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Meet 6 of the 20 Organizations Making an Impact Through the Global Health Innovation Grants Program

Since 2016, The Pfizer Foundation’s* Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program has supported community-based initiatives that aim to improve quality of care and strengthen health systems in lower income countries. Now in its seventh year, 20 new recipients of the one-year grant program have each received US $100,000 to drive innovative solutions that help address vaccine-preventable illness in their communities."We launched the GHIG program rooted in the premise that local problems require...

Advancing Metabolic Research in NASH, Obesity, and Cachexia Through Pfizer’s ASPIRE Program

Did you know that certain metabolic diseases are connected to one another by underlying biological factors? Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), obesity, and cachexia are directly linked with heart health, and together they constitute a global public health concern that risks reaching epidemic proportions.     Pfizer is working to discover new medicines to help solve the significant patient needs associated with these conditions, but we recognize that no one company will be able to...

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How The Pfizer Foundation is Partnering to Improve Health Outcomes for Black Youth

A conversation with Dr. Clyde Glenn, President of the Essie B. & William Earl Glenn Foundation for Better Living In Sunflower County, Mississippi, one of the poorest counties in the nation, The Pfizer Foundation partners at The Glenn Family Foundation (GFF) are working to improve health and life outcomes by addressing the social determinants of health impacting this community.  As defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, social determinants of health are conditions in the...

Get to Know Our Breakthrough Fellows!

At Pfizer, we are so excited to welcome our first class of Breakthrough Fellows to our organization. We believe these students have so much to offer as they grow into the next generation of Pfizer leadership. To showcase the amazing talent in this program, we spoke to the Fellows themselves to learn more about their first few weeks as Pfizer. Get to know some of our Breakthrough Fellows below!

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The Pfizer Foundation Invests in Community-Based Solutions to Combat the Threat of Infectious Diseases

Globally, infectious diseases are responsible for an estimated seven million deaths annually1 and are a leading cause of disability, particularly among young children and marginalized populations,2 often perpetuating the cycle of poverty.3 This is one of the reasons why The Pfizer Foundation* is dedicated to accelerating innovative solutions and improving health systems to help address the urgent threat of infectious diseases. Through the Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program, now in...