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We fund and support innovations that save and improve lives
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Our strategyHow we're backing bold ideas, breaking barriers and working to reach 700 million people by 2035
Blended financeWe use blended finance and strategic investments to support innovators on their journey to scale
Being InitiativeBeing is a global mental health initiative that envisions a world where young people feel well and thrive
NexaNexa is a global climate × health innovation initiative led by Grand Challenges Canada and the Science for Africa Foundation, together with a global consortium of partners investing in bold, locally led solutions that help health systems anticipate and respond to climate-driven health threats.
Nexa LighthouseNexa Lighthouse is a climate and health initiative co-led by Grand Challenges Canada and AVPN, bringing together Nexa and The Lighthouse Fund with a coalition of funding partners. It supports locally led innovations that help communities across Asia and the Pacific anticipate, adapt to, and respond to climate-related health threats.
Nexa BillionNexa Billion is a new collaboration to finance the scale-up of transformational technologies at the nexus of climate and health in Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and Africa. It is co-led by Grand Challenges Canada and BillionScale Health, alongside a coalition of funders obsessed with scale
Play Learn ThriveSupporting early childhood development and education for children in crisis settings
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