OSAKA, Japan and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 18, 2024 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE: TAK) today committed JPY4.6 billion (Approx. USD 32 million) to five new Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partners as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to improving health systems resiliency in low and middle-income countries around the world. This commitment demonstrates Takeda’s focus on tackling systemic disparities and supporting local leadership in strengthening health infrastructure, empowering health workforce, and increasing local knowledge and capacity to improve equitable and sustainable healthcare access and delivery.
• JPY 1,259 million (Approx. USD 8.7 million) to VillageReach to support Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda in strengthening the capacity of their national health systems to rapidly and reliably transport patient samples to laboratories for diagnosis and promptly respond to outbreaks, as well as create an integrated solution for all outbreak-prone diseases to contain them faster. As a result, countries will be able to detect diseases early, save lives and reduce the burden on fragile health systems during disruptions.