Lifebuoy and doctHERs have agreed to work together for the improvement of healthcare across Pakistan. This was announced during a ceremony held to mark the success of doctHERs who won the third 'HRH The Prince of Wales Young Sustainability Entrepreneur Prize', awarded by Unilever and the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership earlier this year.
doctHers aims to mobilise Pakistan's non-practising female doctors as a means of providing sustainable access to primary and secondary healthcare in rural communities from the comfort of their homes through video consultation. Since May 2015, doctHERs has directly impacted 15,000 lives through clinical services, 100,000 lives indirectly through community outreach and, now employs fifteen doctors, five nurses and five specialists. Shazia Syed, Chairperson & CEO, Unilever Pakistan Limited said that, "I congratulate doctHERs on their success at the Young Entrepreneur Awards and am delighted by their passion and determination for improving healthcare, which has brought accolades for Pakistan. The partnership between Lifebuoy and doctHERs is a means of supporting their initiative to bring qualified female doctors back into the workforce. This ambition aims to help the underserved population that are otherwise deprived of quality healthcare."-PR