Enriching People’s Lives Through DKSH Patient Purpose Day Articles

Over 1.6 billion people, or one out of five people in Asia Pacific, lack access to social health protection, while only 58 percent of children in the region have received their recommended vaccinations. This is a stark comparison to 93 percent in Western Europe.

We recently organized our first DKSH Patient Purpose Day 2023, a global initiative to showcase our Group and Business Unit Healthcare’s continued efforts to bridge the inequality gap, improve patient outcomes, and “enrich people’s lives”, by placing patients at the forefront of our business strategy.

The program, in collaboration with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, encompasses 11 markets: Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Myanmar, Switzerland, and Australia. More than 4,000 Healthcare colleagues participated in the program. We successfully collaborated with 10 clients and reached out to nearly 5,000 patients.

The annual initiative, will be held each September in conjunction with World Patient Safety Day, reinforcing the company’s commitment to enhancing patient outcomes and fostering a more meaningful impact on the healthcare landscape.

Business Unit Healthcare is a Strategic Healthcare Solutions Partner for pharmaceutical, over-the-counter, consumer health, and medical device companies. Our purpose is to deliver quality and wide-ranging healthcare products and solutions to patients we serve in our markets.

At DKSH, our purpose is to enrich people’s lives. We do so by providing reliable access to high-quality and responsible products and services, creating sustainable value for our partners, and contributing to raising the quality of life in the communities we operate in by generating jobs, perspectives, and opportunities for people’s development and growth.