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UNFPA, together with UNAIDS,
UNICEF, the World Bank and the World
Health Organization (WHO), make
up the H4+ partnership, a coordinated
initiative that ensures these international
organizations work together for women’s
and children’s health through local
programs. In 2011, Johnson & Johnson
became the first private sector partner to
support the H4+.
“We are happy to have
Johnson & Johnson as the first private
sector organization coming forward as a
true partner on this initiative,” says
Dr. Osotimehin. “I believe that with
support from Johnson & Johnson, we can
make an even bigger difference on the
ground and save more lives.”
BUILDING ON A LEGACY OF CARING
“The partnership with the H4+ is one
component of our response to the United
Nations Secretary General’s call to action
for a renewed global effort to achieve
the Millennium Development Goals by
2015,” says Joy Marini, Director, Corporate
Contributions, Johnson & Johnson.
“Our efforts are in keeping with our long-
standing commitment to the health and
well-being of mothers and children.”
While global maternal mortality has
been reduced by one-third in the past 20
years, H4+ members report that every
day, approximately 1,000 women die from
pregnancy complications and childbirth—
most of them in sub-Saharan Africa and
South Asia. For every woman who dies,
around 20 more are seriously injured or
suffer disabilities. And every day, about
10,000 newborns die within their first
28 days of life.
Most of these deaths can be prevented.
Factors including poor health infra-
structure and a lack of qualified health
workers can mean the most basic and
natural act of giving life instead becomes
a cause of death—a time of hope for the
future instead becomes a time of family
crisis and despair.
Ethiopia and Tanzania are areas where
the risk to mothers and newborns is high,
and the governments’ commitments
to improving maternal-child health are
strong. H4+ and Johnson & Johnson are
providing training programs in these areas
for health care workers so critical care can
reach mothers and newborns.
WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATIONS
Johnson & Johnson is inspired by Our
Credo to partner with hundreds of
organizations in caring for people
throughout the world. The Company
works with partners on over 700 programs
in more than 50 countries, helping to
implement new approaches that often
enable these programs to expand and reach
more people. Employees around
the world volunteer their time, skills and
OUR CARING
Together, a Meaningful
Difference
When you look after a woman, when
you look after mothers, you look after
the family,” says Babatunde Osotimehin,
M.D., Executive Director of UNFPA,
the United Nations Population Fund. “It is important
that we have a holistic way of dealing with poverty and
other factors that make women and children vulnerable,
particularly in program countries where these women
and children live.”
passion in order to make a difference to
local organizations.
“With a private sector perspective, we
bring an enthusiasm for strategic planning
and a willingness to try and implement
innovative approaches,” says Sharon
D’Agostino, Vice President, Worldwide
Corporate Contributions & Community
Relations. “We bring a rigor for metrics
and evaluation, and our work to help
programs demonstrate measurable
outcomes provides organizations with
data that can attract additional sources
of funding.”
The Company’s diverse partners
are aligned with the strategic mission
of making life-changing, long-term
differences in human health. “We
recognize that those closest to the most
pressing health care concerns are best able
to address local needs,” says D’Agostino.
For example, in Japan,
Johnson & Johnson supports an
organization called Resilience that
provides assistance to women who are
involved in or have gone through abusive
relationships. Resilience offers a 12-session
series of workshops and lectures that aim
to educate survivors of abuse and enable
them to heal, so that they will be better
equipped to re-enter the community, start
working or build new relationships.
“If we could get connected to others
who are able to provide support when it is
needed, then I think we could change this
world bit by bit,” says Sachi Nakajima, the
organization’s founder and herself a
survivor.
DOING MORE AS RELATIONSHIPS GROW
Many partner relationships grow over
time in ways that contribute to people’s
lives, our planet and our business. One
such longstanding collaboration is with
the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). More
than 10 years ago, Johnson & Johnson
became an early adopter of the WWF
Climate Savers program. The Company
set a goal to achieve a 7 percent absolute