##  [Global Health & Corporate Responsibility](/news/global-health-corporate-responsibility "Global Health & Corporate Responsibility") 

 Novartis transforms its Global Health & Corporate Responsibility organization.

 

 Jul 08, 2019 

Novartis has transformed its Global Health & Corporate Responsibility (GH&CR) organization. The change consolidates and streamlines expertise and resources to achieve a stronger focus on the areas where the company can have the greatest impact.

“This transformation is yet another demonstration of our unwavering commitment to place global health and corporate responsibility at the core of our business strategy,” said Patrice Matchaba, Group Head, Global Health & Corporate Responsibility.

The new GH&CR organization will oversee end-to-end execution of the company’s global health priorities, from discovery through development to implementation.

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## Our flagship global health priorities

The new organization brings together the company’s flagship global health priorities. [Read more](/news/media-library/building-trust-society-our-priorities "Building trust with society: our priorities") about our key achievements.

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- ![Ladies screening for leprosy in Myanmar](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/leprosy-myanmar-image.jpg.webp?itok=-2Gjgyi- "Ladies screening for leprosy in Myanmar") View1/4
- ![Young boy get treated against Malaria](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/child-malaria-patient-image.jpg.webp?itok=kAVaMIsA "Young boy get treated against Malaria") View2/4
- ![Man getting information about Chagas disease](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/chagas-disease-image.png.webp?itok=H2Pea5Iw "Man getting information about Chagas disease") View3/4
- ![A father stands with his son in a sickle cell clinic in Ghana](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/slideshow-sickle-cell-devex-image.png.webp?itok=0LSTPWYt "A father stands with his son in a sickle cell clinic in Ghana") View4/4
 


 

    ![Ladies screening for leprosy in Myanmar](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/leprosy-myanmar-image.jpg.webp?itok=-2Gjgyi- "Ladies screening for leprosy in Myanmar")

To date, we have donated more than 60 million multidrug therapies, reaching more than 7 million patients to eliminate leprosy. Read more about our leprosy elimination strategy

[Read more about our leprosy elimination strategy](https://www.novartisfoundation.org/transforming-population-health)



 

 

 

 

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 ![Young boy get treated against Malaria](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/child-malaria-patient-image.jpg.webp?itok=kAVaMIsA "Young boy get treated against Malaria")

We have provided more than 880 million malaria treatments at no profit, including more than 370 million of our child-friendly formulation. Read more about our commitment to a malaria-free world

[Read more about our commitment to a malaria-free world](https://medium.com/@SteveDavisPATH/achieving-global-health-equity-what-will-it-really-take-e1c773b5b682#.qcyak3is8)



 

 

 

 

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 ![Man getting information about Chagas disease](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/image_gallery_full_width/public/2021-06/chagas-disease-image.png.webp?itok=H2Pea5Iw "Man getting information about Chagas disease")

We joined the Global Chagas Disease Coalition and also announced the first definitive morbidity and mortality study in patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy planned to start later in 2019. Read more about our efforts

[Read more about our efforts](/node/61561)



 

 

 

 

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We are working with the government and local partners to improve screening, diagnosis, and treatment of sickle cell disease starting in Ghana. Read more about our efforts in Ghana

[Read more about our efforts in Ghana](https://devex.shorthandstories.com/sickle-cell-disease-in-Ghana/index.html)



 

 

 

 

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## Novartis Foundation sharpens its focus on digital, data and AI

The Novartis Foundation is sharpening its focus to concentrate fully on reimagining how data, digital and AI can transform global health. This new mandate builds on 40 years of striving for sustainable impact on health in low-income populations, most recently by focusing on leprosy elimination and cardiovascular health, in addition to digital health.

 ![Three women showing they use data and AI to help patients](/sites/novartis_com/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2021-06/novartis-foundation-data-digital-ai-image.jpg.webp?itok=bq04BskX "Three women showing they use data and AI to help patients")

 

Novartis Foundation to focus fully on how digital, data and AI can transform global health.

**[Read the press release](https://www.novartisfoundation.org/news/news-archive)**

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This featured news was updated on August 11, 2020.

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