(3BL Media) September 24, 2012 - GlaxoSmithKline plc [LSE/NYSE: GSK] today launched a national initiative to examine the barriers and identify opportunities to build healthier communities in the United States. The program kicks off with “A Conversation on Community Health,” hosted by The Atlantic, in Philadelphia at WHYY studios. This is the first of three events taking place in US cities to explore what it means, and what it takes, to be a healthy community.
GSK is underwriting the events to identify innovative and practical community-based collaborations with health organizations, public officials, advocates and citizens that will inform a new approach to improving health at the local level. Insights gained through the series of local discussions will help shape the future strategic direction for GSK’s community programs and local engagement in the US.
“In 2011, GSK set out to understand how we can work more effectively in the communities where we live and serve patien
