Advancing Access to Health through Mental Health, Community Health Workforce Development, and Disaster Support
The Astellas Global Health Foundation ("Foundation") is an international philanthropic organization focused on helping to build "One World, A Healthier Tomorrow."
Through grant making, the Foundation’s efforts focus on reducing significant unmet medical needs and health access challenges faced by global communities that are not equitably served by healthcare systems, with the aim of making a sustainable impact on health outcomes worldwide.
Despite global progress, access to health services remains highly unequal. An estimated 4.5 billion people, more than half of the world’s population, are not fully covered by essential health services, and around 2 billion people experience financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health expenditures (World Health Organization and World Bank, 2023).
The Astellas Global Health Foundation advances access to health by supporting programs that address critical gaps in care for underserved populations. The Foundation focuses its funding on improving access to mental health services, strengthening community-based healthcare delivery through the development of community health workers, and enhancing disaster preparedness and response to protect health in times of crisis. Through these efforts, the Foundation aims to strengthen local capacity, improve health outcomes, and reduce avoidable deaths in underserved communities, in alignment with SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being.
