Afya Assumes a Voluntary Commitment to Free Health Consultations
September 23 2024 - 5:25PM
Business Wire
Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA; B3: A2FY34) (“Afya” or the
“Company”), the leading medical education group and medical
practice solutions provider in Brazil, announced a public
commitment to achieve 5 million free health consultations by 2030,
in line with Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), which aims to
ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all people, at all
ages.
To serve the communities and achieve the estimated results, Afya
intends to increase to 27 the number of its own outpatient clinics
that carry out medical consultations and health care in various
specialties, such as psychology, physiotherapy, dentistry, among
others. Currently, there are 20 outpatient clinics in different
locations.
In addition to expanding outpatient clinics, 16 undergraduate
units will be included in the Afya Digital Health Network by 2030,
a telemedicine project that will allow the exchange of experiences
between professors, students, and preceptors. The project will also
increase the offer of free consultations, especially in specialties
where there is a shortage of professionals in some regions of
activity, such as Psychiatry.
Virgilio Gibbon, Afya's CEO and SDG 3 Impact Leader, emphasizes
that "Adherence to SDG 3 highlights how it is possible to align our
business objectives with a meaningful purpose, generating a lasting
impact on the populations we serve and promoting long-term changes
in the quality of life and health of communities. To achieve this,
we work closely with public agencies and initiatives such as the
SDGs, to influence the creation of public policies that contribute
to the establishment of doctors in geographically underserved areas
and improve the ratio of doctors per thousand inhabitants", he
explains.
About Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA, B3: A2FY34)
Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on the
number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end
physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and
physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong
experiences from the moment they join us as medical students
through their medical residency preparation, graduation program,
continuing medical education activities and offering medical
practice solutions to help doctors enhance their healthcare
services through their whole career.
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