AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd.-CSR Activities
Your Company aims to make a positive contribution to the local communities through charitable donations, sponsorships and other initiatives that help make a difference to people�s lives.
In the year 2007, the Company continued its support to the Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) in their initiative � �Jaagruti�. This initiative aims to reduce the maternal mortality rates in 7 states of India, i.e. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttaranchal, Rajasthan and Gujarat, where there is a high rate of illiteracy and poverty.
The campaign involved dissemination of key messages promoting safe motherhood and simple precautionary measures, through Radio & Television media. FOGSI prepared a 13-episode series on maternal mortality. The message was broadcasted among the rural masses through a dramatized depiction followed by a panel discussion of experts comprising Doctors and Social Workers.
Your Company continues its community activites focused on making the Katigenahalli Primary School, Yelahanka, better place to study for the children. Your Company also continues to contribute to the monthly operating cost of the emergency ambulance service �Operation Sanjeevini� run by the Comprehensive Trauma Care Consortium, Banglore.
Source : Annual Report