A healthy
start

for every
child.

We design evidence-based, innovative
and scalable solutions to improve child health.

Through strengthening entrepreneurs, governments
and communities, we deliver real, lasting change.

Together, we can build a healthier future
where every child has a chance to thrive.

Our impact in numbers

Our Healthy Village approach

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Karolinska Validates our Impact on Child Health

The renowned international Karolinska Institutet validates our success on improving child health in Bangladesh. The study, published in the journal Children, showcases significant impact, halving undernutrition in children in just four years, much faster than the national trend.

System Strengthening: Working with Government

System Strengthening means working with and alongside existing systems, rather than around them. This way existing systems can deliver services effectively and independently, in the long term.

Max Payment-by-Results

Shifting away from traditional input-based payments, Max Payment-by-Results (MaxPbR) links payments to our implementation partners to predefined results.

Our innovations

Innovation is part of our DNA. We find ways to do good better, for us and others. The Healthy Village approach is not the only example. Here are some others!

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Healthy Village

Nepal

Max Foundation is running a 4-year health programme in rural Nepal, targeting 19,200 people across 5,400 households. It aims to reduce child stunting from 35% to 25% by 2029 through nutrition, WASH, and community-led health initiatives.

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Mobile Health Clinics

in Bangladesh's River Islands

We are piloting mobile health clinics on remote Bangladesh river islands, using women entrepreneurs and subscription-based telemedicine to deliver maternal and child healthcare to isolated communities, building self-sustaining market systems independent of external funding.

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COWASH Partnership to Integrate

Water and Nutrition at Scale

Max Foundation Ethiopia is partnering with COWASH IV to integrate Healthy Village nutrition approaches into existing community-managed water systems by building on what works rather than creating parallel programmes, while generating evidence for national scale through Ethiopia's Seqota Declaration.

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