Articles published in East Africa
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November 13, 2020
Lessons from Innovators in East Africa
Can large corporations and small entrepreneurs learn from each other? At Innovations in Healthcare, we think the answer is yes.
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November 13, 2020
Sometimes It Takes a City to Raise an Innovation
Innovation often springs from connections and exchange of ideas. Cities by their very nature - bringing together diverse communities - provide fertile ground for collaboration. This is increasingly true in the Global South where the complex environment of city life provides challenges turned into opportunities by budding innovators.
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November 13, 2020
Opportunities await the private health sector in East Africa
Private sector health innovations are playing a growing and complementary role to the government in East Africa.
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November 13, 2020
Growing Impact with Catalytic Grant Funding
Healthcare entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries need growth capital to build their capacity and expand their social impact. Yet, because innovations are still nascent, these enterprises are often unable to absorb significant traditional capital. Recognizing this gap in funding, the Pfizer Foundation launched the Global Health Innovation Grants (GHIG) program in 2016 to deploy funding and support for healthcare enterprises around the world. Innovations in Healthcare serves as project advisor to GHIG and measures both grantee and portfolio performance of the program.
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November 13, 2020
2017 Interns Matched with Innovator Projects
As summer begins here in Durham, North Carolina, and Duke’s campus quiets down, we’re readying the latest cohort of Innovations in Healthcare interns for their summers working with SEAD and Innovations in Healthcare Innovators in East Africa.
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November 13, 2020
SEAD to Host “Health Hackathon” in Nairobi
It is no secret that Kenya’s vibrant start-up culture is solving real problems in clever ways.
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November 13, 2020
2015 Innovations in Healthcare Summer Interns Matched with Innovators
Innovations in Healthcare 2015 summer interns spent last week in our offices gearing up for their summer projects with innovators and this week are on route to five different countries.
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November 13, 2020
How Hurricane Katrina is informing development policy and identifying healthcare innovation priorities almost 10 years later
Coming up on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, there is much to be learned from the way communities braced for and bounced back from this natural disaster that can help communities facing similar vulnerabilities abroad.
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November 13, 2020
Microinsurance: A Perspective
Editor's note: At this year's Annual Forum we will be featuring some of the stories of our veteran innovators, including Peter Gross, Marketing Director of MicroEnsure. In this post Peter discusses how his company has succeeded in growing.