Pakistan • Health and hygiene
- Sector: Health and hygiene
- Headquarters Country: Pakıstan
- Founding Year: 2007
- Operating Regions: Pakistan
- Employees: 201-250
- Founders: Muhammad Rahim khan
- Problem Identified: Across Pakistan, 40 percent of illnesses are water-borne, including cholera, typhoid, and hepatitis. The UN estimates that more than 3.5 million children in Pakistan are at high risk of contracting deadly water-borne diseases. The 10 million people living in the city of Lahore alone consume an estimated 16 million litres of untreated water each day. Much of this water contains high levels of chemical and microbial contamination. According to a United Nations survey, 62 percent of Pakistan’s urban dwellers lack properly treated water, and this problem is particularly acute in poor neighborhoods.
- Solution Offered: The company strives to provide clean, safe and affordable water (1.5 rupees per liter which is actually less than 2 cents)
- Social Impact: Pharmagen water is currently supply more than 100,000 liters of safe water to customers each day, impacting the lives of over one million people in Pakistan.
- Funding: Acumen fund
- Awards: National Water Award
- Website: http://www.pharmagen.com.pk/Pharmagen_About_us.html#who-we-are
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BPfCVilFtPl/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/pharmagenwater?lang=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pharmagen-healthcare-limited/about/
- Score: 8 Hospital support services
- More Info: Pharmagen Healthcare Limited (PHL) is a private enterprise which was set up in 2007 and is a subsidiary of Pharmagen Limited. As the name suggests, it is a health related, social organization, working in the category which aims at producing and delivering safe, healthy and affordable drinking water throughout Lahore, especially to the low income sector and underprivileged residencies in the city.
