GLOBAL IMPACT
Global Grants
With your support, we provide funding for innovative cancer prevention and early detection projects through grants in low- and middle-income countries. Our goal is to provide resources needed to fund novel and impactful projects in cancer prevention, screening and vaccination.
2024 Global Grants
Basic Health International
Title: Evaluating an HPV Tandem Test for Cervical Cancer Screening and Genotyping Triage
Project Location: Mexico
Award: $95,000 for one year
Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality among women in Mexico. This project will develop and implement a training curriculum for low-cost, self-collected human papillomavirus (HPV) sampling and will provide treatment for those at high risk in an under-screened population. The successful completion of this project will provide a streamlined cervical cancer prevention strategy that minimizes overtreatment and loss to follow-up.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Title: Artificial Intelligence Decision Support for Timely Breast Cancer Diagnosis in Nigeria
Project Location: Nigeria
Award: $95,000 for one year
Compared to forty years ago, Nigeria has experienced a threefold increase in breast cancer incidence. This project will train Nigerian radiologists to use a tablet-based mobile breast ultrasound with AI support for timely diagnosis of breast cancer, to bridge the gap of limited diagnostic imaging in the country. AI accuracy will be assessed to determine its future use for breast cancer diagnosis in low-resource communities worldwide.
Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
Title: From Mother-Daughter to Mother-Child Approach: A Strategy for Scaling Up HPV Vaccination in Cameroon
Project Location: Cameroon
Award: $95,000 for one year
This project will address cervical cancer in three urban, medically underserved neighborhoods in Cameroon by screening women ages 30 and over for cervical cancer and vaccinating their children against HPV. Expanding on a prior Foundation-funded project focused on mothers and daughters, this program will vaccinate both girls and boys against HPV, with the goal of preventing more HPV-related cancers. If successful, the mother-child model has the potential to be replicated in other countries where HPV vaccination hesitancy and misinformation are major concerns.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Title: A Collaborative Breast Radiology Training Model for Early Breast Cancer Detection in Zambia
Project Location: Zambia
Award: $95,000 for one year
There are no formally trained breast radiologists in Zambia, and two-thirds of breast cancer diagnoses in the country occur at late stages, when treatment may be less effective. This project aims to improve breast cancer detection and survival in Zambia by using a novel international collaborative training model to train the country’s first specialized breast radiologists.
2022-2024 Global Grants
KILELE Health Association
Title: Thamani Yetu – Engaging Communities to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention and Early Detection in Mbeere North Sub County, Embu County, Kenya
Location of Project: Kenya
Award: $150,000 for two years
This project aims to reach 40,000 Kenyans by engaging with the community and providing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations, cervical cancer screenings and treatment. The program will also address myths and misconceptions and work with cancer survivors. These cervical cancer initiatives are intended to be replicated in other countries with hard-to-reach regions.
Hope for Haiti
Title: Improving Awareness, Screenings, and Treatment for Cervical and Breast Cancer in Haiti
Location of Project: Haiti
Award: $150,000 for two years
Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in Haiti, yet sufficient screening is not widely available. This project will provide 34,000 free cervical and breast cancer screenings, organize bi-annual education campaigns and train 35 nurses and 45 community health workers to reduce mortality and morbidity rates.
