Sector: Health

LACIF supports projects that improve access to health services in Latin America and the Caribbean, contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good health and well-being). 

Project key objectives:


  • Improve access to and production of medicines; 
  • strengthen health systems and advancing universal health coverage, delivery of better health services, including in areas such as ageing and long-term care, primary care and non-communicable diseases; 
  • improve prevention, preparedness, and response to future pandemics at a global level, applying a One Health apporach; 
  • Improve women's health, including sexual and reproductive health as well as maternalservices, and reduction of child and maternal mortality; 
  • improve the quality of care; 
  • optimize existing health capacities and training of the health workforce, sharing of knowledge and know-how, improvement of the health policy dialogue; 
  • expand digital health to improve prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.