Corporate wellness week

The workplace environment provides the ideal opportunity to influence people’s health behaviour, and may not only help to improve companies’ financial performance, but also the health and sustainability of their communities in the long term. Healthy employees mean less costs related to healthcare, lost productivity and absenteeism. They also lead to higher customer satisfaction levels.

As part of corporate wellness week, we are highlighting the seriousness of non-communicable diseases and sharing our insights.

By combining the world-class health and wellness management capabilities of Discovery Health and Vitality, Discovery HealthyCompany is our comprehensive wellness solution for your employer groups.

The rising tide of NCDs is increasingly affecting the quality of life of younger individuals who are of working-age. Consequently, the economic impact of NCDs is significant due to the combined burden of high healthcare costs of treating these diseases and lost economic productivity due to illness and premature deaths.

Read more on the Discovery Health research paper. Non-communicable diseases tackling the world’s number one killer