GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline is one of
the leading research based pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare
companies of the world committed to improving the quality
of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better
and live longer. The company has established itself as a
premier pharmaceutical company in India and is the market
leader in the nutritional healthcare segment with well known
brands, which are household names in the country.
The company is involved
in various development initiatives all over the globe. The
company's flagship community programme is its key role in
the global alliance to eliminate lymphatic filariasis, one
of the most disfiguring and disabling disease prevalent
in the world today. In India too, the company has been committed
to social and health related activities since 1977. The
company has initiated various development programmes by
building effective partnerships with local NGOs, governments
and communities. These initiatives are implemented through
coordinated projects on urban community development, rural
development, disaster relief, workplace initiatives and
medical fraternity initiatives.
The company is also involved
in development activities centered around its factories
at Nabha ( Punjab) Rajamundry ( Andhra Pradesh) and Sonepat
( Haryana). The company conducts health camps, gives cattle
insurance cover to the villagers, makes arrangements for
free supply of potable water and is engaged in rainwater
harvesting activities. The company has conducted an intensive
needs analysis with BCF for the villages around Sonepat
where people lack basic amenities with the intention of
launching an intensive development programme in this area.
The company is also involved in HIV/AIDS prevention activities
and has launched a programme called 'Positive Action' which
includes advocacy, training and awareness generation, care
and support for people living with HIV/ AIDS.
GlaxoSmithKline Beecham
Consumer Healthcare Ltd.: Bharat Yuvak Bhawan, 1 Jai Singh
road, New Delhi 110 001 Tel: 91 - 011 - 23361156 Website
: www.GSK.com
