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The Stars Come Out for Pfizer-Sponsored “Divas Simply Singing!” Benefit Concert

Health and science aren’t always the most glamorous work, but sometimes we get to rub shoulders with celebrities when the stars come out in support of important health issues.That’s what happened earlier this month, when Pfizer’s Vaccine Adoption and Equity team sponsored the 33rd Sheryl Lee Ralph & the DIVA Foundation Presents: DIVAS Simply Singing! benefit concert.For over three decades, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Emmy Award Winning star of the hit ABC show, Abbot Elementary, has hosted the DIVAS...

The Power of Partnership in our Mission to Better Connect the Patient Health Journey

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have known that it would take unprecedented collaboration across multiple industries to tackle the virus. As we have strived together to bring breakthrough science to the world, a constant in our work has been collaborating with other organizations on solutions that streamline the patient journey and simplify the ways in which people learn about vaccines and treatment.   I was proud to highlight these efforts on behalf of Pfizer during a recent...

Meet 6 of the 20 Organizations Making an Impact Through the Global Health Innovation Grants Program

Since 2016, The Pfizer Foundation’s* Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program has supported community-based initiatives that aim to improve quality of care and strengthen health systems in lower income countries. Now in its seventh year, 20 new recipients of the one-year grant program have each received US $100,000 to drive innovative solutions that help address vaccine-preventable illness in their communities."We launched the GHIG program rooted in the premise that local problems require...

Trusted Voices

Bringing Together Diverse Organizations to Strive for Health Equity

As a Black woman who grew up living in subsidized housing in the U.S., I know what it means to live in a world where healthcare is not equal, and not trusted. Like so many others, I have family and friends along the health spectrum who have little interest in going to the doctor because they don’t feel seen or heard. This well-earned lack of trust has led some to decide against receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, among other healthcare services and interventions.  I know firsthand the work that...

Race Against Resistance: Pfizer takes on AMR

A new film produced for Pfizer by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions puts the spotlight on the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a health crisis with global, and personal, impact. "Race Against Resistance” explores how the rise of antibiotic resistance, the process by which bacteria adapt and mutate to avoid the very drugs designed to kill them, is threatening to undo almost 100 years of progress in medicine.  “Race Against Resistance” shows what’s being done to tackle this global...

Pfizer Joins Annual Brunch Run to Support Cancer Support Non-Profit Imerman Angels

As patients, family members, caregivers, and friends, it’s likely we’ve each been affected in some way by cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, one in three people in the U.S. are affected by the disease1. And while our Oncology team works every day to find new therapies and treatments for various forms of cancer, Pfizer’s commitment to help end cancer doesn’t stop at the lab door. It includes financial support and colleague participation in community groups and events. Pfizer was...

Lady Gaga Partners with Pfizer to Raise Migraine Awareness  

June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, and in keeping with this year’s theme, “Educate Yourself, Educate Others,” Pfizer is partnering with Lady Gaga to raise awareness of this often-misunderstood disease.  Affecting about 40 million people in the United States and one billion people globally, migraine is a debilitating and recurrent neurological disease. In fact, according to one study, migraine is considered the second-most disabling condition in the world, following low back pain.1...

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Lady Gaga on Living With Migraine

If migraine attacks have impacted your ability to simply go about your day, spend time with your family and friends, or do your job, then you and Academy Award®, Golden Globe® Award and 13-time Grammy® Award-winning actress and philanthropist have a lot in common.Lady Gaga recently opened up to Pfizer.com about how migraines have affected her life.“My experience with migraines was debilitating. I would be in bed for days with tremendous pain in my head, behind my eyes, and all throughout my face...

Research!America Offers $200k Discovery | Innovation | Health Prize for COVID-19 Innovator

Breakthroughs like the COVID-19 vaccine don’t just materialize out of nowhere. They’re borne from bold visions, buoyed by constant collaboration, and realized only through persistence, perseverance, and hard work. And you never know where the next innovation—or the visionaries responsible for it—might come from. Research!America knows this, as well. That’s why Pfizer is proud to support their $200,000 2023 Discovery | Innovation | Health Prize, which aims to recognize and provide support for...

Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Partnership with Amref Health Africa

A community member while receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Uganda. Photo credit: Amref Health Africa.More than three years into the pandemic, for some, access to care to help prevent COVID-19 may only mean a 10-minute trip to a doctor's office or pharmacy. For many others, however, vaccines and basic healthcare, including efforts that help to treat and prevent COVID-19, may still be out of reach.Despite advances to improve COVID-19 vaccine access, disparities remain. Nearly three in four people...

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A Billion Doses Delivered: 3 Lessons from the Fight Against Trachoma

Credit: Brent Stirton/Getty Images for ITI Imagine an infection that causes your eyelids to turn inward, so that your lashes—intended to protect your eyes—scrape against the sensitive outer surface of your eye every time you blink. The pain is excruciating and constant. Your eyes water. Your lashes scratch and scar your cornea, the clear tissue covering your eye. Your vision becomes increasingly hazy. That’s reality for nearly two million people. According to the World Health Organization (WHO...

Health Equity in Action Summit 2022 Recap: Themes Emerge for Addressing Systemic Racism in Healthcare

    Among underserved communities across the U.S., the intrinsic right to good health is challenged daily. It’s no secret that barriers to healthcare have persisted for decades. Lack of access to quality care and cultural sensitivity is part of the problem. Social determinants such as lack of transportation, food deserts, and financial instability also have a negative impact. And, as the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated, existing health inequities and a flawed healthcare system can intensify...