Science for Africa Foundation
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Climate change and health: how to apply for Nexa’s funding
Climate change is harming the health of the communities you serve. Nexa is a new funding programme that aims to invest money in local solutions to that harm. This guide helps you decide, quickly, whether to apply, what Nexa wants to fund, and how the process works. It is written for a community-based leader who…
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Climate change and health: from flood to funder
The London Climate Week launch on 21 June 2026 of a new call from global partners turned three years of listening to community-based health workers into money on the table. What the room did not decide is whether the money will reach them the same way the listening did. In Fada, Burkina Faso, what happens…
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Climate and health: seven quotes from global leaders putting money on the table for local communities
On 21 June 2026, Grand Challenges Canada and Science for Africa Foundation convened a global consortium of partners to London. Together, they announced a new call to “invest in bold, locally led solutions that help health systems anticipate and respond to climate-driven health threats”. Here are seven notable quotes we wrote down during the event.…
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Climate and health: Reda Sadki’s remarks at the Nexa funding announcement in support of local community responses
The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Reda Sadki spoke on the expert panel at the launch of the Nexa funding announcement in London on 21 June 2026, in conversation with panelists Dr Devotha Nyambo of the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology in Tanzania, Dr Claude Pirmez of Fiocruz in Brazil. The panel was moderated…
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New Global Survey Seeks Insights on Climate and Health
—Grand Challenges Canada, Science for Africa Foundation, Global Grand Challenges Network, and Geneva Learning Foundation launch global survey to collect insights on climate and health— Toronto, Canada – January 15, 2025 – Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), in partnership with the Science for Africa Foundation (SFA Foundation), the Global Grand Challenges Network, and The Geneva Learning Foundation,…
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