Company has donated R$ 50 million to scientific projects for preventing and countering Covid-19 throughout Brazil; The Multipurpose Vaccine Production Center in São Paulo will double the Institute’s manufacturing capacity
Under its social responsibility program, Good Deeds Are Good– Feeding the World with Solidarity, JBS has donated R$ 5 million to the Butantan Institute to build the Multipurpose Vaccine Production Center in São Paulo. The new plant will be ready in September of this year, will have around 11,000 m² and will double the institute’s vaccine manufacturing capacity.
The project will enable one hundred per cent domestic production of CoronaVac, eliminating the need to import IFA (Active Pharmaceutical Inputs), the raw materials of the immunizing substance. With the transfer of the Chinese pharmaceutical technology, Sinovac, and the expansion of the facilities, Butantan will have an estimated capacity to produce around 100 million doses annually.
Company hands over Basic Healthcare Unit works
In February, JBS also handed over a new Basic Healthcare Unit (UBS) to Bom Retiro do Sul (RS), with the capacity to attend to 6,500 people per month, representing more than half of the local population, in addition to the extension to the UBS Nelson Thomaz in Guaiçara (SP), which included building a third block for attending to the local population. These works are also part of the actions of the Company’s social responsibility program.
In Bom Retiro do Sul, the UBS will be in an easily accessible neighborhood. The building has approximately 290 m² and houses medical and dental offices and physiotherapy, vaccination, medication, inhalation and observation rooms, as well as other structures for attending to the public. The new unit comes fully furnished, qualified professional staff, and is ready to initiate operations with extended opening hours. Thus, JBS is offering the local communities all-in basic healthcare services within the municipality itself, obviating the need for recourse to other hospitals in the region.
In Guaiçara, the expansion project involved a total area of 312 square meters. The new building, where building began in September of last year, comes with a vaccine room, an educational activities room, an ACS room, a multifunctional room, a tearoom and two restrooms. In all, UBS has the daily capacity to attend to 50 people.
“Good Deeds Are Good – Feeding the World with Solidarity” Program
Since the onset of the pandemic, JBS has already invested R$ 50 million in scientific research to prevent and counter Covid-19 in Brazil. The Company’s investments have funded 39 scientific research initiatives and projects in 13 states of the federation – Ceara, the Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sergipe and São Paulo.
In São Paulo, “Good Deeds Are Good” has allocated R$ 15 million to promote scientific research at 13 institutions. In all, R$ 61.7 million have been donated to the state, consisting of investments on the program’s three fronts: Health, Society and Science, which have benefited 53 cities in São Paulo state.
Under the social program, Good Deeds Are Good– Feeding the World with Solidarity, JBS has allocated R$ 400 million in donations to counter the pandemic across Brazil. Of this total, R$ 50 million to science, R$ 330 million to public healthcare; and a further R$ 20 million to social projects. 300 municipalities have benefited from the company’s actions in all Brazilian states and the Federal District.
In 2021, the “Good Deeds Are Good” program will embark on a new phase where the actions will focus on voluntary service and will involve the team of the JBS production units in over 100 municipalities. The company will allocate R$ 20 million to this action. Find out more at jbs.com.br/fazerobemfazbem.