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Start Your Morning With a Cup of Coffee and an Ounce of Dengue Prevention

- A new awareness campaign from Sanofi Pasteur and Ya Kun Kaya Toast aims to bring talk of dengue prevention to the table -
Sanofi Pasteur
2017-06-15 06:30 3313

SINGAPORE, June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of  Sanofi, today launched the 'Be A Wall Against Dengue' disease education campaign in Singapore, part of the company's continued efforts in working with local communities to raise awareness to dengue prevention. For this campaign, Sanofi Pasteur is joining forces with Ya Kun Kaya Toast, a home-grown cafe chain that will be hosting a series of dengue prevention events at its branches throughout the country from now to July 15, 2017, a crucial time in the year when Singapore enters the traditional peak dengue season.

"Sanofi Pasteur has a long-standing history of providing educational campaigns for the general public to increase awareness to disease prevention. In Singapore, we know that although people are aware of dengue, they often are less sure about what they can do to prevent this disease from impacting them personally. By partnering with Ya Kun Kaya, we hope to engage people to talk about dengue prevention together and motivate each other to take action," said Baptiste de Clarens, General Manager of Sanofi Pasteur for Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei.

"Dengue is a disease that everyone can help to prevent in Singapore and we saw the "Be A Wall Against Dengue" campaign as a good way of supporting this. We have always been passionate about bringing the community together over good toast and coffee, and hope our patrons will appreciate the opportunity to learn more about how they can fight dengue," said Mr Jesher Loi, Director, Branding and Market Development, Ya Kun Kaya Toast.

Dengue is an unpredictable disease – one cannot predict who will develop severe dengue also called dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be life threatening. Dengue can significantly impact people's lives resulting in time away from work and school, in some case leading to months of residual fatigue and hospitalization, along with significant individual healthcare costs. The greatest number of dengue cases occurs in adolescents and young adults who represent a highly mobile and social segment of the community. However, dengue can affect anyone regardless of health, age, lifestyle or social class and it can strike the same individual more than once with the second infection often being more severe.1

In Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a cumulative total of 13,115 dengue cases in 2016, a 16% year-on-year increase over the total of 11,298 cases reported in 2015.2,3 As at 16 May this year, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has recorded a cumulative total of 998 reported cases of dengue.4

Members of the public who are interested to find out more about what to do to lower the risk or burden of dengue in the community are encouraged to visit the following sites or participate in these upcoming events:

STORE

OPENING HOURS  
(first 100)

DATES

Suntec City [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Thursday 15th June to Wednesday 21st June 2017) 5  
working days

Far East Plaza [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Friday 16th June to Thursday 22nd June 2017) 5  
working days

Ng Teng Fong [West]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Friday 16th June to Thursday 22nd June 2017) 5  
working days

Orchard Central [Central]

11:00am - 12:00pm

(From Friday 16th June to Thursday 22nd June 2017) 5 
working days

Parkway Parade [East]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Friday 16th June to Thursday 22nd June 2017) 5  
working days

Bugis Junction [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 26th June to Friday 30th June 2017) 5 working 
days

Causeway Point [North]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 26th June to Friday 30th June 2017) 5 working 
days

Changi City Point [East]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 26th June to Friday 30th June 2017) 5 working  
days

The Central [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 26th June to Friday 30th June 2017) 5 working 
days

Jurong Point [West]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 26th June to Friday 30th June 2017) 5 working 
days

Ion Orchard [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 3rd July to Friday 7th July 2017) 5 working 
days

Paragon [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 3rd July to Friday 7th July 2017) 5 working 
days

Compass One [North East]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 3rd July to Friday 7th July 2017) 5 working 
days

Junction 8 [North]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 3rd July to Friday 7th July 2017) 5 working 
days

Raffles City [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 3rd July to Friday 7th July 2017) 5 working 
days

HDB Hub [North]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 10th  July to Friday 14th July 2017) 5 working  
days

White Sands [East]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 10th  July to Friday 14th July 2017) 5 working 
days

Jem [West]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 10th  July to Friday 14th July 2017) 5 working  
days

Far East Square [Central]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 10th  July to Friday 14th July 2017) 5 working  
days

Northpoint [North]

8:30am - 9:30am

(From Monday 10th  July to Friday 14th July 2017) 5 working 
days

About Sanofi

Sanofi, a global healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients' needs. Sanofi is organized into five global business units: Diabetes and Cardiovascular, General Medicines and Emerging Markets, Sanofi Genzyme, Sanofi Pasteur and Consumer Healthcare. Sanofi is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).

Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, provides more than 1 billion doses of vaccine each year, making it possible to immunize more than 500 million people across the globe. A world leader in the vaccine industry, Sanofi Pasteur provides a portfolio of high quality vaccines that matches its areas of expertise and meets public-health demand. The company's heritage, to create vaccines that protect life, dates back more than a century. Sanofi Pasteur is the largest company entirely dedicated to vaccines. Every day, the company invests more than EUR 1 million in research and development. For more information, please visit: www.sanofipasteur.com

Contacts:

Singapore Media Relations                                  

Huntsworth Health Asia PTE Limited

Veronica Choo                                                         

Stephanie Stamatakou

Tel.: +6017 6848 288                                               

Tel.: +65 8368 7745

 Veronica.Choo@sanofi.com 
                                 

Stephanie.Stamatakou@hhealth.com

References:

 
 

1  World Health Organisation. Dengue: Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control 2009

2  Singapore Ministry of Health. Diseases and Conditions: Dengue. Available at:

 https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/dam/moh_web/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/D/Dengue/Quarterly%20Dengue%20Surveillance%20D  ata%20(Oct_Dec_16)_final.pdf. Accessed 14 March, 2017

3 Singapore Ministry of Health. Communicable Diseases Surveillance in Singapore 2015. Available at:  https://www.moh.gov.sg/content/dam/moh_web/Publications/Reports/2016/Vector%20Borne-Zoonotic%20Diseases.pdf. Accessed 14March, 2017.

4 National Environment Agency (NEA). Dengue 2017  http://www.nea.gov.sg/public-health/dengue.Accessed 17 May, 2017

 

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