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Climate change is creating new healthcare challenges across Africa, as we know. They are driving demand for new technologies that help health systems prevent and respond to climate-related illnesses, creating what is emerging as a new category of health innovation. But dedicated funding for climate-health innovation has been scarce.
New initiatives, however, suggest the sector is beginning to attract specialised investment. The latest funding opportunity is the Nexa programme which is issuing grants of up to $2 million to health innovators to develop solutions addressing climate-related health risks like malaria.
The Nexa funding announcement strengthens climate-health as a distinct investment category in Africa. Over the past year, at least six dedicated funding programmes have been launched, with more than $127 million committed to climate-health innovations, including AI tools, early warning systems, surveillance, diagnostics, digital health tools, implementation models and research.
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