ACCESS Uganda

Uganda, $100,000 over 2 years

Using a Community Health-Worker Centered Model to Strengthen and integrate the management of anemia and micronutrient deficiency in mothers and children under five years of age in Nakaseke district, Uganda

Goal

Reduce the rates of maternal mortality, child mortality, and malnutrition in Nakaseke district and to provide both antenatal and postnatal care to rural women over the next two years.

ACODEV

Uganda, $100,000 over 2 years

Integrated Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Project (I-MNCH)

Goal

Contribute to an accelerated reduction of maternal-newborn and child health related deaths in Uganda.

 

Asociación K’aslimaal

Guatemala, $150,000 over 3 years

Expanding Nutrition Education and Intervention in Rural Sololá

Goal

Improve the health of women of childbearing age, pregnant women, and children under five across the department of Sololá.

Care 2 Communities

Haiti, $150,000 over 3 years

Providing Safe Pregnancy Care and Supporting Healthy Mothers and Newborns in Northern Haiti

Goal

Increase the number of pregnant women enrolled in high-quality, comprehensive perinatal care services; improve the health outcomes of women enrolled in the program; and experiment with new methods for better health-seeking behaviors in pregnant women.

 

CBM Christian Blind Mission

Drc, $120,000 over 2 years

Reducing suffering from lymphatic filariasis and enabling full participation in family and community life: A disease management and disability inclusion pilot project in and around Mbuji-Mayi, the capital city of Kasai-Oriental Province, DRC

Goal

Demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a comprehensive care package, including medical management of lymphedema as well as psycho-social and economic capacity building for people suffering from lymphatic filariasis in DRC.

CFK Africa

Kenya, $150,000 over 3 years

Vizazi Afya (Healthy Generations)

Goal

Increase enrollment of pregnant women in the entire continuum of pregnancy and newborn care, delivery with a skilled attendant, and uptake of family planning services.

 

Cure Blindness Project

Ethiopia, $130,000 over 2 years

Implementing TT+ in Ethiopia

Goal 

Support an integrated and cost-effective approach to eye care outreach that will reduce the prevalence of curable blindness caused by TT and cataract in Ethiopia.

Dandelion Africa

Kenya, $100,000 over 2 years

Health Through Advocacy

Goal

Reduce maternal, perinatal, and neonatal morbidity and mortality in 3 Sub Counties (Marigat, Loitoktok, and Suswa) by 30% in 2 years.

 

EarthEnable

Rwanda and uganda, $100,000 over 2 years

Eliminating Dirt Floors in Early Childhood Development Centers in Rwanda and Uganda

Goal 

Improve the health of children between the ages of 1 - 8 years by eliminating dirt floors in early learning spaces.

Focus Area for Compassion and Ethics

Africa Region, $150,000 over 2 years

Nurturing Compassion Programming Among IZUMI Foundation Grantees

Goal

Strengthen the day-to-day expression of compassion at the individual and organizational levels of IZUMI Foundation grantee partners.

 

Foundation for African Medicine & Education (FAME)

Tanzania, $250,000 over 3 years

Strengthening Surgery & Emergency Services and Growing Pediatric Care

Goal

Increase FAME’s capacity to provide surgery, emergency, and pediatric services in their region.

Footwork: The International Podoconiosis Initiative

Ethiopia and rwanda, $250,000 over 3 years

Building a Sustainable Future for Podoconiosis Elimination

Goal

Accelerate the elimination of podo in Ethiopia, Rwanda, and other highly endemic countries through training of health professionals, healthcare provision, income generation activities, and coordination of global podo advocacy activities.

 

Gardens for Health International

Rwanda, $150,000 over 3 years

Empowering Rwandan Families to Grow and Eat Nutritious Food

Goal

Improve vulnerable Rwandan families’ access to nutritious food and build resilience, especially in the context of the current health and climate crises.

Health Builders

RWANDA, $75,000 over 2 years

Training and Mentoring Nurses and Midwives on Helping Mothers and Babies Survive in 25 Rural Primary Healthcare Centers in Rulindo, Rwanda

Goal

Significantly improve the knowledge and skills of nurses and midwives so they are able to provide quality healthcare to mothers and their babies, leading to reductions in maternal, neonatal, and child deaths.

 

Health Equity International

Haiti, $150,000 over 3 years

Increasing Access to Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Healthcare in Haiti 

Goal

Ensure access to high-quality MNCH services for the people of southern Haiti by continuing current successful interventions, despite unprecedented challenges.

Kajo Keji Health Training Institute

Uganda, $100,000 over 3 years

Neonatal and Maternal Health Care

Goal

Improve maternal and neonatal health among the refugees in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement.

 

Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance

LESOTHO, $100,000 over 2 years

Creating a Center of Excellence in Team-Based, Community-Oriented Primary Health Care in Lesotho

Goal

Create a Team-based, Community-Oriented, Primary Health Care (PHC) Center of Excellence (COE) in Lesotho designed to implement (1) a population health approach to health education, preventive services and wellness; (2) provide continuity of care for non-communicable diseases; and (3) collect data to demonstrate the clinical and financial value of this approach.

Lifebox 

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia $150,000 over 3 years

Strengthening Surgical and Anesthesia Safety in Latin America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Bolivia)

Goal

Strengthen surgical systems and achieve measurable safety improvements in the end-to-end surgical patient journey in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Bolivia.

