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February 1, 2013
Save the Children get a US$40 million grant
Save the Children, the international charity is now the recipient of a sum of US$ 40 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This sum will be used by the charity to implement basic healthcare access providing programmes which will save the lives of as many as 2 million […]
February 1, 2013
India: A prescription for low cost rural healthcare
This post talks about the formation of Glocal Healthcare Systems Private Limited, a Kolkata headquartered private equity backed rural hospital, which delivers low cost, yet quality healthcare to the rural poor in West Bengal. Global has 5 rural hospitals throughout West Bengal, and is also armed with the formula for […]
February 1, 2013
Latin America: How Sala Uno used innovation to scale healthcare access
Sala Uno is a Latin America based social enterprise which disburses low cost quality eyecare. The levels of innovation applied by its founders, previously working with lucrative private firms, has been such that they achieved profitability within 2 months of their setting up in 2010. Deriving lessons from Aravind Eye […]
February 1, 2013
South African medical school to combat shortage of rural doctors
A medical school in South Africa is a one of the few to start addressing the chronic shortage of rural doctors in the country. University of Stellenbosch’s Ukwanda Rural Clinical School makes it mandatory for its final year students to live and work in rural health districts. Read more here.
February 1, 2013
Trails planned for pain-free, low-cost vaccine delivery
A new device has been invented which does not require refrigeration or trained practitioners to administer. It is low cost, and can be administered without pain, that is, without a syringe and needle. It has been tried out in Papua New Guinea, and clinical trials for this will begin next […]
February 1, 2013
Why a private healthcare enterprise fund is needed
The developing world carries most of the disease burden of the world, and the case is no different in SSA, or the sub-Saharan Africa. About half of the poorest in the lowest income quintiles in Ethiopia and Kenya receive healthcare from for-profit healthcare enterprises. Hence, it is important to ensure […]
February 1, 2013
The evolving role of private healthcare in global health
This post argues for the case of private healthcare, forming a part of the private and corporate sector, to bring about tangible change to the globe’s poor and unhealthy. The private sector can lend its knowledge, resources and expertise. Read more here.
February 1, 2013
India: Healthcare delivery for the urban poor – how rural poor aren’t the only ones deprived
In an insightful post, the problems of the urban poor, living in urban informal settlements in Indian cities, have been highlighted. India’s slums lack basic amenities of water, sanitation and hygiene, making residents more prone to illnesses than their better off counterparts. Even though this problem has been recognized a […]
February 1, 2013
India: What two years without Polio mean
Polio has in the past been a major problem, crippling the future of many of the underserved and poor children in the country. However, except for one case in West Bengal, no other cases of Polio have been reported. This post traces the developing country’s path to complete immunization, and […]
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