June 2009
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MSD Supports Launch of F4 Namibia
Pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) has supported the recent launch of Football for an HIV Free Generation (F4) Namibia, which will catalyze the successful sports-based HIV prevention efforts of two local implementing partners under F4’s innovative, pan-African effort to leverage the power of soccer and the opportunity of the 2010 FIFA World Cup [...]
The English Premier League forms partnership with Grassroot Soccer
The English Premier League has supported the crucial expansion of the combined initiative of Grassroot Soccer and the Baylor Children’s Foundation in Malawi to improve the identification of HIV-infected children and to ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care, education, treatment and support.
The GRS-Baylor partnership engages local communities in activities designed to raise awareness, promote [...]
GRS Featured on BBC News
Grassroot Soccer was recently featured on BBC News, taking a look at how the World Cup is helping South Africa fight HIV/AIDS.
GRS Co-Founder Ethan Zohn on his Cancer Diagnosis
By now, many of you in the Grassroot Soccer network know I was diagnosed in May with a rare form of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, and have already begun treatment. The statistics say that, with chemotherapy, I’ve got an excellent chance of defeating this disease, and I’m confident that I’ll beat it. Cancer is a serious and [...]