OUR PROJECTS
Access to Health Care
Access to health care is a serious challenge around the world, with many people unable to receive proper medical care or visit a nearby medical facility. The Abbott Fund seeks to address this issue by designing, partnering on and implementing innovative programs to expand access to health care services for the world’s most disadvantaged populations, by training doctors, building facilities in underserved areas or engaging in other locally appropriate initiatives.
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Tanzania Health Systems Strengthening
Abbott, the Abbott Fund and the Government of Tanzania's unique public-private partnership is implementing one of the most comprehensive initiatives in Africa to strengthen a country’s health care system and address critical areas of need.
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Advancing Clinical Nutrition in China and Vietnam
We’re pioneering programs that improve nutrition standards and practices at key pediatric and general hospitals in China and Vietnam.
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Addressing Severe Malnutrition and Empowering Communities
Abbott and the Abbott Fund are contributing more than $6.5 million – including a $3 million-plus plant to expand Partners In Health’s local production of Nourimanba. Nourimanba, like other ready-to-use therapeutic foods, is a high-calorie, high-protein, fortified peanut-based paste that is proven to dramatically improve the health of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
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Improving Diabetes Screening, Treatment and Awareness
In Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third-largest city, more than 7 percent of the population suffers from diabetes. The Abbott Fund works to educate, counsel and care for the city’s diabetes sufferers while backing a new digital records system to track patient data.
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Improving Education and Health Services for Vulnerable Families
In one of the most dangerous places on earth, a courageous woman is training nurse-midwives to deliver basic health care services for mothers and children.