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Making high-quality global surgery training accessible in all corners of the world
With just an internet connection, health workers anywhere can access more than 50 high-quality training courses—from basic surgical techniques to advanced procedures.
Five health workers who are changing care: How J&J is championing nurses and community health workers
J&J CareCommunity is empowering frontline health workers by equipping nurses and community health workers with the skills, resources and opportunities needed to strengthen global healthcare and expand access to quality care.
Innovations in Health LatAm accelerator cohort announced
Ten start-ups across Latin America will receive funding and mentorship to improve access to care
Catalyzing Impact
October 2024 Newsletter: Supporting the early-stage healthcare innovation ecosystem
Supporting women-led healthcare startups in Africa
J&J Impact Ventures, an investment fund within the J&J Foundation, has joined Villgro Africa to address the gender disparity in funding and support for women-led healthcare start-ups in Africa by launching a business incubation program to support.
Meet the winners of the 2024 MIT Solve Health Innovation Award
This year’s award went to six teams who participated in the Global Health Challenge which asked: How can we use technology to make good health and access to quality care more accessible for all?
Johnson & Johnson Foundation funds accelerator to support healthcare innovators in Latin America
Now taking applications, a new accelerator funded by Johnson & Johnson Foundation and delivered by Village Capital will support 10 healthcare start-ups operating in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico that are tackling healthcare challenges in Latin America. Eligible entrepreneurs can apply until December 6, 2024.
Bringing orthopaedic surgical care closer to home for Malawi’s rural population
With timely surgical care, most long bone fractures can be easily repaired. Five new state-of-the-art operating rooms are making it possible for more patients in Malawi to recover quickly from their injuries.
“I am an advocate for the patient and a voice for the voiceless”: Meet a health worker empowered to serve Her community through a unique model of care
At the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation, we recognize that frontline health workers are the heart of strong community and primary care systems.
A movement to make professional community health workers the norm worldwide
CHIC’s #proCHW movement, including the CHW Advocates program, aims to ensure that community health workers worldwide are salaried, skilled, supervised and supplied in accordance with WHO guidelines.
Meet a health worker empowered to serve her community through a unique model of care
Sister Nomthandazo Lerumo is the first nurse within the Unjani Clinic network to achieve ownership of a Johnson & Johnson-funded clinic—and one of 92 nurses to date equipped through the network to own and lead the effort in transforming South Africa’s healthcare system.
Johnson & Johnson expands commitment to advance health equity in the United States
Johnson & Johnson supports more than 100 community-led organizations in marginalized communities to provide resources and tools to advance accessible, quality health care in the U.S.
Building health worker capacity to close the mental healthcare gap across Kenya
Kamili Organisation is working to make mental healthcare available at the primary care level by providing scholarships for mental health training, and driving a community-focused destigmatization campaign.