The Carso Health Institute is a non-for-profit organization that mobilizes private resources to finance projects of social interest in the areas of health, nutrition and the environment.

The aim of the Institute is to contribute to the solution of the health problems that affect the Latin American region through the identification and prioritization of the problems; the design of  initiatives and mechanisms to address them; the identification of  partners to coordinate and execute these initiatives; the training, counseling and monitoring of the parties involved; and the evaluation of the results.

The Institute may finance initiatives submitted by other institutions, groups or individuals within the selected priorities.

Three triads define the present health situation in Mexico and Latin America:

• Three major challenges: the unfinished agenda of infections, malnutrition, and reproductive health problems, emerging diseases and global risks.
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