Pfizer To Improve Healthcare Through Community Partnerships

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As part of its commitment towards collaborating with local communities for support and expansion of access to reliable and affordable healthcare, Pfizer in Nigeria has donated some cardiovascular test strips to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Victoria Garden City, Lagos, during their health fair program.

The program took place on Saturday, the 15th of October.  The activities of the health fair included health talks on disease prevention and vaccination, basic health checks on diabetes, cholesterol, HIV, malaria and typhoid.

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“SSVP Victoria Garden City is grateful for the support from Pfizer towards the successful health fair. The donations of test strips provided were used for this purpose.  The health fair impacted over 700 indigent people of the Ikota Community”, said the President of the society, Albert Membere.

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According to the Director Corporate Affairs, Pfizer, Margaret Olele, “over the past few years, Pfizer in Nigeria has provided free medical screenings to more than 15,000 people at risk across the country in pharmacies, religious organizations, corporate establishments, and health care institutions.

 

”Such partnerships create avenues for communities to become educated on health and wellbeing and encouraged to proactively take control of their health”.

About Pfizer Inc.: Working together for a healthier world™

At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life.  We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals.  Our diversified global health care portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as nutritional products and many of the world’s best-known consumer products.

 

Every day, Pfizer colleagues work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time.  Consistent with our responsibility as the world’s leading Biopharmaceutical Company, we also collaborate with health care providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world.  For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.

 

To learn more about our commitments, please visit us at www.pfizer.com

 

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