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Scaling innovation in global health

We are impatient for a future where quality healthcare and a productive life are accessible to all. Our mission is to identify transformative innovations in global health and help drive them to scale.

Who we are

Madiro accelerates innovations that improve the health of vulnerable communities.

Madiro has a deep commitment to health equity for the world's most vulnerable populations, whether lack of access to quality health care is due to weak health systems, living in rural or remote areas, or from conflict or marginalization. Madiro works on high-impact projects that will save lives, reduce suffering and promote well-being.

How we work

Madiro drives health impact via direct implementation, capacity building and the support of grass roots organizations.

Technical projects

Our game-changing projects across Africa
focus on scaling innovation to maximize
health and well-being.

Community-led projects

Our program supports initiatives aimed at saving lives and reducing suffering around the world.

What we value

Impact

Improve the health of the most vulnerable and of those who lack access to quality healthcare;  we get involved where we can make a significant difference

Scale

Preparing and supporting innovation with local proof-of-concept for adoption at scale. We think in millions, reaching far and wide

Innovation

Includes digital technology, new models of care, health systems innovation and diagnostics

Leverage

We catalyze partnership, collaboration, and matching investment to create network synergies and for greater impact

Sustainability

Aligning interests among participants helps drive outcomes; entrepreneurial models and social enterprise are emphasized

Advocacy, Education, Engagement

To improve national and international policy and funding decisions, and to increase involvement in global health programming

Our work

Our projects & community-led efforts

Technical project

CeraMaji

Innovative ceramic filters social enterprise makes clean water accessible to communities in East Africa and create livelihoods thanks to franchise model.

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Technical project

Jaza Energy

Thousands of people across Africa benefit from Jaza Energy's solar battery exchange program to light up their lives, improving their health in the process.

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Technical project

Médecins Sans Frontières

An innovative electronic medical record system for MSF that will help improve medical care, follow-ups and outcomes for patients in low-resource settings.

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Technical project

Ubuntu Village of Life

Ubuntu Village of Life, the community-based organization contributing to the well-being and opportunities of Burundians in the remote Mugamba Commune.

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Technical project

Médecins Sans Frontières

Leveraging mobile-enabled innovation to increase adherence support to drug-resistant Tuberculosis patients in Eswatini: Video/Virtually Observed Therapy (VOT)

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Technical project

Healthy Entrepreneurs

Leveraging technology-enabled community-based care and supply chain to provide remote communities with health products and improved access to health care.

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Community-Led Project

Karanda Mission Hospital

A year-long project to revitalize gynaecologic community care to 2500 women in Zimbabwe following COVID-19

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Community-Led Project

ICODI

ICODI empowers communities in Southwestern Uganda to confront food insecurity, malnutrition and mental health issues

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Community-Led Project

CanSerra

Vocational school in Sierra Leone offers training to young adults, addressing a key social determinant of health

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Community-Led Project

PICSA Uganda

Maternal and newborn interventions in under-resourced health centers in Moyo District, Uganda

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Community-Led Project

Hope Life International

Sexual reproductive health & rights (SRHR) education for in-school adolescents in The Gambia

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Community-Led Project

SIXKNM Self-Help Group

Enhancing the integration of community mental health services in Kenya’s Nakuru County

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