AstraZeneca makes donation to community health website

The Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation (DFWHC Foundation) announced today that global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has made a charitable contribution of $2,000 in support of the community health website Healthy North Texas. Created under the direction of the DFWHC Foundation, the website’s ongoing efforts in detailing North Texas diabetes inspired the contribution. The DFWHC Foundation’s work in forming the Community Health Collaborative and the Diabetes Strategic Plan for North Texas were also factors in the donation.

“Healthy North Texas was created to provide residents an Internet resource for understandable data about our community’s health,” said Kristin Jenkins, president of the DFWHC Foundation. “We are thrilled to receive this donation from AstraZeneca in support of this important tool for researchers, political planners and community leaders. We also consider this a vote of confidence for the important work being done on the Diabetes Strategic Plan.”

Providing easy-to-use information detailing the health of local residents, Healthy North Texas went live in 2011. Located at www.healthyntexas.org, the website is a headquarters for informational data involving overall population health. This information assists planners and policy makers when identifying areas for improvement. Similar websites have been created in San Francisco, Miami, and Arizona.

AstraZeneca, formed in 1999 through the merger of Astra AB of Sweden and Zeneca Group PLC of the UK, discovers, develops, manufactures and markets prescription medicines for important areas of healthcare. AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical business with a focus on prescription medicines for gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neuroscience, respiratory and inflammation, oncology and infectious disease. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information, please visit: www.astrazeneca-us.com.

The DFWHC Foundation is a non-profit 501c3 public charity with a mission to continually improve the community’s health by promoting safe, high quality, cost effective, accessible and equitable healthcare. To learn more about their efforts, please visit www.dfwhcf.wpengine.com.