Philips Steps Up Commitment to Ensuring Healthy Lives for All During United Nations General Assembly Week
September 18 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Philips makes extended commitment to improve the lives of 300
million people in underserved healthcare communities by 2025
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health
technology, is reinforcing its commitment to the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals by launching a series of global
programs that enable and strengthen access to healthcare around the
world. To deliver on its promise, Philips is teaming up with
governments and NGOs, clinical customers, consumers and others to
fulfill its company vision to improve 3 billion lives each year by
2025. In addition, Philips has extended its prior commitment to
underserved healthcare communities with a new pledge to improve the
lives of 300 million people a year by 2025 including women and
children.
“At Philips we believe there’s always a way to make life
better,” said Frans van Houten, CEO of Royal Philips. “This is why
we set out to improve the lives of 3 billion people each year by
2025. We are already well on our way, having touched the lives of
2.1 billion people in the last year. We strongly believe that
through the use of technology and responsible leadership, we can
help increase access to quality healthcare and improve health
outcomes for all.”
Increasing pledge to support access to healthcare
In 2014, Philips pledged to support the United Nation’s Every
Woman Every Child initiative committing to improve the lives of at
least 100 million women and children in Africa and South East Asia
by 2025. This year, Philips is increasing that commitment to 300
million people in underserved markets, thereby recognizing the
often-critical needs of women and children in many communities, but
also the added burden arising from the increase in non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) in communities already struggling without adequate
access to healthcare.
Shaping healthcare causes with consumers
Yesterday, on Sunday, Philips sponsored the Social Good Summit
in New York, where it launched in 15 countries its Better Me,
Better World initiative. The platform provides consumers with
personal benefits while giving them the opportunity to help
prioritize the additional health and healthcare causes that Philips
will support through the Philips Foundation in 2018. Addressing
health topics ranging from community access to healthcare, first
aid training and ensuring healthy lifestyles for children are at
the heart of the Philips Foundation’s mission to reduce health
inequality through meaningful innovation. It does this by deploying
the expertise, knowledge and innovative skills of Philips in
collaborative projects with humanitarian organizations, such as the
International Committee of the Red Cross to design, adopt and
deploy solutions that are sustainable and inclusive.
Broadening expertise in primary healthcare solutions
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, Philips will host a high-level event
gathering together the Rockefeller Foundation and Devex on the
critical topic of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Achieving UHC
means that all people everywhere will have access to quality
essential health services without incurring financial risk. Strong
primary care facilities in the community are key to ensuring UHC,
which is why in July, Philips in collaboration with the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Mandera
County, Kenya, opened a new Community Life Center (CLC) in Mandera
County. The newly inaugurated CLC will provide the community with
modern, high quality, integrated health services.
In addition to UN Week, Philips CEO Frans van Houten will
deliver sponsored remarks at The Washington Post Live event,
Transformers: Health on September 20th, from 4:00PM – 5:30PM at
1301 K St. NW, Washington, D.C. Mr. van Houten will present on five
key priorities healthcare industry leaders and providers must
address to realize the full potential of digitization, connectivity
and data, including breaking down barriers to better care and
driving seamless connections in a digital world where the patient
is at the center of care. To register for the livestream, click
here.
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health
technology company focused on improving people's health and
enabling better outcomes across the health continuum from healthy
living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care.
Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and
consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in
the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging,
image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as
well as in consumer health and home care. Philips' health
technology portfolio generated 2016 sales of EUR 17.4 billion and
employs approximately 71,000 employees with sales and services in
more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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