Solomé Tibebu has been involved in the digital mental health space since she was 16. Earlier this week philanthropist Melinda Gates announced a new foundation seeded by her Pivotal Ventures fund and focused on adolescent mental health dubbed the Upswing Fund. The new fund is looking specifically to give grants to help nonprofits support youth mental health. Then mental health providers, and [with] them being financially impacted, really the pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health industry,” Tibebu said. The systems enabler track is more innovation focused, which leaves the door open for digital health solutions and nonprofits.

Source: Ethiopian News October 23, 2020 19:07 UTC