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Our Global Health Approach

Everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthier life. Through strategic global health investments, Pfizer brings the power of our partnerships, philanthropy, product donations and colleagues together to help strengthen health systems, expand access to quality care, and advance equitable healthcare access in communities around the world.
 

 

Strengthening Health Systems

 

Expanding Access

 

Colleague Impact

 

Disaster & Humanitarian Relief

 

Partnerships

The Pfizer Foundation

The Action & Impact: A Cancer Care Initiative by The Pfizer Foundation aims to help women in sub-Saharan Africa access more timely breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Caption: Dr. Furaha Munema and Ms. Happiness Malongo sit together outside Sekou Toure Referral Hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania as part of the Action & Impact initiative. Photograph: Jhpiego/Frank Kimaro

The Pfizer Foundation’s mission is to help build healthier communities around the world. By investing in locally-led organizations and applying a community-centered approach, we aim to address today’s complex global health challenges, respond to natural disasters and resulting health crises, and empower Pfizer colleagues to make a positive impact where they live, work, and beyond.

The Pfizer Foundation does not accept unsolicited funding requests.

Founded in 1953 by Pfizer Inc. as a charitable organization, The Pfizer Foundation is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc. with distinct legal restrictions.

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The world's most complex health challenges require locally led solutions. The Pfizer Foundation is committed to supporting communities and partners working to create sustainable change and improve health outcomes for generations to come.

Darren Back

President, The Pfizer Foundation

Our Initiatives

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The Pfizer Foundation

The Pfizer Foundation is a charitable organization established by Pfizer Inc. It is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc. with distinct legal restrictions.

Photo credit: AMPATH Kenya

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Global Health Fellows

Global Health Fellows is Pfizer’s signature skills-based volunteering program, which harnesses the power of our most valuable asset–our people.

Photo credit: Rev Walker Ashanti, PharmAccess Ghana

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Accord for a Healthier World

To help close this health equity gap and address the challenges that currently limit or prevent access to medicines and vaccines, Pfizer launched Accord for a Healthier World.

Photo credit: Getty Images Stock Photo

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Give Forward

Our colleagues are able to support causes and organizations they care about through a workplace program called Give Forward.

Photo credit: Rise Against Hunger Mumbai 2025

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Disaster & Humanitarian Relief

Recognizing the critical need for emergency humanitarian assistance, we have a three part approach: cash grants, product donations, and other access solutions.

Photo credit: Stock Photo

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Gavi Alliance

Gavi is an international health organization focused on improving access to new and under-used vaccines for the most vulnerable populations in partnership with the public and private sectors.

Photo credit: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

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International Trachoma Initiative

We believe better health is possible for everyone, everywhere and that all people deserve access to high-quality, safe, and effective healthcare solutions.

Photo credit: Sala Lewis

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Multicultural Health Equity Collective

We work with dozens of advocacy, healthcare provider, community, and legislative groups that are dedicated to help improve health equity in the U.S. for historically disregarded communities that are impacted by health disparities.

Partner Spotlights

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The Pfizer Foundation’s* Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program supports pioneering, community-centered initiatives to strengthen infectious disease care and strengthen health systems around the world. Launched in 2016, the program provides funding to 20 organizations each year that have collectively expanded health access for millions of people. Learn more about our program and our partners: Pfizer.com/PfizerFoundation #Impact #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #GlobalHealth #Innovation #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact *The Pfizer Foundation is a charitable organization established by Pfizer Inc. It is a separate legal entity from Pfizer Inc. with distinct legal restrictions.

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Learn more about Direct Relief's work at https://www.directrelief.org

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In partnership with the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), a program of the independent nonprofit Task Force for Global Health, Pfizer has donated one billion antibiotic doses as part of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended S.A.F.E. strategy to help prevent and treat trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Learn more about our longstanding partnership and progress: Pfizer.com/trachoma #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #Trachoma #BeatNTDs

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