Home CATEGORIES Health & Sanitation

Health & Sanitation

Fast&Up’s #HealPrayLove CSR campaign provided 3 lakh doses of electrolytes to frontline workers

#HealPrayLove, a CSR initiative by active nutrition brand Fast&Up, was launched in May 2021 to aid, support and energize frontline workers across the country who have worked tirelessly to bring us all back to health. As an expression of gratitude, the brand supported doctors, nurses and hospital staff across the country by providing instant hydration...

Ericsson and employees donate nearly $1 million to UNICEF’s COVID-19 humanitarian response in India

To help address urgent healthcare needs in India brought about by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, networking and telecom company Ericsson announced its support to UNICEF’s COVID-19 humanitarian response in the country. Ericsson made an upfront donation to UNICEF and launched a month-long company matching employee donation drive globally in...

CSR: OPPO joins hands with Indian Red Cross Society to dispatch 300 oxygen concentrators to North-Eastern states

In line with its CSR efforts to support India’s fight against Covid-19, OPPO India announced the delivery of 300 Oxygen Concentrators to Indian Red Cross Society. These Oxygen Concentrators will be distributed to various hospitals in the North-east region of India. Commenting on the CSR initiative, Damyant Khanoria, Chief Marketing Officer, OPPO India, said, “We...

World Bicycle Day – Initiatives by Indian Citizens

World Bicycle Day 2021 is being observed today at a time when lockdowns are being eased out here, and lifted in other parts of the globe, lending the annual day renewed importance. Cycling is being viewed with fresh eyes as “green recovery” becomes a buzzword in the “new normal” of the post-COVID-19 world. Eco-friendly, ridiculously...

Integration of Cycling in Daily Transit – Best Practices

Climate change and global warming show a bleak image of tomorrow if steps are not taken today to reduce carbon emissions. One of the major contributors to carbon emissions and pollution, in general, is the use of vehicles. On the other hand, the realisation of good health has never been more apparent than at present....

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) providing Covid care with Freedom-74

The intense scarcity of medical oxygen cylinders remains a stark ground reality that has hampered the functioning of hospitals and healthcare facilities across India during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. In this regard, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and the BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange) and the financial fraternity have come forward...

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Paree honors Female Police Force

Standing in solidarity with those on the frontlines during the second wave of Covid-19, Paree associated with state police forces in Gurgaon, Noida, Jaipur and Indore to support the female police officers who have been on the ground, working round the clock and are the true heavy-duty champions. On the occasion of Menstrual Hygiene Day...

Airbus expands India COVID-19 relief, delivers more oxygen plants, ventilators, mobile ICUs

Airbus has doubled down on its response to the COVID-19 crisis in India, delivering more than 36 tonnes of additional medical equipment to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and deploying humanitarian flights to move supplies from abroad as well as within the country. Airbus is delivering oxygen plants, ventilators, oxygen concentrators, BPAP breathing machines...

Aussie Tech for India pledges $400,000 in medical support to India

Australian graphic designing platform Canva, together with SafetyCulture, Airtasker, Airtree Ventures, and Blackbird Ventures, launches Aussie Tech for India – a joint philanthropic program to raise awareness and provide both financial and logistical support for the sourcing and purchasing of oxygen and other medical supplies in India. The world is in the middle of a...

CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd augments accessibility of healthcare services for communities in rural India

Hyundai Motor India Foundation, the CSR arm of Hyundai Motor India Ltd. released a film on its social outreach initiative ‘Sparsh Sanjeevani’. The film captures moments of Hyundai’s Mobile Medical Van as it travels through rural India to augment accessibility of healthcare services for people in these regions. S S Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai...

CSR: Gujarat Education Minister Inaugurates Free Covid Care Centre at Dholka

Gujarat education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama visited the Cadila Pharmaceuticals plant at Dholka in Ahmedabad district and felicitated the COVID Warriors for their service at the COVID care centre at Dholka. CSR of Cadila Pharmaceuticals, along with the Indian Red Cross Society, Dholka, Mangal Mandir Manav Seva Parivaar, Bagodara, Dholka Seva Parivaar, and Faraj Trust,...

Global Report: Pfizer is a Socially Responsible Vaccine Producer

As the COVID-19 pandemic magnifies disparities for underserved communities, Pfizer is working to address the complex issues we face as a global society and create a healthier, more equitable world for all. Through partnerships and programmes, this biopharmaceutical industry leader is seeking to expand affordable access to breakthrough medicines and vaccines, particularly among underserved...

हिंदी मंच

EDITOR'S PICK