OUR APPROACH
As a responsible Healthcare Company,
Through our flagship CSR initiative 'SEHAT', P&G Health is committed to contributing towards building a healthier India.
Projects under SEHAT include, but are not limited to Preventive Health, Community Health and Public Health interventions; Health Awareness, screening and education; Financial Support for Healthcare needs of marginalized & underprivileged communities; Capability-Building of Healthcare Professionals, Healthcare Infrastructure and Healthcare Assistance as part of disaster relief and support.
OUR PROGRAMS
Public Health Scholarship Program
India requires a massive public health workforce which can complement medical caregivers; supporting them to use limited resources efficiently, assist in better implementation of health policies and promote healthy behaviour.
In partnership with
Help build a Public Health Cadre
To address India’s complex set of existing and emerging public health challenges.
P&G Health Scholars at Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi
‘P&G Public Health Scholarship’
For deserving students from socially & economically deprived communities seeking to pursue ‘Masters in Public Health’ (2 years on campus) across PHFI’s IIPH (Indian Institute of Public Health) Institutes.
Awarded to individuals who will work in India for a minimum period (2 years) after the course
In 2021-22 session, 74 new P&G Health Scholars initiated their careers in public health across five IIPH Institutes at Gandhinagar, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Shillong, and Bhubaneshwar. Since its inception, the program has benefited 167 bright and earnest young scholars.
— Jithender Nagapoori (P&G Health Scholar, IIPH Delhi, 2019-2021 Batch)
SWASTHYA SAKHI PROGRAM
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in 2021, 21.83% of Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Sub-Centres (SCs) functioned without doctors. Furthermore, 67.96% of Community Health Centres functioned without specialist doctors.
Access to affordable screening, diagnostics & epidemiological data continues to be a major hurdle in India. PHCs are still inadequate & ill-equipped for the millions at remote / underserved locations.
In partnership with
Help Initiate a Maternal & Child Health Community Project
That can contribute to Employment, Entrepreneurship and Access to affordable screening, diagnostics & digital health
Swasthya Sakhis empowered with the PHFI ‘Swasthya Sahayak’ devices in Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh
‘P&G Swasthya Sakhis’ (Health Companions)
Empowered with PHFI’s Technological Innovation ‘Swasthya Sahayak’ - a portable/ backpack sized point-of-care info gathering & diagnostic tool, to seek & digitize health information of families including conducting diagnostics of pregnant women, & referring high-risk cases to Public Health Centres.
128 Swasthya Sakhis have reached out to 1500000 beneficiaries till date across Uttar Pradesh, Goa, and Madhya Pradesh. Nearly 10000 pregnant women have been identified including 5000 high risk pregnancies.
Fast Facts
This technology by PHFI was named as one of the 6 game-changing innovations by Wall Street Journal.
Goa Chapter launched by Hon. Minister Smriti Irani (Union Minister of Women and Child Development, and Textiles), Hon. Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant (Chief Minister of Goa), Hon. Minister Vishwajit P Rane (Minister of State for Health, Women and Child development, Skill Development, Industries, Trade and Commerce & Law and Judiciary), Dr. K Srinath Reddy (President- Public Health Foundation of India) and Mr. Milind Thatte (Managing Director – Procter & Gamble Health Limited)
— Honorable Minister Shri Vishwajit P Rane (Minister of State for Health, Women and Child development, Industries, Skill Development, Trade and Commerce & Law and Judiciary)
YES TO POSHAN
Malnutrition is a complex public health problem with intergenerational repercussions.
According to the National Family Health Survey-5 (NHFS-5), there was an increase in the prevalence of acute malnutrition in 16 out of 22 states and stunting in 13 out of 22 states among children < 5 years of age in comparison to NHFS-4. Furthermore, a significant proportion of women in the age group of 15-49 years are anaemic and have a low Body Mass Index (BMI).
