Articles by Rose Weeks
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Friday
March 2
2012In Tune With the SONG Fund: Investing in health in India
Who’s on top of the lightening-pace Indian impact investment space? One major player is the $17 million USD SONG Investment Company. Funded and owned by Google, the Omidyar Network, and the Soros Economic Development Fund, SONG was launched in 2009 to demonstrate that investing in SMEs can not only elicit shareholders returns, but also improve economic opportunities and jobs for the masses in India.
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- Health Care
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- impact investing
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Tuesday
January 10
2012In Ghana, For-Profit Health Providers Are An Important Source of Care for Rich and Poor Alike
A new comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s health marketplace conducted recently for the World Bank Group should be mandatory reading for health enterprises, analysts, or others keen to enter, expand or study operations in this progressive west African country.
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- Health Care
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Friday
January 6
2012Best Ideas of 2011: Innovating for Life New, Frontiers for Development Communications
The line between advocacy and journalism blurred more in 2011. For example, the Gates Foundation reaffirmed its support for the Guardian’s Global Development web hub to the tune of $2.5 million. The good news for development communications is that many digital media tools are well within the reach of those working on nonprofit budgets.
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- Technology
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Monday
November 28
2011New CHMI Report Highlights 5 Market-Based Health Models to Watch
CHMI looks for programs in multiple countries with the same models or similar goals, services, organizational structures, and operational processes. We’re hunting for the next Aravind-or really the next 50 Aravinds, because the field is moving that fast. Here is a list of 5 health models proliferating around the world during the past decade.
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- Health Care
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- public health
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Guest Articles
Friday
November 4
2011From Occupy Wall St. to Impact Investing, 2 Visions of Markets at Net Impact 2011
As the Occupy Wall Street protesters continued their encampment in Portland near the Net Impact 2011 venue last weekend, it became difficult to reconcile two visions of international markets. Still, speakers posited that concepts of global development and markets were merging fast, and offered the best solution to reducing economic inequality.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
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Tuesday
September 20
2011New Ideas for Saving the Lives of Women, Children
From UN Innovation Working Group, a new report on mHealth programs carries an emphasis on viable and scalable business models to improve the way healthcare is delivered to women and children. Indeed, many believe mobile ICT platforms are potential game-changers in delivering health information and services to combat maternal and child mortality.
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- Health Care, Technology
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- scale
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Tuesday
August 30
2011Improving Mother, Newborn Care is Aim of Jacaranda Health
Jacaranda Health is a maternal healthcare provider in Nairobi offering low income women high quality and affordable care. Founded by Nick Pearson, formerly of Acumen Fund, Jacaranda charges modest fees for services, like $1.25 per consultation and $8 for complete prenatal lab tests, with an aim to recoup costs and expand into a chain of clinics.
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- Uncategorized
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Tuesday
July 19
2011In the Philippines, Tablets, Smartphones Lift Market-Based Approaches to Universal Care
Like many industrialized countries, out-of-pocket spending by consumers on health care is often a big problem in the developing world. The national health insurance program in the Philipines, PhilHealth, is constantly innovating with new ways to improve insurance coverage and lower costs. How market-based approaches are playing a critical role.
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- Health Care, Technology
