Healthy Learners
The health needs of school age children are still largely unmet across Africa. Children with common childhood illnesses—malaria, water borne disease, infections—get care late, or not at all.
The Idea
Teachers as Front-Line Health Workers
Total Investment
2400000
Grants
0
Equity/SAFE
0
Debt/Convertible Debt
Funded Since
2017
Geography
Sector
Structure
The Mission
Keep school-aged kids healthy.
How It Works
Healthy Learners turns teachers into front-line health workers and integrates schools into the national healthcare system to ensure that low-income kids get the care they need, when they need it.
The Dream
Governments across Africa integrate school-based healthcare into national systems, keeping millions of kids healthy and in school.
Why We're In
This is a proven, government-ready model for school-based primary healthcare. Healthy Learners is scaling fast across Zambia with a simple, effective solution that costs just $1.51 per student per year to maintain. They’ve built strong momentum—now in 10 of 10 provinces and reaching more than 1 million kids. Their strategy combines grassroots delivery with top-down policy influence, and they’ve got real traction with key ministries and even a new parliamentary caucus backing school health. A new RCT will test the model at scale, and early signs suggest it’s cheap and good enough for governments to run without them. This is a smart bet on a massive need—and the team is now looking beyond Zambia.
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