by BAND | Apr 30, 2025 | Epilepsy Care
The BAND Foundation, supported by the UCB Innovation for Health Equity Fund, is delighted to announce the selection of Amref Health Africa Inc. as the recipient of a $500,000 grant to pilot a comprehensive epilepsy care project in Tanzania. This initiative marks an...
by BAND | Aug 30, 2023 | Epilepsy Care
The BAND Foundation and Whitten-Newman Foundation jointly produced this award winning film to raise awareness of the challenges of living with epilepsy in Africa. The film has been accepted into more than 20 film festivals and has been screened at various high profile...
by BAND | Feb 1, 2022 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
An in-depth article published today by Yale e360 chronicles the ambitious and urgent effort to safeguard the interdependent relationship between northern Mexican communities, the agave plant and the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat. Agaves are fundamental to...
by BAND | Apr 12, 2021 | Grants in Focus, Nature Conservation
Vox today launched a detailed reporting initiative on biodiversity. Down to Earth: The Biodiversity Crisis Explained will probe the science, politics and economics surrounding the critical threats to natural ecosystems and wild species that are now accelerating at...
by BAND | Feb 7, 2021 | Epilepsy Care
Epilepsy presents an urgent global public health challenge, especially so in Africa. On a continent where more than 10 million people live with the disease, less than 20% receive effective treatment. However, with medication costing as little as $5/year, two-thirds...
