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Fusionex Ivan Teh Backs the Rotary Club 3H Health Awareness Campaign
A mobile clinic, a set of conditions most people do not know they have, and a contribution aimed at the least glamorous part of healthcare: finding the problem before it becomes an emergency.
What the 3H Campaign Set Out to Do
The three highs are high blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar. They share an awkward property: for years they produce no symptoms a person would act on, and by the time they do, the damage is structural. Screening is the entire intervention. There is no clever alternative.
The Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja organised the 3H Health Awareness Campaign around exactly that logic. Rather than wait for people to present at a clinic, the programme sent a mobile medical outreach van, staffed by medical professionals, to schools, colleges, shopping malls and community centres across the country. Free screening, offered where people already are.
Fusionex contributed RM50,000 as a main partner of the programme. Other corporate sponsors named at the launch included Gintell, Subway and Celcom.
Launched at Lembah Pantai, Officiated by the Health Ministry
The campaign was launched at the Lembah Pantai Library Complex and officiated by the Minister of Health, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, alongside Lembah Pantai Member of Parliament Fahmi Fadzil. Fusionex founder and Group CEO Dato Seri Ivan Teh attended as a guest and took part in the cheque presentation.
The Health Minister framed the initiative as consistent with the Ministry's strategic plan for non-communicable diseases, which sets out an intention to work more closely with the private sector and with non-governmental organisations on public health. Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja President Datuk Seri Nelson Kwok said the club was aiming to screen 10,000 Malaysians through the programme.
Why a Data Company Funded a Van
There is an obvious question here. Fusionex builds analytics platforms. A mobile screening van is about as far from that as corporate giving gets. No software was deployed, no platform was branded, and nothing about the programme generated a case study.
Ivan Teh's stated reasoning at the time was straightforward: prevention is better than cure, and the company encourages a healthy lifestyle internally. But the structural logic is worth noting separately. Non-communicable disease is fundamentally a population data problem. Screening at scale produces the baseline that any later intervention depends on, and it produces it for the public health system rather than for a sponsor.
Funding the unglamorous end of that chain, the part where someone with no symptoms gets a reading they did not expect, is a defensible use of corporate money precisely because it is not marketable.
Where This Sits in the Wider Record
The 3H campaign is one of several health and education programmes involving Fusionex and Ivan Teh that were announced publicly at the time. The others documented in this newsroom include curriculum work with the International Medical University and a manufacturing partnership that produced protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers.
Ivan Teh's association with Rotary extends beyond this single programme. He holds the Paul Harris Fellow distinction, awarded by Rotary International in recognition of service.
Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to the questions this page is most often asked.
How much did Fusionex contribute to the 3H campaign?
RM50,000, as a main partner of the 3H Health Awareness Campaign organised by the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja.
What are the three highs?
High blood pressure, high cholesterol and high blood sugar. All three are typically symptomless in their early stages, which is why screening rather than treatment is the primary intervention.
How did the programme reach people?
Through a mobile medical outreach van staffed by medical professionals, which visited schools, colleges, shopping malls and community centres to offer free public screening.
Who launched the campaign?
It was launched at the Lembah Pantai Library Complex and officiated by the Minister of Health, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, with Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil also present.
How many people did the campaign aim to screen?
Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja President Datuk Seri Nelson Kwok stated a target of 10,000 Malaysians screened through the programme.