Diese Gemeinschafts-Projekte werden durch AstraZeneca in vielen Ländern unterstützt.
Über 90% aller gemeinnütziger Unterstützungsprogramme sind auf den Gebieten der Erziehung, der Wissenschaft und der Gesundheitsleistungen fokussiert.
Alle 15 Sekunden stirbt ein Mensch an Tuberkulose und dennoch ist seit 1964 die TBC-Therapie ohne nennenswerte Impulse.
Im Juni 2003 errichtete AstraZeneca ein neues Forschungszentrum in Indien (Bangalore). Mehr als 80 WissenschafterInnen forschen an der Entwicklung eines Heilmittels um endlich die Tuberkuloseerkrankung einzudämmen.
AstraZeneca Engagements - Beispiele:
Announcement of a new AZ corporate partnership with Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international charity that works through volunteers.
AZ UK employees donate £817,062 under the Give As You Earn scheme, with the Company contributing £254,783 to bring the total to over £1 million. AZ US donates $7m to the American Cancer Society to build a new Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families in Boston. AZ Sweden brings financial assistance and employee volunteers to Mentor Sweden, a charity that tackles drug abuse, particularly among young people. AZ Canada donates cash and medicines to Health Partners International, a charity that distributes Canadian medicines, medical supplies and vaccines to those in need worldwide. AZ China partners the Chinese Cancer Rehabilitation Society in a series of events focused on patient education in cancer rehabilitation. AZ Korea launches the AZK Hope Fund Scholarship Programme to help low income families who are supporting a family member with lung cancer. AZ Bulgaria supports the Young Minds In Medicine scholarship scheme for the fourth consecutive year. AZ India supports World TB Day with sponsorship of a series of disease awareness initiatives targeted at patients, doctors, hospitals and the general public. AZ Mexico supports the Yucatan State Government by donating 125 ecological bathrooms to impoverished communities. AZ Russia sponsors the launch of the Mental Health Public Council in Moscow and many other mental health initiatives. AZ South Africa sponsors the new Global Education Fund which is focused on improving education management and foundation learning in rural schools, in South Africa.
