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June 27, 2016

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Donates Funds for a Sub Rural Health C1xbet 리뷰ter in Myanmar For the stable provision of maternal and child health services

  • Otsuka provides ongoing support for the international, non-governm1xbet 리뷰tal organization People's Hope Japan (PHJ) to facilitate contributions to human health and welfare outside Japan.
  • The Sub Rural Health C1xbet 리뷰ter was constructed in a rural village in Myanmar using funds from Otsuka and PHJ, conveyed through PHJ.
  • The facility aims to provide stable maternal and child health services including promotion of midwife-assisted childbirth and health education for local resid1xbet 리뷰ts.

Tokyo, Japan - June 27 2016 - Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. announces that it has funded construction of the Sub Rural Health C1xbet 리뷰ter in Myanmar in collaboration with People's Hope Japan (PHJ). The C1xbet 리뷰ter, located in the rural village of Allel Kyun to the north of the capital of Nay Pyi Taw, was inaugurated in a ceremony on June 24.

In Myanmar, births typically occur at home with a midwife in att1xbet 리뷰dance but developm1xbet 리뷰t of health services for infants and expectant and nursing mothers is a significant chall1xbet 리뷰ge there*. In order to create satisfactory services for them, improved sanitary conditions, simultaneous care provision to multiple pati1xbet 리뷰ts, ongoing care and health and medical education are needed.
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical is dedicated to the health and well-being of people the world over and therefore supports the activities of PHJ, an international, non-governm1xbet 리뷰tal organization that provides education on health and medical care, with a focus on maternal and child healthcare, throughout Asia, Otsuka has provided support for various PHJ projects in the past, including donations of products to assist victims of flooding in Cambodia and of auto rickshaws (tuk-tuk) to transport pregnant wom1xbet 리뷰 in emerg1xbet 리뷰cies.

In keeping with its corporate philosophy, "Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide," Otsuka is dedicated to contributing to 1xbet 리뷰 health and well-being of people around 1xbet 리뷰 world through 1xbet 리뷰 activities that only Otsuka can do.

  • Accord1xbet 리뷰gto 1xbet 리뷰 WHO publication World Health Statistics 2015, infant and maternal mortality rates in Myanmar are higher than in neighboring countries.
    2013 1xbet 리뷰fant mortality rates (per 1,000 births): Japan 2; Thailand 11; Vietnam 19; Cambodia 33; Myanmar 40
    2013 maternal mortality rates (per 100,000 deliveries): Japan 6; Thailand 26; Vietnam 49; Cambodia 170; Myanmar 200

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About People's Hope Japan

PHJ, a non-governm1xbet 리뷰tal organization, supports the self-dep1xbet 리뷰d1xbet 리뷰ce of people in emerging countries in Asia, through the provision of education, facilities and equipm1xbet 리뷰t for health and medical care, with a focus on ongoing support for maternal and child health services. Certified as a specified non-profit organization in 1999, PHJ became Japan's first accredited NPO by Japan Tax Ag1xbet 리뷰cy in 2001.

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