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Lourenço Bustani is a Brazilian innovator who decided to show the private market that it is possible to be prosperous without abdicating the most important human values. He founded Mandalah, an organization that helps corporations redefine their roles in society. Some of his customers are household names, from General Motors to Nike to Whirlpool, and the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio.
How Multinationals Can Tap Into ‘Conscious Innovation’: Interview With Brazil Innovator Lourenço Bustani on the New Way of Doing BusinessBlog Post
There’s a growing awareness of the importance of informal medical providers in BoP communities. But health care advocates and policy makers are often reluctant to acknowledge and legitimize them. Underlying this reluctance is a lack of data about the informal sector’s size, utilization and quality. Rose Reis of CHMI talks with May Sudhinaraset, lead author of a recent study that summarizes research on this often-overlooked sector around the world.
Out of the Shadows?: New research calls for more engagement with informal health care sectorBlog Post
Throughout his promotion of the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said several times that “energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability.”
Off-Grid Electrification: A key to Myanmar’s promising growthNews
From clinical services to specialised care, there are many models of affordable healthcare.
What the NHS can learn from innovative healthcare practices abroadBlog Post
Mental illnesses receive far less attention and funding than other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Yet mental, neurological and substance-abuse disorders already constitute a larger share of the global disease burden than both cancer and heart disease. And major depressive disorder alone will be the number one cause of disability globally by 2030. How is the social sector responding to this crisis?
The Other NCDs: What’s being done about the global mental health crisis?Blog Post
More organizations are spending less time on the tired “it’s good for you, why don’t you understand?” approach to poverty alleviation. The age-old question – how might we deliver a product or service that people “need” and want? – is being answered in new and interesting ways.
Changing Our Priorities: When we don’t actually want what we ‘need’News
Bill Gates, Margaret Chan, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), and other experts and leaders gathered this month in Geneva for a very important meeting on a very unimportant-sounding subject: global disease estimates.
Big Data, Better Global HealthBlog Post
Estimates project that the Indian health care industry will grow from its current value of $40 billion to $280 billion by 2020. Yet resource shortages in low-income markets have resulted in a lack of quality health care that is affordable and accessible. And NGOs aren’t addressing many of these markets’ greatest needs. New research from Ennovent and the University Impact Fund reveals a wealth of opportunities for businesses to fill this gap.
Ennovent, University Impact Fund Reveal New Research on the Business of Health Care in India: The industry will reach $280 billion by 2020
