We are focused on funding projects that address major health issues in the developing world such as HIV/AIDS, clean water and Neglected Tropical Diseases (“NTDs”). In the past year alone, Legatum as invested in 103 projects that addressed education, prevention and care relating to HIV and AIDS.

One of our grants in Eastern Africa brought together HIV/AIDS implementers and the Burundi government to positively impact the lives of 46,000 people. Another example of Legatum’s commitment for improving health is a $9 million dollar investment to eradicate all NTDs in Rwanda and Burundi. NTDs have a profoundly debilitating effect on communities, education and employment levels and general productivity. An estimated 600 million people are infected in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Yet NTDs are readily curable and preventable for only $0.50 cents per person.