Improving access to healthcare services in developing countries

Our efforts in Africa

Mother to Mother SHIONOGI Project

With the aim of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC), which has been adopted under Goal 3 of the SDGs, the Company is promoting the Mother to Mother SHIONOGI Project in Kenya and Ghana. High maternal mortality rate and under-5 child mortality rate are major issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Since 2015, "Mother to Mother SHIONOGI Project" has worked to improve maternal and child health in collaboration with various partners, with donations from SHIONOGI group employees as a fund source. This will be done through collective impact, an approach of effectively combining the strengths of the respective partners, including business enterprises and NGOs.

Mother to Mother SHIONOGI Project
  • It maximizes the impact of the efforts by organizations including business enterprises, governments and NGOs/NPOs by their collaborative commitment to solving social issues.

1st) Project Overview

2nd) Project Efforts in Kilifi Country, Kenya

3rd) What's "Mother to Mother Group"

Achievements of this project
Cumulative number of patients who received medical services. Clinics 105,522 persons. Mobile clinic 21,728 persons.
For sustainable activities. Number of members in Mother to Mother groups*. 504 persons.
Reporting period: October 2015 - November 2023
  • Activity in which mothers in each region form groups and teach each other about maternal and child health and nutrition (peer education)