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R4D and health innovation in India

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30 January, 2012

The New Yorker published a letter to the editor from R4D Managing Directors Rob Hecht and Gina Lagomarsino, and R4D's Center for Global Health R&D Policy Assessment  recently embarked on a new venture exploring the potential of innovation for global health in India.

Global health innovation in India is attracting more and more attention in 2012, and R4D has much to offer for discussion on the topic.

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Jean Arkedis
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
Assessing Innovations in Global Health R&D Policy and Financing
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

R4D launches UHC Forward

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17 January, 2012

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.

New online hub to support growing global movement toward universal health coverage.

The movement toward universal health coverage (UHC) has attracted a growing global community of policymakers, practitioners, researchers and other international development partners in low- and middle-income countries.

Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Nkem Wellington
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation

R4D on Nextbillion.net

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11 January, 2012

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.

Founded in 2005, Nextbillion.net is a website and blog bringing together the community of business leaders, social entrepreneurs, NGOs, policy makers and academics who want to explore the connection between development and enterprise. R4D staff are regular contributors to the site.

Connected Expert(s): 
Marty Makinen
Connected Expert(s): 
Oscar Abello
Connected Expert(s): 
Rose Reis
Connected Project(s): 
Country Assessment of the Private Health Sector in Ghana

R4D on Huffington Post: Recent lessons from capacity building

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26 December, 2011

In the Huffington Post, R4D President David de Ferranti and Senior Program Associate Aarthi Rao co-authored a blog post on lessons learned for successful capacity building in global development.

Written on the heels of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, the article draws on lessons learned from three R4D programs: the Transparency and Accountability Program, Joint Learning Network, and Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health.

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti

CHMI Highlights 2011 featured on Conversations On Health Care

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23 December, 2011

Conversations on Health Care interviewed R4D Managing Director Gina Lagomarsino for the “Tech Report” on their weekly public radio show broadcasted on NPR member stations in the New England region, featuring the Center for Health Market Innovations’ recently released Highlights 2011 report.

Also appearing on the program was Gail Wilensky, economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE.

Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation

Designing Development Programs to Build Capacity: Emerging Experience from the Results for Development Institute

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 A country’s capacity to effectively implement policies and programs has long been recognized as crucial for its progress. This paper discusses shared program design elements for capacity building across R4D's portfolio that have shown promise so far and have been well received by the beneficiary countries and groups

A country’s capacity to effectively implement policies and programs has long been recognized as crucial for its progress. Inadequate capacity—for example, deficiencies in institutions and in the skills of their personnel—has left a long trail of disappointed expectations for faster reduction of poverty. Building stronger capacity has thus become a prominent priority in international development, as evidenced in such initiatives as the Paris Declaration for Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2011
Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Aarthi Rao
R4D Author(s): 
Amanda Folsom
Attached Publications & Resources: 
application/pdf iconDesigning Development Programs to Build Capacity.pdf

On heels of mHealth Summit, CHMI hosts roundtable discussion

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12 December, 2011

The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) hosted an informal panel discussion on “Mobile Health and Measuring What Works,” on Thursday, December 8, at R4D’s offices in Washington, D.C.

Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Expert(s): 
Rose Reis
Connected Expert(s): 
Trevor Lewis
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation

The Center for Health Market Innovations releases Highlights 2011

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29 November, 2011

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.

The Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) released its first year report, highlighting key observations about innovative, market-based health programs based on CHMI’s initial phase of operation. Download the full report here.

Recent progress includes:

Connected Expert(s): 
Donika Dimovska
Connected Expert(s): 
Gina Lagomarsino
Connected Expert(s): 
Maria Belenky
Connected Expert(s): 
Rose Reis
Connected Expert(s): 
Trevor Lewis
Connected Project(s): 
Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)
Funder: 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder: 
The Rockefeller Foundation
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconCHMI-report-112711-high-links.pdf

R4D Principal Inder Sud authors "Reflections on Development."

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26 October, 2011

 Inder Sud, R4D Principal, submitted today's piece, "Reflections on Development." This is part of a series featuring commentary from R4D experts.

Inder Sud, R4D Principal, submitted today's piece, "Reflections on Development." This is part of a series featuring commentary from R4D experts. 

Connected Expert(s): 
Inder Sud

R4D Study on the Economic Returns to Investment in AIDS Treatment

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5 October, 2011

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.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a major speech calling for an AIDS-free generation, on November 8, 2011, at the National Institutes of Health. In making her case, Sec. Clinton referenced a recent R4D study on the economic returns to investing in AIDS treatment:

Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Expert(s): 
Stephen Resch
Attached File(s): 
application/pdf iconR4D PLoS ONE Final Manuscript 10.5.11.pdf
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