Access to health

We have a heritage of improving existing standards of care for chronic diseases. Our commitment extends to people who lack access to treatment, and those who face barriers due to inadequate healthcare infrastructures.

In this section, we report on our capacity building .

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Patient focus

Our core business is to help people, seeking to reduce suffering and improve health. Our commitment to patients is paramount. Engaging with patients and patient organisations, and understanding their needs is an important part of how we work.

In this section we report on our DAWN™ programmes, which are based on the largest global survey to uncover the psychosocial aspects of diabetes.

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Public affairs

We aim to influence public policies and international communities to prioritise chronic, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes. We want to improve the quality of care for patients, in part by ensuring that diabetes and other chronic, noncommunicable diseases receive greater attention and increased resources.

This section contains information about the guidelines for our public affairs efforts...

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Health and safety

Novo Nordisk's commitment to health and safety supports the company's people-centred culture, which helps attract employees and reduce staff turnover. Furthermore, providing a safe and healthy working environment for its employees is a primary concern for Novo Nordisk and an integral part of our social responsibility.

In this section, we report on our approach to occupational health and safety.

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Employee volunteering

Novo Nordisk's employees care about their company, their community and the global environment. This commitment is consolidated by the employee engagement programme TakeAction!, which gives all employees the opportunity to make a difference for society and spend working hours on voluntary work.

In this section, we report on employee volunteering and performance numbers. Furthermore, a number of cases of how TakeAction! activities are presented.

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Donations

Community engagement is embedded in Novo Nordisk's history and values. It involves a respectful weighing of business interests against those of stakeholders and society, a balancing of short-term and long-term interests. Novo Nordisk's community engagement can take many forms....

In this section, we report on our donations to World Diabetes Foundations, Novo Nordisk Haemophilia foundation, sponsorships, employee donations and donations for relief actions.

 
 
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Changing Diabetes®

As a world leader in diabetes care, we have the potential and responsibility to make a difference for people with diabetes, facilitating change in addition to providing innovative treatments. We do this through a concerted effort called Changing Diabetes®.

In this section, we report on how we give people with diabetes priority, work to break the curve, drive healthcare outcomes and. In addition we report on activities such as Changing Diabetes® Barometer, Changing Diabetes® Leadership Forums and World Diabetes Day 

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Changing Possibilities in Heamophilia®

Novo Nordisk has a proud heritage of working to improve standards of care in addition to improving standards of available treatments. It is to further such an approach that we have launched a new effort to align and enhance our activities in haemophilia. We call it: Changing Possibilities in Haemophilia®.

In this section you can read about some of the work we do as a company committed to changing possibilities in haemophilia.

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Human rights
 

We are committed to respecting and promoting human rights. Support for the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has been an important part of the company's commitment to social responsibility since 1998.


 In this section, we report on how we work to integrate human rights considerations into our business.

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