Reducing Disease Burden, Our Corporate Responsibility

We believe it is essential to ease pressure on the healthcare system and promote a healthier society. Our focus on prevention, health literacy, and providing quality healthcare to underserved communities drives meaningful change for individuals and the communities we serve.
Why is Reducing Disease Burden & Corporate Responsibility important?

Why is Reducing Disease Burden & Corporate Responsibility important?

Addressing leading causes of mortality like cancer and cardiovascular diseases helps lighten the pressure on strained healthcare systems. As a responsible corporate citizen, we play a crucial role in helping to reduce disease burden and making quality healthcare accessible to underserved communities. This fosters positive social impact and creates meaningful change at scale.
> 18M
deaths worldwide were caused by cardiovascular diseases.
> 10M
deaths worldwide were caused by cancer.

Reduce disease burden on cancer and cardiovascular diseases through health screenings, health literacy and disease management programmes, to contribute to our overarching goal of touching five million lives for healthier communities by 2025*

*Number of lives touched includes cumulative number of patient interactions through IHH Healthcare services targeted at reducing antimicrobial resistance and disease burden, number of beneficiaries reached through our corporate responsibility programmes, as well as those reached via health literacy initiatives through both IHH Healthcare digital platforms and educational outreach programmes.
  • Flagship corporate responsibility programme to be established in at least two of our core markets* to widen access for and make available quality healthcare to the underserved by 2023
Refer to our Sustainability Report for a full list of goals and targets.

Did You Know?

1 in 6
deaths worldwide are caused by cancer.
30-50%
of cancers are preventable by lifestyle choices.

We are actively working on reducing disease burden on cancer and cardiovascular diseases through health screenings, health literacy, and disease management programs to contribute to the goal of touching five million lives for healthier communities by 2025.

*Number of lives touched includes patient interactions, corporate responsibility beneficiaries, and those reached via health literacy initiatives through IHH Healthcare digital platforms and educational outreach programs.

What We’re Doing

What We’re Doing

We have taken on a holistic approach that is focused on early detection and prevention of cancers and cardiovascular diseases:

  • Health literacy: Sharing knowledge about risk factors and preventive measures.
  • Empowerment: Encouraging individuals to take charge of their health through screenings and healthier lifestyles.
  • Corporate responsibility (CR) initiatives: Widening access to quality healthcare for underserved communities.
  • Positive change: Collaborating with public sector and civil societies to build vibrant communities and foster a sense of belonging.
Our Highlights

Life Renewed: Widening Access to Care and Treatment for Cancer Patients in Malaysia

There is a pressing need to address the burden of cancer care in Malaysia, and that is exactly what IHH Malaysia and the Ministry of Health, Malaysia (MOH) aim to address through a new partnership. Under the terms of the MOU, IHH Malaysia will fully sponsor radiotherapy and radiosurgery for 500 cancer patients from underserved communities who are undergoing treatment at government hospitals.
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Our Highlights

Acibadem Healthcare Group’s Health Awareness Initiatives

Throughout 2022, the Acibadem Healthcare Group organised a plethora of activities to promote good health and well-being among its patients and the public. These activities ranged from health literacy webinars to health awareness campaigns that were tied to significant calendar moments identified by the Ministry of Health, Türkiye.
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