Building a Fairer, and Healthier World Medtronic announces a series of initiatives and funding aimed at reducing global healthcare disparities. Published 3 hours ago It should not be this way. Today, in observance of World Health Day, Medtronic and the Medtronic Foundation are announcing several new financial commitments, partnerships, and other measures aimed at eliminating healthcare disparities around the globe. These include several initiatives focused on improving health equity for people of color living with diabetes in the United States and a partnership between the Medtronic Foundation and Children’s HeartLink to build capacity for access to heart surgery for children living in India, Brazil, and China through financial support and employee engagement.