Articles by James Militzer
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Thursday
March 14
2013The BoP Needs Drugs: Can the HealthStore Foundation’s model deliver?
In BoP countries, 70 to 90 percent of all childhood illness and death is caused by infectious diseases that can be treated with inexpensive drugs. But getting those drugs into the hands of patients is a daunting challenge. The HealthStore Foundation may have found a solution, through a micro-franchising model that has established a network of pharmacies and clinics in Kenya. Greg Starbird, the organization’s CEO, discusses the model and its challenges and successes.
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- Health Care
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Wednesday
March 6
2013Vive la France!: Has UNITAID unlocked the secret to sustainable foreign aid?
As countries struggle with deficits and debt, foreign aid often ends up on the chopping block. In response, UNITAID has developed an innovative model that raises funds for development aid from micro-taxes on business activity. It uses those funds - and market-based interventions - to increase BoP countries’ access to essential drugs and diagnostics. In this interview, UNITAID Chair Philippe Douste-Blazy discusses the organization’s funding and drug accessibility innovations.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Guest Articles
Friday
March 1
2013Bi-Weekly Checkup – 3/1/13: What you may have missed and what we’re working on at NB Health Care
We’re launching a new regular feature at NextBillion Health Care – the Bi-Weekly Checkup. (Sorry for the obligatory medical pun – hey, it’s a health care blog…)
The Checkup has three main functions:
To highlight recent posts and news items that you might have missed, to explore new ideas, organizations and trends in global health and health-related social enterprise and to let you know about upcoming content on NBHC.- Categories
- Agriculture, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Tuesday
February 19
2013Game Changer?: The campaign to train one million African health workers – Part 2
The One Million Community Health Workers campaign is launching an ambitious effort to achieve the UN’s Millenium Development Goals in health care - in one of the world’s most impoverished regions. In part 2 of our interview, project co-chair Dr. Prabhjot Singh discusses the ways the initiative could impact business development.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- public health
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Monday
February 18
2013Game Changer?: The campaign to train one million African health workers – Part 1
With uneven progress and the 2015 deadline approaching, some have already written off the UN’s Millenium Development Goals as unreachable. But the One Million Community Health Workers campaign is making a final push to actually achieve them in health care - in one of the world’s most impoverished regions. The project’s co-chair, Dr. Prabhjot Singh, describes the initiative’s approach (and its risks) in part one of our interview.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- public health
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Wednesday
February 6
2013Part 2: From Local to Global: Unite for Sight’s expanding impact
Jennifer Staple-Clark built Unite for Sight from a dorm room-based student group into a world-renowned global non-profit, serving 1,500,000 patients and facilitating over 63,000 sight-restoring surgeries in Ghana, India and Honduras. In Part 2 of our interview, she discusses Unite for Sight’s innovative revenue-generating programs, and how it harnesses its volunteer, research and fundraising efforts to support its mission.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Tuesday
February 5
2013Part 1: From Local to Global: Unite for Sight’s Expanding Impact
Jennifer Staple-Clark was a sophomore at Yale when she founded Unite for Sight as a student organization in 2000. Her goal was to help underserved people in her local community overcome barriers to eye care. Twelve years later, Unite for Sight has become an acclaimed global NGO, serving 1,500,000 patients and facilitating over 63,000 sight-restoring surgeries. In Part 1 of our Q&A with Staple-Clark, she discusses Unite for Sight’s unique model and remarkable evolution.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Wednesday
January 16
2013BoP Health Care Gets a $10 Million Boost: What Duke’s new SEAD program could mean for you
Few universities are as active in BoP health care and social entrepreneurship as Duke. Now, thanks to a $10 million award from USAID, the university is poised to dramatically expand its impact in both fields. Duke will use the funds to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), a development lab that will identify and support solutions to global health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Education, Health Care