be conducted exclusively by LiKang Disinfectant’s expert, using LiKang Disinfectant’s products.
The MOH and MOHRSS selection of LiKang Disinfecant to train and license all disinfectant and pest control professionals in China and for the Beijing Olympics, clearly indicates that its products and management expertise are highly regarded by the government and by professionals within the industry.
Skin Disinfectant Product Chosen for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
It was announced on February 27, 2008, that one of Linkwell’s major product lines, An’erdian Skin Disinfectant, was chosen by the Organizing Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games for use in all hospitals supporting the Olympic Games. An’erdian has numerous uses including daily hygiene, gynecology and skin-disease treatment. According to management, since 1995, Linkwell has sold more than 80 million bottles of An’erdian Skin Disinfectant to more than 5,000 hospitals and medical facilities all over China. It is estimated that An’erdian has been used effectively and safely on patients in more than six billion applications.
This selection indicates the Olympic Committees’ confidence in Linkwell and it’s products. The widespread use of An’erdian will help solidify Linkwell’s image as the number one brand disinfectant in China, which is key to promoting An’erdian and the Company’s other product lines to an image- conscious Chinese consumer market. In time, it will facilitate the Company’s business expansion outside of China.
About Linkwell Corporation
Linkwell develops, manufactures and distributes disinfectant healthcare products in China through its subsidiary LiKang Disinfectant. Linkwell’s disinfectant healthcare products are a nationally recognized domestic Chinese brand in this market segment. Linkwell products include disinfectants in liquid, tablet, powder and aerosol form. Through LiKang, Linkwell has a national marketing and sales presence throughout all 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 special municipalities of China. For more information, please visit .
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward- looking statements are based on current expectations or beliefs, including, but not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s operations, financial performance and condition. For this purpose, statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. The Company cautions that these statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products; pricing and new technology; changes in consumer preferences and tastes; effectiveness of marketing; changes in laws and regulations; fluctuations in costs of production; and other factors as those discussed in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
For more information, please contact:

Investor Relations
Craig Bird
Segue Ventures LLC
Tel: 1-215-885-4981
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Linkwell Corporation

NEW YORK, April 25 /PRNewswire/ — One4One, a unique program focused on empowering women to help make a difference in the fight against cervical cancer, starts today during National Minority Cancer Awareness Week. One4One urges women to talk to their healthcare provider about ways they can help protect themselves from cervical cancer, while also raising money to increase cervical cancer information programs and other educational services, especially for those who may be at greater risk of developing the disease due to lack of access to information or healthcare.
Organizations participating in One4One are American Social health Association, Black Women’s health Imperative, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, Native American Cancer Research, National Asian Women’s health Organization, National Cervical Cancer Coalition, National Latina health Network and Tamika & Friends, Inc., with support from Merck & Co., Inc.
For each woman who pledges to talk to her healthcare provider about cervical cancer via between April 24 and June 5, Merck will donate $5, up to $1 million total, to the participating One4One organizations. The funds raised will be used to provide cervical cancer information programs and other educational services for women across the United States, including women at greater risk of developing the disease due to lack of access to information or healthcare.
In the U.S. alone, an average of 10 women die each day from cervical cancer, and it was estimated that more than 11,000 women would be diagnosed in 2007. “The loss of any life to cervical cancer is one too many, because it is a disease that we can help to prevent,” said Dr. Lisa Flowers, Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine. “One4One is a great way to help strengthen the efforts of leading health organizations working to decrease the burden of cervical cancer in our country.”
Cervical cancer is caused by certain types of a virus, called the human papillomavirus (HPV). What many may not realize is that women can be exposed to HPV as early as their teens or 20s. About half of all women who develop cervical cancer are between 35 and 55 years old. The unfortunate reality is that women from certain racial and ethnic backgrounds are disproportionately affected by cervical cancer. There is a greater risk, in part, because some women of certain racial and ethnic backgrounds are living in poverty and have an overall lack of access to healthcare, including screening. Social and cultural barriers are other factors that often deter these women from receiving access to care.
During National Minority Cancer Awareness Week and beyond, the One4One participating organizations are working to help eliminate health disparities, by raising awareness and implementing critical education and service programs to help decrease the burden of cervical cancer nationwide.
For more information about cervical cancer, HPV and to make your cervical
cancer pledge today, visit .

Participating One4One Organizations

Black Women’s health Imperative (Imperative) is dedicated to promoting physical, mental and spiritual health and well-being for the nation’s 19.5 million African American women and girls. The Imperative brings the perspectives — and often missing voices — of African American women to the ongoing health policy debates, and works in partnership to develop community- based strategies to inform, educate and affect change individually, locally, regionally, and nationally.
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation’s (GCF) mission is to promote public awareness of gynecologic cancer prevention, early diagnosis and proper treatment through the development and implementation of education programs. In addition, the Foundation supports research and training related to gynecologic cancers.
Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) unites people through programs and experiences to empower cancer survivors to live life on their own terms and to raise awareness and funds for the fight against cancer. The LAF focuses on cancer prevention, access to screening and care, research and quality of life for cancer survivors. Founded in 1997 by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, the LAF has raised more than $250 million for the fight against cancer.
National Asian Women’s health Organization (NAWHO) is dedicated to helping achieve health equity for Asian women and families. The NAWHO provides research and information about the health of Asian Americans to the public health field, and offers much critically-needed health education to the Asian American community.
National Latina health Network (NLHN) is a growing network of individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the quality of health among Latinas and their families, by promoting leadership, advocacy, capacity-building, community health partnerships and initiatives. NLHN provides health experts who are connected and active in community-based prevention education programming, outreach, community mobilization, policy and research.
We would also like to acknowledge and thank the following organizations for their support of and involvement in One4One.
American Social health Association (ASHA) is dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families and communities, with a focus on preventing sexually transmitted diseases and their harmful consequences.
National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) is dedicated to serving women with, or at risk for, cervical cancer and HPV disease through innovative education and support programs.
Native American Cancer Research (NACR) mission is to help reduce cancer incidence and mortality in Native Americans by increasing access to screening, care and preventive services and by assisting those affected by cancer to maintain a high quality of life
Tamika and Friends, Inc. (Tamika and Friends) is dedicated to raising awareness of cervical cancer and its link to HPV through grassroots outreach. Founded by cervical cancer survivor, Tamika, the organization hosts fundraising walks and educational events in multiple states.
About Merck & Co., Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck currently discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines to address unmet medical needs. The Company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service. For more information, visit .
Media Contact: Kristen Eskin
Edelman
(212) 819-4845

Merck & Co., Inc.