Health
We are committed to securing Africa’s long-term health resilience by developing a skilled workforce for vaccine manufacturing and fortifying the Africa CDC through the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative.
Our comprehensive support of the health sector includes vital programs like Community Health Workforce Development, where we aim to train and employ over one million community health workers, and the Youth in Digital Health Jobs initiative, which is poised to create 1.2 million jobs.
Our efforts are amplified by cross-disciplinary health collaboratives that bring together leading African universities and institutions to drive transformative growth and sustainable health outcomes across Africa.
Community Health Workforce Program
The Community Health Workforce Program is a flagship initiative of the Mastercard Foundation that aims to enable community health workers across Africa to access dignified and fulfilling work by 2030.
Learn more about the Community Health Workforce Program
Why supporting women and girls in STEM is crucial for socio-economic transformation in East Africa
As a foundation, we are always working to deepen our engagement with African organizations whose approaches have a transformative impact on young women by changing systems and structures around job creation, employment, and higher education fields such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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Disability-Inclusive Education and Employment: Understanding the Experiences of Young Men and Women with Disabilities - RWANDA
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FAWE Launches Situational Analysis Report On Teen Pregnancies In Kenya
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Mastercard Foundation’s Support for Response to the Mpox Outbreak in Africa
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Mastercard Foundation and Kifiya Financial Technology PLC to Enable More Than 477,800 MSMEs to Access Uncollateralized Digital Credit Products
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The Mastercard Foundation and Partners Enable 1.27 million Young Ethiopians to Access Employment Opportunities
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Africa CDC and Mastercard Foundation Launch Phase 2 of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative to Strengthen Africa’s Public Health Systems
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Africa’s Challenge: Lead the Next Health Crisis or Be Left Behind?
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Liquid Gold: Tracy Ahumuza and the ATTA Breastmilk Community
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EdVentures Announces its First Cohort for the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship in Egypt
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Impacting Agricultural Development in Nigeria: The WOFAN Story
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Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Partnership with Mastercard Foundation and the European Union inaugurates the Centre for Africa’s Resilience to Epidemics (CARE)
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Thirteen Mastercard Foundation Scholars at USIU-Africa selected as winners of the 2023 Social Venture Challenge
Watch the video: Saving Lives and Livelihoods in Tanzania
The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative, in partnership with the Africa CDC, safeguarding the health of millions of people in Africa, hastening the continent's economic recovery. In collaboration with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative started implementation in Tanzania in 2022.
