In response to a growing movement toward Universal Health Coverage, Results for Development Institute (R4D) has launched UHC Forward— a new online hub that consolidates news, events, and publications related to the global universal health coverage.
R4D staff recently contributed to Nextbillion.net's Best Ideas of 2011 blog post series and also posted an interview of R4D Managing Director Marty Makinen about the importance of the for-profit healthcare sector in Ghana.
CHMI released its first year report, highlighting key observations about innovative, market-based health programs based on CHMI’s initial phase of operation, during which R4D and the CHMI partner network gathered and vetted over 1,000 promising health market innovations in more than 100 countries.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton referenced R4D's study on the economic returns to investing in AIDS treatment, in a major speech calling for an AIDS-free generation, on November 8, 2011, at the National Institutes of Health. Her speech garnered further mentions of the study in the Wall Street Journal and The Guardian.
CHMI is a global network of partners that systematically identifies, documents, and analyzes health market innovations, disseminates information about these models, and facilitates strategic linkages among entrepreneurs, funders, policymakers, and researchers. Visit http://healthmarketinnovations.org/ to use the interactive CHMI global knowledge platform.
