Project - Honestly for Health

Company

Sanofi

Category

Investor in Community

Project description

Project Aim

Besides the development of new drugs Sanofi takes as its duty to educate the patients. Therefore, under Honestly for Health, we organize informational campaigns for prevention, early diagnosis and proper treatment of a number of diseases, as well as investing in the development of Bulgarian doctors. We believe that we need to talk openly about health problems in our country and find solutions to them, as well as to promote the health innovations so that we can save more lives.

Project Target Group

The target audiences of the CSR platform Honestly for Health are the employees of Sanofi, Bulgarian doctors, healthcare authorities and the society.

Project Duration

Corporate social responsibility is embedded in Sanofi's DNA. Developing new effective drugs while investing in patient prevention are the two key pillars of good health care. Since 2012, Sanofi has been expanding its CSR policy in Bulgaria in different directions.

Project Activities

Sanofi financially supported the BMA for the development of young doctors in the country. For 2019, we are the largest donor to this program, of which 45 students received one-year scholarships and young doctors will attend international forums. We became a partner of the International Congress of Medical Sciences for Students, which brought together 630 young doctors from over 70 countries. We also organized educational campaign about disease prevention. Under Honestly for Diabetes, we provided free blood sugar in 19 cities. Our Honestly for Vaccines activity was focused on the serious health consequences of flu and effective prevention through vaccination, especially for the 65+ population. We have also launched an informational campaign for timely detection of liver diseases, the organ that does not hurt. We conducted national stress test GOOD NIGHT, which showed that 80% of Bulgarians do not sleep well. A problem that is underestimated and unlocks many diseases.

Project Results

Sanofi believes that there are many high-quality specialists in Bulgaria, and not only the state but also the business are responsible for their development and motivation to stay and work here. That is why we support financially activities related to the professional development of young doctors. Focusing on prevention of underestimated by the society diseases saves people from complications. Evidence is that 20% of the people who visited our free diabetes check-ups have had blood glucose abnormalities.