 

Lwala Community Alliance 

Kenya, $225,000 over 3 years

Expanding Lwala's Community-led Health Model Across Migori County, 2024-2026

Goal

Expand Lwala’s community-led health model across Migori County, Kenya, a population of 1.1m, to alleviate human suffering by advancing universal health care and reducing maternal and child mortality.

Mali Health

MALI, $150,000 over 3 years

Participatory Quality Improvement to Support Community-led Health Systems in Marginalized Communities in Mali

Goal

Contribute to the improvement of maternal and child health in underserved communities by extending the PQI approach to more CSComs in Mali who would like to use it to improve their healthcare service delivery.

 

Mano a Mano

Bolivia, $150,000 over 3 years

Providing Base Support of Mano a Mano’s Comprehensive Health Programs in Bolivia

Goal

Be able to respond to Bolivians struggling with a lack of consistent access to quality healthcare and address their health needs.

Massachusetts General Hospital, Family Treatment Fund

Uganda, $150,000 over 3 years

Improved Pediatric Inpatient Morbidity and Mortality in Rural Uganda (Phase VI) 

Goal 

Reduce inpatient morbidity and mortality in children under five in southwestern Uganda.

 

Nama Wellness Community Centre

UGANDA, $100,000 over 2 years

Nama Community Health Action Program (NCHAP)

Goal

Strengthen community health systems through equitable access to healthcare in Nama Sub County and Mukono district at large, thus contributing to improved health indicators.

Nurture Africa

Uganda, 150,000 over 3 years

Decreasing Maternal and Child Mortality in Wakiso District by Scaling Up Maternal and Child Health Care and Sexual and Reproductive Health Services

Goal

Reduce the maternal and child mortality rate in Wakiso district by improving access to MCH and SRH services among vulnerable women and youth.

 

Pivot

Madagascar, $150,000 over 3 years

Soins Accessibles pour les Femmes Enceintes et la santé Reproductive (SAFER)

Goal

Improve access and increase utilization of quality maternal and reproductive health services across all levels of the public health system in the Ifanadiana District, in order to improve maternal health outcomes, reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates, and generate lessons for replication and scale.

Reach a Hand Uganda

Uganda, $100,000 over 2 years

Youth Connect

Goal

Increase access to accurate sexual and reproductive health information and employ the whole clinic client-centered approach to increase access to services among young people 15-30 years.

 

Safari Doctors

Kenya, $100,000 over 2 years

Improving Maternal Health Through Youth Health Ambassadors to the Last Mile in Underserved Communities in Lamu, Kenya

Goal

Successfully operate a Youth Health Ambassador (YHA) focused model that improves maternal health to the last-mile in an underserved target community over 24 months in Lamu County.

Seed Global Health

Malawi, $100,000 over 2 years

Scaling the Midwifery-Led Ward in Malawi

Goal

Improve maternal and child health in Malawi through the management, enhancement and expansion of Malawi’s first midwifery-led ward that can serve as a model training facility for advancement of quality clinical education and women-centered practice.

 

Seeding Labs

Malawi, $75,000 over 2 years

Piloting Support for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure to Strengthen the Health System in Malawi

Goal

Pilot adapting the resources, expertise, and networks of Seeding Labs to strengthen health infrastructure in Malawi by equipping that nation’s first and only research institute for virology.

Solid’Africa

RWANDA, $75,000 over 2 years

Public Private Partnership Between the Government of Rwanda and Solid'Africa Community Benefit Company

Goal

Ensure all patients in public hospitals receive medically tailored meals to boost their recovery.

 

The Carter Center

Nigeria, $450,000 over 3 years

A Critical Component of the Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program in Nigeria: Morbidity Management and Disability Prevention (MMDP) 

Goal

Assist the Federal, State, and local ministries of health to alleviate suffering from those who have manifestations of LF in three Nigerian states.

The Fred Hollows Foundation

Latin America, $100,000 over 2 years

Addressing NIDs in Latin America

Goal

Support countries in Latin America on their journey toward NID control or elimination by convening the vital stakeholders, coordinating their coming together to map action, providing technical advice, and recommending actions to meet their agreed goals.

 

TIP Global Health

Rwanda, $150,000 over 3 years

Strengthening Primary Health Care to Prevent Maternal and Infant Deaths in East Africa

Goal

Establish best practice training and demonstration sites for E-Heza in 10 health centers and associated CHW-supported villages in Nyabihu and Gasabo Districts in Rwanda while supporting pilot expansions into Burundi and Somalia.

WEEMA International

Ethiopia, $150,000 over 3 years

Clinical Support Tools for Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia: Expanding the Reach and Sustaining Impact in the Kembata-Tembaro Zone, 2022-2025

Goal

Reduce under-five child mortality by strengthening and contributing to the rollout of the eCHIS clinical support tool for Health Extension Workers (HEWs) in Ethiopia.

 

Wuqu' Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance

Guatemala, $75,000 over 3 years

Curbing Chronic Malnutrition in Guatemala’s Central Highlands

Goal

Work with families of children with chronic malnutrition to stabilize their children’s health and identify sustainable, practical resources and approaches for providing the nutrition their children need to grow and thrive.