Infosys Commits to End Child Diarrheal Deaths in India
BANGALORE, India, August 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –
Infosys Labs to Solve Critical Maternal and Child Health Challenges, in
Support of the UN Secretary-General’s Every Woman Every Child Movement
Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that it has
made a commitment to work with the MDG Health Alliance, the United Nations Foundation, and
the Clinton Health Access Initiative as an Innovation Partner for the India Public-Private
Partnership to End Child Diarrheal Deaths, in support of the United Nations
Secretary-General’s Every Woman Every Child movement. Under this program Infosys Labs
[http://www.infosys.com/infosys-labs/pages/index.aspx ], the research and innovation arm
of Infosys, will institute an Innovation Co-creation Lab to explore ways that technology
can be used to solve critical maternal and child health challenges.
Every Woman Every Child is an unprecedented global movement spearheaded by the UN
Secretary-General to mobilize and intensify global action to improve the health of women
and children. In India, the effort is supported by the India Public Private Partnership
to End Child Diarrheal Deaths, with a vision to prevent deaths of more than 200,000
children under five years of age every year. This partnership will mobilize public and
private sector stakeholders to achieve universal coverage of children in India through the
intervention of oral rehydration solution (ORS) and zinc by 2015, thereby playing a
critical role in preventing diarrheal deaths.
As Innovation Partner for the India Public-Private Partnership to End Child Diarrheal
Deaths, Infosys is collaborating with the MDG Health Alliance, United Nations Foundation
and the Clinton Health Access Initiative. The Innovation Co-creation Lab created by
Infosys will facilitate the convergence of the initiative’s task force members onto a
common forum offering tools, platforms, frameworks and processes to organize, manage and
assist the co-creational interactions specific to this partnership.
Kathy Calvin, CEO, UN Foundation said, “I commend Infosys on stepping up their
commitment to women and children’s health by applying their unique strengths to help solve
one of India’s biggest health challenges.”
Subu Goparaju, Senior Vice President and Head-Infosys Labs commented, “The India
Public-Private Partnership has the potential to make a significant impact and reduce child
deaths caused by diarrhea in India. Technology can play a significant role in enabling and
enhancing collaboration between various stakeholders involved in this initiative and
contributes towards developing affordable healthcare solutions. Infosys is committed to
this cause and will provide a platform to drive joint innovation to develop affordable
healthcare solutions for this initiative.”
Ray Chambers, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria and Chair, MDG Health
Alliance, said, “We will not achieve our global goals for maternal and child health
without making significant progress in India, where the greatest numbers of women die in
childbirth and the greatest numbers of children die before reaching their fifth birthday.”
He further added, “We specifically welcome the commitment of Infosys to help us win
the fight against diarrhea, one of the leading killers of children in India and we look
forward to harnessing the extraordinary skills, talent and creativity of one of India’s
leading companies to help us scale up the interventions (oral rehydration products and
zinc) that could prevent 90% of child diarrheal deaths.”
Infosys Labs, the research and innovation arm of Infosys drives research across the
Building Tomorrow’s Enterprise
[http://www.infosys.com/building-tomorrows-enterprise/pages/index.aspx ] mega trends that
have the potential to transform client business. Healthcare economy is one of these mega
trends which impacts both consumers as well enterprises. One of Infosys Labs’ focus areas
is addressing the challenge of delivering affordable, preventive and patient centric
healthcare.
About Infosys
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Infosys to deliver measurable business value. Infosys provides business consulting,
technology, engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries
build tomorrow’s enterprise. Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus and Founder of
Infosys, sits on the Board of Directors of the United Nations Foundation. For more
information about Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY), visit http://www.infosys.com
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About Every Woman Every Child
Launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during the United Nations Millennium
Development Goals Summit in September 2010, Every Woman Every Child aims to save the lives
of 16 million women and children by 2015. It is an unprecedented global movement that
mobilizes and intensifies international and national action by governments, multilaterals,
the private sector and civil society to address the major health challenges facing women
and children around the world. Every Woman Every Child puts into action the Global
Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, which presents a roadmap on how to enhance
financing, strengthen policy and improve service on the ground for the most vulnerable
women and children. For more information visit: http://www.everywomaneverychild.org.
For further information please contact:
The Americas
Danielle D'Angelo
Infosys Ltd, US
Phone: +1-5108595783
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Australia
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Infosys Ltd, Australia
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Cristin_Balog@infosys.com
Asia Pacific
Sarah Vanita Gideon
Infosys Ltd, India
Phone: +91-80-4156-4998
Sarah_Gideon@infosys.com
EMEA
Paul de Lara
Infosys Ltd.
Phone: +44-2075162748
Paul_deLara@infosys.com
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