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About Us

Laerdal Global Health is a not-for-profit company committed to strengthening health systems in countries with the highest mortality. Together with partners, we develop high-impact, scalable solutions that enable health workers to deliver lifesaving care. We focus on reducing preventable deaths from childbirth complications and other time-critical emergencies.  

Our goal is helping save one million more lives every year by 2030

What we do 

Together with our partners, we develop solutions based on evidence and experience, ensuring our approach is informed by proven research and best practices.

We focus on creating scalable solutions that can be expanded and implemented where the need is greatest. 

Our work is designed with sustainability in mind, integrating into healthcare systems to deliver long-term, lifesaving impact.

Progress through partnership

We collaborate with governments, researchers, professional associations, NGOs, and key strategic partners to develop and support the implementation of lifesaving training programs at scale for sustainable, long-term change. Our key partners include:

Key partner programs 

Our solutions are used in partner-led and implemented programs. Key programs include the Safer Births Bundle of Care and the World Health Organization’s Basic Emergency Care program. 

One shared goal. One million lives

From the start, our mission has been and will always be helping save lives. Over the past six decades, we have evolved into several organizations while maintaining one shared goal.   


Helping save one million lives every year, by 2030. 

  • 1960

    Laerdal Medical
    Global market leader in acute care education and patient simulation. 2,200 employees in 30 countries.

  • 1980

    Laerdal Foundation
    Research foundation, with annual appropriations of MNOK 50. Supported 2,000 research projects.

  • 2010

    Laerdal Global Health
    Not-for-profit company to help save lives in low-resource settings.

  • 2020

    Laerdal Million Lives Fund
    Impact investments in Medtech and Edtech to help achieve SDG3.

  • 2025

    Laerdal Scale Up Fund
    Catalyzing funding for scaling proven programs addressing time critical emergencies

Our history

Learn about our history and how our approaches have evolved since we started in 2010.

Laerdal Global Health staff working collaboratively.
Design process

Learn how we work to supply relevant, innovative and life-saving solutions for our partners' and user’s needs. 

Meet us

We are a dynamic group of people working together toward a shared mission.