Saving Lives and Livelihoods

Joint Statement of the Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC in Response to Devex Articles of 3^rd October 2023

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and the European Union, has inaugurated the Centre for Africa’s Resilience to Epidemics (CARE) as a critical component of the MADIBA partnership.

From November 27 to 30, 2023, over 5,100 delegates from 90 countries gathered in Lusaka, Zambia, for the third International Conference on Public Health in Africa under the theme Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the Global Health Architecture.

Africa CDC and Mastercard Foundation launch phase 2 of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods (SLL) initiative to strengthen Africa’s public health systems.

Watch the stories of three Kenyans who helped raise vaccine-awareness in their community for COVID-19 with the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative.

The two-week Rapid Results Initiative  helped accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination efforts and improve the low vaccination rates in DRC.

The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) and the Mastercard Foundation have announced a historic $45 million partnership named MADIBA (Manufacturing in Africa for Disease Immunization and Building Autonomy), a significant step towards achieving vaccine manufacturing autonomy in Africa.

The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative in Sierra Leone focuses on local solutions for underserved communities.

The Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC’s Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative sets a new strategic priority aimed at accelerating the implementation to advance 100-100-70 vaccination coverage.

The Mastercard Foundation participated in the fifth annual Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC 2023) from March 5 to March 8, 2023, at the Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali, Rwanda, with the theme Resilient Health Systems for Africa: Re-envisioning the Future Now.

This docuseries serves as a testament to the journey the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, took in the fight against COVID-19. It provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the achievements made and the steps taken to address upcoming health crises.

The African Business Review sat down with Mastercard Foundation’s President and CEO Reeta Roy for an update on the Foundation’s Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative.

In a rural town in central Kenya, a group of community health volunteers go door to door, sharing messages about how to prevent COVID-19. They’ve been at it since 2020.

The partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC is working to build on the tremendous and ongoing efforts of AVAT, COVAX, WHO, and governments to provide access to vaccines to Africa.

Answers to frequently asked questions about the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative.

The Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC jointly announced that 15.2 million vaccines purchased under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative are currently being distributed across Africa.