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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
What's In a Name?
Welcome to the new Innovations in Healthcare website! When our organization was established in 2011, our name -- the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery -- reflected our core mission to connect innovators, corporations, foundations, funders, governments, academics and others to strengthen, scale and replicate innovations with the potential to improve access to affordable healthcare around the world.
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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
What’s Your Next Move? An Innovations in Healthcare Conversation in Bangalore
Hearing the buzz about global health innovation? Excited to take your healthcare business into a new market?
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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
When the Market Asks, Innovation Answers
Take a look at the number of SMS text messages sent in Kenya between October and December of 2016: 15.8 billion. When you consider the population of Kenya, that number rounds into 35 SMS text messages per person. While some people read that number and see a nascent technology ecosystem, others view that number as an opportunity – a chance to get ahead of the wave.
