For the past decade, our efforts centered on urban cardiovascular health, leprosy and malaria elimination, and digital health.
Woman cycling on a busy street in Sao Paulo

Better Hearts Better Cities 

These initiative convened multisector partners to improve cardiovascular health in low-income urban populations.

Elderly leprosy patients couple in Philippines holding hands

Leprosy and malaria elimination

Novartis and the Novartis Foundation have been working with partners to eliminate leprosy for over 30 years and eliminate malaria for over 20 years.

Image of patient in Ghana getting his blood pressure measured by a woman

Digital health

For almost a decade, the Novartis Foundation has been using digital health technology, HealthTech, to power initiatives that are people-centered, integrated, scalable and sustainable.