Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate Social Commitment and Public Service is deeply embedded into the cultural fabric of Ranbaxy. Over the years serious efforts have been directed towards making a meaningful contribution in uplifting and transforming the lives of the underprivileged. The Company is also extremely conscious of its duty and responsibility towards the environment. We continue to make sincere efforts to promote good health, social development and better environment, through various Company programs that contribute to sustainable, all round growth.

In 1978, in the wake of the grim health scenario in India, Ranbaxy realised the urgency to reach out to the underprivileged sections of society that had little or no access to basic healthcare. The Company took a conscious decision to contribute towards the national objective “Health For All”. Towards this end, the “Ranbaxy Rural Development Trust” was set up and the first well equipped mobile healthcare van was introduced, in certain underserved areas of Punjab. As the programme grew, the Ranbaxy Community Healthcare Society (RCHS), an independent body, was created. RCHS is devoted to the health of the disadvantaged. Today, multiple well equipped mobile healthcare vans and an urban family welfare centre, run by Ranbaxy, benefit over 2 lakh people, in identified areas in the State of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi. The programme is based on an integrated approach of preventive, promotive and curative services, spanning areas of maternal child health, family planning, reproductive health, adolescent health, health education including AIDS awareness.

List of Services Provided

• Maternal &Child health
• Antenatal Care
• Immunization – (Tuberculosis, Diptheria, Polio, Whooping Cough, Tetanus & Measles)
• Growth Monitoring
• Safe Motherhood
• Post natal care
• Family Planning
• Sterilization (Referral and follow up)
• Provision of Family Planning Methods (Copper T, Oral Pills, Condoms)
• Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Reproductive Tract Infections
• Health Education including AIDS awareness

During 2009, maternal and infant mortality were the focus of particular attention and efforts in these areas were intensified in RCHS serviced areas. The results of these interventions have been most encouraging and the general health profile of the local community has shown further improvement in terms of coverage for immunisation, vitamin A deficiency and family planning. The problem of malnutrition has been addressed to a large extent and birth rates and infant mortality rates have declined substantially. Amongst women, the risk of mortality due to pregnancy or child birth has also been reduced when compared with the prevailing level of risk, in India and other developing countries.

Ranbaxy has also dovetailed its CSR efforts in a manner that is synchronous with the larger health goals of the State and Central Government. RCHS continues to work actively on critical issues related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, polio, non communicable chronic diseases and female foeticide. In 2009, RCHS continued its partnership with the Voluntary Health Association of Punjab for the project on Reproductive Child Health (RCH), in the districts of Nawanshahar and Fatehgarh Sahib, in Punjab and achieved the targets set under the RCH-II plan, of the Government of India.

The company has entered into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) with the Punjab State Government, to deliver healthcare services in identified districts of Punjab. This program will be rolled out in a phased manner.

Ranbaxy’s special efforts and significant focus on reducing Child Mortality, Improving Maternal Health and Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other neglected diseases tie in seamlessly with the  Millennium Development Goals (MDG)  set forth by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Ranbaxy’s products are pre qualified under the WHO QSM scheme and this ensures that high quality bio equivalent products reach patients, across geographies