At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2013 in Vienna, a collaborative initiative of the RSNA and the European Society of Radiology ESRR) was launched.
The service was part of a day of religious activities organized by Interfaith Moral Action on Climate Change, a collaborative initiative of religious and faith-based leaders, groups and individuals of goodwill who are compelled to lead the call for urgent action to address the deepening climate emergency as a moral imperative.
This study has adhered to the international, collaborative initiative of epidemiologists, methodologists, statisticians, researchers and journal editors (STROBE) guidelines.
Initiatives such as the Surviving Sepsis Campaign [ 2], launched in 2002 as a collaborative initiative of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the International Sepsis Forum, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, aim to effectively reduce risk of death from severe sepsis and septic shock.
An off-shoot of the United Nations Girls Education Initiativee, NGEI is a collaborative initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and development partners, particularly DFID, UNESCO and USAID, to coordinate efforts at improving girls' education in Nigeria.
UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict -- a collaborative initiative of 12 UN entities – and other efforts, such as UNIFEM's "Say NO to violence against women" on-line signature campaign, demonstrate this new approach.
Recognizing this, the Kenya Health Workforce Information System was developed through a collaborative initiative of the Ministries of Health - DepartheNursing Council of Nursing Council of Kenya, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Lillian Carter Centre for Global Health and Social Responsibility at Emory University, Atlanta [ 19].
A collaborative initiative of the American Cancer Society [ 17], the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), the American Society of Clinical Oncology [ 18], and the NCCN published a review of LDCT screening for lung cancer together with clinical practice guidelines in May 2012 [ 10].
A collaborative initiative of ASAS and OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials) MR imaging in AS working group has been started with the goal to validate and standardize the available MR scoring systems for the spine and the SI joints, using standard MR systems [ 27].
Taking stock of collaborative initiatives to reflect on strengths and weaknesses of such programmes is necessary to seize future opportunities for cross-fertilization of ideas focused on change.