High levels of malnutrition among children in India can be highly attributed to the poor nutrition of women before and during pregnancy. The urgent need to ensure adequate nutrition in women and children in India prompted the government’s Poshan Abhiyaan to reduce the incidence of stunting, undernutrition in children and anaemia amongst women and children.
In partnership with
Complement the Government’s Efforts
Promote diet diversity and address challenges of limited or age-inappropriate diet amongst Pregnant and Lactating Women(PLW) , and children<2 years
Project coordinator’s meeting with an Anganwadi worker
YES TO POSHAN
A grass-roots behavioural change program across 5 villages in NTR district in Andhra Pradesh.
Interventions include a five-fold behaviour change campaign, surveys, growth monitoring, and capacity building of Anganwadi workers and Poshan Sakhis to promote diet diversity.
Over a period of 3 years, ~ 1200 Pregnant & Lactating Women and ~500 children will be covered under the program. Additionally, participatory learning and action initiatives would be rolled out to ~3000 women in the reproductive age group
Partnership announcement making news
— Dr. Rajan Sankar, Senior Advisor – Nutrition, Tata Trusts
GIFT OF HEALTH PROGRAM (CHILDREN)
An estimated 370000 children stay in childcare institutions in India with only a small percentage getting adopted.
Improving children’s health & hygiene conditions at these CCIs is important towards ensuring a good base for development of children.
In partnership with
To Support Health needs of children under Institutional Care
Health Check-up Camps in progress
P&G Health as a ‘Health Partner’ to CSA offering
Regular Health check-up camps twice a year at 40+ Centres
Distribution of Hygiene Kits & Sanitary Napkins with Awareness sessions on good hygiene and dental care practices
Treatment Contingency Fund provisioned in case of need of treatment support post diagnostics; jointly decided on case-to-case basis
Presently supporting ~2400 beneficiaries in the age group of 6-18 years residing at 56 CCIs across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Goa
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P&G Health volunteers at a Child Care Centre
— Anandhi Yagnaraman, CEO, Catalysts For Social Action
GIFT OF HEALTH PROGRAM (ELDERLY)
Today there are an estimated 100 million elders in India. Of them 90 million still need to work to survive, 55 million sleep hungry and affording quality medical care is a far dream for most. People in the age group of 80 years of age and older are suffering from chronic ailments such as hypertension, asthma, arthritis, heart problems, etc with no possible care for them.
In partnership with
To Provide sustainable Healthcare solutions & Emergency Relief to disadvantaged elderly
Mobile health units aiding the disadvantaged elderly
Supporting HelpAge India’s Mobile Healthcare program in Mumbai to provide essential Primary Health Services to Disadvantaged Elderly at their doorstep
Supporting HelpAge India’s Emergency Response Initiative to Covid-19 to provide Survival Kits containing essential hygiene and grocery items to disadvantaged elderly across Goa, Maharashtra, Odisha, Karnataka and Chhattisgarh districts
During the year, 1670 survival kits were distributed to disadvantaged elderly across the states of Goa, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Puducherry and Cuddalore districts.
Survival kits being provided as part of the Emergency response initiative
— Prakash N. Borgaonkar, head - Maharashtra & Goa, HelpAge India
MATERNAL AND NEWBORN HEALTH FOR THE URBAN POOR
Access to affordable diagnostics and smart tools continues to be a major hurdle for the underprivileged pregnant women in Urban Communities of India. Public Healthcare Centers are still inadequate and ill equipped for numerous newborns and new mothers in slum areas of Mumbai. With the increase in urbanisation in India, the intergenerational deprivation, vulnerability , exclusion, and insecurity of the urban poor is on the rise.
In partnership with
Improve access to maternal and newborn health for the urban poor to mitigate gaps in Public Healthcare system.
The program aims to strengthen the antenatal care services at the government healthcare facilities, while making use of technology supported community intervention for early identification of pregnancies and high-risk cases among pregnant women to ensure they receive timely care and support.
