Facts and Figures

• We are a foundation with over 25 years’ experience in development cooperation and as a non-profit-based organization we form part of the corporate responsibility portfolio of Novartis.
• We are a competence center for corporate responsibility and international health cooperation.
• The foundation has consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the UN (ECOSOC) and contributes to UN objectives in particular.
• As a foundation we do not issue grants, that is to say we participate actively in the implementation of the health initiatives we support by lending both financial and technical assistance. Therefore we do not accept unsolicited project proposals.
• Our annual budget amounts to around 10 million Swiss francs.
• At present, we are engaged in nine larger projects and programs in sub-Saharan Africa and on the Indian subcontinent.
• The foundation has seven staff members; the President of the Board of Trustees and Executive Director is Klaus M. Leisinger.

Our vision

We are committed to “development