At the precipice of large-scale climate change and environmental degradation, with climate adaptation costs rising to $500 Billion a year, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has recalled its fifty-year long history of observations to mark World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, 2022. With the theme #OnlyOneEarth, mirroring that of the first World Environment Day, 1974, the global community has come full circle in realising the importance of planet Earth as the singular home for mankind.
The SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility, supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by IPE Global, has committed 2.45 Crore INR ($350,000 USD) to Qure.ai to scale Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chest X-ray screening software, qXR, in 50 sites across more than 15 Indian states. Read More
Axis Bank on Thursday said it has committed a USD 150 million (about Rs 1,140 crore) loan for strengthening the healthcare infrastructure in the country in association with IPE Global, in the aftermath of the pandemic. The continued threat of new variants has reinforced the need to boost investments and partnerships in the health sector. Axis Bank has committed […]
With an objective to strengthen the efforts towards the vaccination drive in Africa and share best practices, and exchange knowledge NATHEALTH – Healthcare Federation of India in collaboration with Africa Healthcare Federation organised the Indo-Africa Vaccine Summit on Friday – 11th February 2022 virtually. The Summit saw participation from key dignitaries from both India and […]
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative, which aims to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for vulnerable populations in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, and rural and […]
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a new partnership under the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare (SAMRIDH) initiative, which will improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for vulnerable populations in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, and rural and tribal regions. […]
HCL Foundation’s flagship program HCL Samuday, today announced its partnership with SAMRIDH (Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare) to scale up its existing healthcare interventions in Uttar Pradesh. Through this collaboration, HCL Samuday will provide access to affordable and tech-enabled healthcare solutions to the most vulnerable populations in the Hardoi […]
Caspian Debt, a provider of debt funding to start-ups and social enterprises, has partnered with USAID-supported SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility to support the expansion of start-ups in healthcare sector.
The outbreak’s impact highlighted several critical and structural gaps in the Indian healthcare system too. However, strong collaboration between the public and private healthcare sector proved to be beneficial in identifying solutions and in implementing the world’s largest vaccination programme such as the collaboration with SAMRIDH Blended Health Finance and IPE Global to scale up […]
Clinics, hospitals and diagnostic services face the biggest challenge due to Covid and saw 70-80 peer cent drop in patient footfall for selective procedures. Even in case of serious ailments patients were seen to be shying away from visiting health facilities. While the situation has improved, still most facilities are operating at 50-60 per cent […]
SBI Foundation, the CSR arm of State Bank of India, has launched the India Health Alliance (IHA), a collaborative healthcare program to support the Government of India in its efforts to combat current and future healthcare challenges in the country. To catalyze this initiative, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) India has joined as […]
The financial support will help the National Health Authority (NHA), the nodal agency for implementing AB-PMJAY, in establishing a financing facility that can mobilize resources from the private sector for health facilities enrolled under the scheme through Partnerships for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity (PAHAL) project, a financing platform of IPE Global, an international development […]
