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The India Health Fund (IHF) launched by Tata Trusts in collaboration with Global Fund in August 2016 has come forward to financially support innovations and technologies designed to combat tuberculosis (TB) and malaria.

About India Health Fund:

• The IHF aims to support new products and strategies that impact entire lifecycle of malaria and TB, from prevention to post-cure recovery. It has recently invited project proposals.
• It is a lead initiative of Tata Trusts, with technical support from the Global Fund.
• It is a pioneering vehicle by Tata Trusts, designed to not only influence philanthropic capital within India, but also serve as a trusted mechanism to generate significant impact in addressing key health challenges in the country – starting with malaria and tuberculosis.
• The IHF initiative will support individuals and organisations with already germinated innovative strategies, services, products, such that they become sustainable and scalable solutions in addressing TB and malaria.
• The initiative is not a fellowship programme to do research from scratch.
• It is long-term exercise aligned with country’s goal of eliminating TB by 2025 and malaria by 2030.
• It will promote innovative solutions such that they are widely accessible and are affordable

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