WHO WE ARE
Systems thinking, Innovation
and Collaboration
Starting from a Shared Desire to Help
Empower Women Foundation was founded by Dr. Mbianke Livancliff in response to the limited access to basic healthcare services caused by the ongoing armed conflict in the Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon. The initiative began in 2016 as a group of dedicated health professionals who, against all odds, risked their lives to provide essential healthcare services to vulnerable populations, particularly women and children displaced into forest communities by the crisis…
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Our Approach
Read our long term goals and the people- and equity-centered approaches
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Our Values
Learn about the four core values that underpin our mission to make quality health care available for all
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Our Team
Meet our board and the high impact teams working across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond
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Our Partners
Explore our collaborations with governments, the private sector, and social sector organizations
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We are at a crucial moment where marked funding cuts has highlighted the need to tackle the multifaceted challenges of global health, from infectious disease outbreaks to strengthening resilience. To do this, we must unite our efforts, innovate solutions and strengthen health systems.
– Dr. Dr. Mbianke Livancliff, Empower Women Foundation CEO & President
National/Global team of Experts
EWF has 20+ staff who work across disciplines and technical areas-including public health, digital health, finance, private sector engagement, communication, supply chain, research to create system change. Our mixed team of local experts who understands local context and global experts ensures that global health agendas are translated and implemented in-country within country specific realities.
Supply Chain
and Logistics
We help governments implement data-driven approaches for comprehensive supply chain improvement.
Health Workforce
Development
We design practical approaches to address human resource gaps and strengthen health worker skills.
Digital Health
Technology
We develop technologies that improve communications and make sense of complex health data to drive decision-making.
Sustainable Financing
for Innovation
We transition solutions to government and partners with the support they need to sustain the solutions long-term.
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