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December 7, 2012
Ghana: President looking to make healthcare accessible to the poor
The President of Ghana, John Mahama has announced his intentions to make quality and reliable healthcare affordable to the poor in the country. He said that the country has been able to achieve this goal through the innovative NHIS or National Health Insurance Scheme. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
USIAD grants US$10 million to Duke University to promote social entrepreneurship in healthcare
USAID, recognizing the potential for universities to create breakthrough developmental solutions has recently granted the Duke University US$10 million as funding for its SEAD programme, or the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke. SEAD’s function is to recognize and support global healthcare solutions particularly applicable and apt for low and middle […]
December 7, 2012
Omidyar Network making silent healthcare enterprise seed investments in India
Omidyar Network, the philanthropic organization founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar has been making a number of silent seed stage investments in social enterprises across India. Many of these have been in the healthcare enterprises. In 2012, the organization has already invested US$16 million, and another US$15 million is scheduled […]
December 7, 2012
Omidyar Network grants US$ 1.5 million to global health consortium
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar philanthropic organization Omidyar Network recently made a grant of US$1.5 million to a global health consortium with its activities focused on medical innovation in the field of technology. This grant has been made to CAMTech, or Consortium for Affordable Medical Technologies through the Massachusetts General Hospital’s […]
December 7, 2012
US: GSK awards US$200,000 to nonprofits
International Pharma company GlaxoSmithKline has granted an amount of US$200,000 to five recipients through its annual GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards. These recipients will use this funding to provide healthcare to the underserved in their respective communities. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
LifeSpring Hospitals: Showing how to provide quality, low cost maternal healthcare
According to a study by the WHO, UNICEF and World Bank, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in India for 2010 was 200 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. This can be attributed to a bad healthcare infrastructure, low healthcare spending by the government, and quality care being unaffordable to the […]
December 7, 2012
Big Pharma ups its supply to low income countries
This Guardian post compiles data on how the big pharma companies of the world are helping the low income people in the developing countries attain the drugs they need. According to data from the report ‘Access to Medicines Index’, big companies like GSK, Johnson&Johnson, Sanofi and more are upping their […]
December 7, 2012
US: Ex-President rolls out plan for the healthcare of the underserved
Bill Clinton, a previous US President has introduced the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, which leverages an innovative online platform to help patients find healthcare solutions near them in underserved areas. Read more here.
December 7, 2012
India: Low cost medicines soon to be in drugstores in Karnataka
The government of the Indian state of Karnataka has decided to permit the launch of neighbourhood generic drug shops across the State. These generic drug shops will not be located within the premises of government hospitals, and promise to provide affordable medical supplies to the masses who otherwise may not […]
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