Partnership announcement making news
‘Arogya Sakhis’ empowered with the Mother Care Kits, provide diagnostic services along with Pre & Ante Natal support to pregnant women; currently operational across 8 Govt Health Posts in Mumbai's W ward.
Community health workers are trained by Apnalaya and empowered with a mobile-based application for monitoring, reporting and decision support for high-risk pregnancy follow ups. Along with this, an antenatal care kit with smartphone integrated portable diagnostic devices is provided at the government healthcare facility to support service provision.
Over a period of 13 months, the program targets to benefit nearly 4000 direct and 4,00,000 indirect beneficiaries.
The project will enable screening to identify high-risk pregnancies; help educate on maternal health and nutrition; and ensure uptake of antenatal care and post-natal care services provided by government healthcare providers. It will also build the capacities of community health workers to provide counselling and support for pregnant women and families
Arogya Sakhis demonstrating the Mother Care kit
— Praveen Singh, CEO, Apnalaya
PHC CARES – ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
As a responsible healthcare Company delivering high quality products with superior packaging, we also have a role towards the planet by ensuring responsible disposal and recycling.
In partnership with
Contribute to Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
Through the propagation and promotion of sustainable healthcare practices through on-ground awareness campaigns for pharmacy owners and their staff on appropriate methods for waste segregation.
Surveys being conducted at the pharmacies
To educate pharmacies and help them with their waste disposal, a pilot project was initiated for sustainable waste segregation and management, at 20 pharmacies in Delhi.
This first-of-its-kind partnership promotes sustainable healthcare practices through an on-ground awareness campaign for pharmacy owners and their staff on the need and appropriate methods of segregation, disposal and recycling of waste materials in a responsible manner.
This project will now be scaled to more cities.
Awareness drive being conducted at the pharmacies
— Mr Ashish Agarwal, Secretary, Recycle India Foundation
SCHOLARSHIP FOR WOMEN IN HEALTHCARE
Representation of women in sales across the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry is low on average. There is a need to ensure greater women representation and participation in sales through efforts across recruitment, career planning and development, inclusion, and safety.
In partnership with
Encourage women to pursue careers in pharmacy thereby facilitating their choice of career in this sector
Partnership announcement making news
The program supports girl students pursuing Pharmacy courses by covering their academic costs and by providing them with mentoring on the side.
Since its inception in March ’22, the program has 7 institutions from Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and West Bengal on board. The selection process for these students is based on institutional guidelines, including but not restricted to merit and demonstrated need. Along with consistently good performance and regular attendance in schools, the household income of the girl students is also a criterion for selection, ensuring that the meritorious and deserving students receive the scholarship.
6 students have been shortlisted for the scholarship who will also be receiving mentoring opportunities to harness their high potential.
Also Under SEHAT
Healthcare Assistance provided during the COVID 19 Pandemic
Extending Healthcare support during the Covid-19 Pandemic via Mobile Healthcare Units in partnership with HelpAge India
Daan Utsav
Gratitude challenge in partnership with HelpAge India
Community Support
Provided Internet enabled Smart classrooms and fully equipped computer lab, at the village school around our Goa Manufacturing Site, Sarvodaya School and Higher Secondary College.
Employee Volunteering
The ‘SEHAT SQUAD’ comprising passionate employee volunteers who work with the CSR team
External Accolades
P&G Health India’s CSR program SEHAT bagged the Gold Award under ‘Public Health Initiative category at he India Health & Wellness (IHW) Award 2021, supported by NITI Aayog
Communications team won the Public Health programme of the year for our SEHAT CSR initiatives at the Indian CSR awards 2021
P&G Health India's CSR initiative SEHAT bagged the Silver Award for Public Health Initiative of the year at the 8th edition of the India Health & Wellness (IHW) Awards, supported by NITI Aayog
Covid-19 Relief efforts
CONTACT US
For queries/proposals, please email us at mehra.r@pg.com