Fondation Botnar

Fondation Botnar is a philanthropic foundation based in Basel, Switzerland. The foundation was founded by Marcela Botnar, wife of businessman and philanthropist Octav Botnar, in 2003. It is one of the largest foundations in Switzerland, holding US $3.5 billion in assets.[1] The foundation's focus is on leveraging the latest technologies to improve the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in low-and-middle-income countries.[2]

Fondation Botnar
Formation2003
FounderMarcela Botnar
Location
  • Basel, Switzerland
Websitewww.fondationbotnar.org

Projects

Fondation Botnar provides a range of funding opportunities to enable research and innovation on projects that fit within its strategic focus.

UNICEF Romania

In Romania, Fondation Botnar contribute to an initiative run by UNICEF that is developing and implementing a community-based services modelling project in Romania's Bacau region - one of the poorest regions in Europe.[3] The project is recruiting community workers and equipping them with a digital tablet application to maintain up to date information on families and children within the region, taking the user through a list of questions. The data can then be used to prescribe precision steps and packages to help the children, such as immunisation or education intervention. It can also be used to help policy makers understand where resources are needed. The project has so far helped over 54,000 children.[4]

D-Tree International

In June 2018, it was announced that the foundation, together with the Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) had awarded D-tree international more than $6 million to work with the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and key partners to roll out a national digital community health system to improve maternal, newborn, and child health services. The project will assist community health workers and equip them with digital technology to manage care for families, women and children.[5]

Botnar Research Centre for Child Health

In September 2018 it was announced that Fondation Botnar had given USD $100 million to finance the founding of the Botnar Research Centre for Child Health. The research centre is being set up by the University of Basel and ETH Zurich.[6] The purpose of the centre is to develop new methods and digital innovations that can be used in paediatrics around the world, especially resource-poor countries.[7]

Ada Health Partnership

In October 2018, Fondation Botnar announced a new partnership with Ada Health that aims to bring AI-powered healthcare to East Africa and Romania. The partnership will result in Ada's app becoming the first health guidance app to feature Swahili language integration, making its health assessment technology available to more than 100 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. The partnership will also further complement the foundations existing work in Romania's Bacau region with UNICEF.[8]

References
  1. "Finance and Governance - Fondation Botnar". Fondation Botnar. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. "Mobile health and apps news in brief". Digital Health. 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  3. "UNICEF Romania - Media centre - Anyone can discriminate and be discriminated against. Discrimination affects children first and foremost – UNICEF". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  4. "Social Inclusion Intervention: Romania". Fondation Botnar. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  5. "Leading digital health organization, D-tree International, awarded $6 million to support Zanzibar Ministry of Health to roll out national digitally-enabled community health worker program - United Republic of Tanzania". ReliefWeb. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  6. Blick. "Neues Forschungszentrum für Kindergesundheit in Basel" (in German). Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  7. "Nouveau centre de recherche en pédiatrie". tdg.ch/. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
  8. "Ada launches global health initiative and partners with Botnar and Gates foundations". MobiHealthNews. 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
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