Health

Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre

Cipla set up the palliative care centre in Pune in 1997 to provide free-of-cost care to patients with advanced cancer and to support their families. The Centre operates on a unique family care model. A strong multi-disciplinary team care for patients and their families at the Centre. They also extend free-of-cost palliative care through home care services in the community and out-patient (OPD) services at hospitals

Reached out to 17,000+ patients and their families since 1997

Continuity of Care during Covid

In Covid times, under stringent safety measures, we continues to care for patients & their families at the Centre and serve critical patients in the safety & comfort of their homes

National Palliative Care Outreach

We support like-minded palliative care organisations across the country to make palliative care accessible to as many people as possible.

9,600+ Patients and 15,400+ Family members accessed palliative care through in-patient, outpatient and home care services in 2018-19

Mobile Healthcare Units

We support the running of Mobile Health Units (MHUs) near our Baddi, Patalganga, Indore and Kurkumbh plants. The MHUs provide free-of-cost primary healthcare including diagnosis, treatment and referral services to vulnerable groups, especially women, children and the elderly.

Over 1,05,000+ free-of-cost health check-ups provided through MHUs in 2019-20

Re-starting Care and Re-storing Hope in Covid times

Our Mobile Healthcare Units are back on the roads, reaching patients in remote locations and providing medicines to patients with chronic illnesses

Owethu and Sha’p Left

In South Africa, we support the Owethu modular health centres and Sha’p Left network which continue to bring affordable and quality primary healthcare within the reach of low-income communities.

Reached out to 42,000 + people in 2019-20

Purpose-built containers drive health and hope during in Covid

Under its Sha’p Left initiative, the Foundation has innovatively modelled containers into low-cost clinics to advance Covid testing accelerate chronic medicine dispensing in remote areas in South Africa

Chronic Medicine Dispensation Units

The Foundation in South Africa has established five chronic medicine dispensation points for patients who otherwise have to collect their medication from government health facilities. This provides greater convenience for patients and has helped with greater treatment adherence as well as decongested the government health facilities.

More than 43,000 units of medication dispensed in 2019-20

Accelerating Chronic Medicine Dispensing during Covid

The existing medicine pick-up centers are providing chronic medicines to patients hence decongesting government centres to support social distancing and patient safety.

We are supporting strengthening of primary healthcare services to reduce preventable pregnancy deaths among women by establishing referral linkages between maternity homes, general and tertiary hospitals. We are currently supporting the process of building an accountable urban healthcare system and responsible communities in seven municipal corporations of Maharashtra, India

Over 51,400 connects with the communities through interventions, training, awareness, counselling and Referrals in 2019-20

The Foundation has also partnered with the Liver Foundation to initiate one-of-its kind village based programme for awareness, screening and immunisation of communities for viral hepatitis as part of the global campaign of 'Finding the Missing Millions'.

750+ patients from Purulia district in West Bengal were screened for hepatitis and over 80% vaccinated with 2nd dose in 2019-20

Miles for Smiles

In South Africa, the Foundation supports the ‘Miles For Smiles’ initiative, which creates awareness and raises funds for corrective surgeries for children born with cleft lips and palates.

Saved the lives of 175 children in 2019-20

Thalassemia

We are partnering with like-minded organisations across the country including Municipal Corporation of Greater Maharashtra (MCGM) to support the Comprehensive Thalassemia & Bone Marrow Transplant Centre in Borivali, Mumbai.

Enabled over 60+ Bone Marrow Transplant surgeries and 900+ blood transfusions for patients in 2019-20

Thalassemia care in Covid times

With our partner health organizations we continue to extend critical care for Thalassemia patients amidst COVID. Under stringent safety measures, through blood donation & transfusions, we stand strong to bring comfort to our patients.