Good Health and Well-Being
Our nutrient-preserving technologies ensure that fruits and vegetables retain their natural vitamins and minerals, providing healthier options for end consumers. By prioritizing freshness and quality, we enable HoReCa businesses to serve meals that promote better health and well-being. Our commitment extends to reducing the use of preservatives and additives, encouraging a shift toward cleaner, more wholesome food offerings for communities.
Why?
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being is important to building prosperous societies. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated health systems globally and threatens already achieved health outcomes.
Most countries, especially poor countries, have insufficient health facilities, medical supplies and health care workers for the surge in demand. The pandemic has shown that in rich and poor countries alike, a health emergency can push people into bankruptcy or poverty. Concerted efforts are required to achieve universal health coverage and sustainable financing for health; address the growing burden of zoonotic and non-communicable diseases, tackle antimicrobial resistance and environmental factors contributing to ill health.
Does everyone have access to healthcare?
In 2017, only around one third to half of the global population was covered by essential health services. If current trends continue, only 39 to 63% of the global population will be covered by essential health services by 2030. The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted essential health services around the world. Some services have been suspended to free up resources for COVID-19 patients and to reduce the risk of transmission. If universal health coverage is to become a reality by 2030, growth in the provision and use of essential health services must greatly accelerate.
How can we achieve these targets?
Ensuring healthy lives for all requires a strong commitment, but the benefits outweigh the cost. Healthy people are the foundation for healthy economies.
Immunization is one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. While vaccination coverage among infants increased from 72% in 2000 to 86% in 2018, an estimated 19.4 million children did not receive the essential vaccines during the first year of life. In fact, since March 2020, routine childhood immunization services have been disrupted on a scale not seen since the inception of the Expanded Programme on Immunization in the 1970s.