Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI)

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Highlights: 2011

In Highlights: 2011, CHMI publishes observations about Health Market Innovations from its first phase of work.

CHMI Blog

AfDB e-Health awards for programs improving access, utilization, and efficiency in Africa

Deadline to apply approaching!

A phone used by Jacaranda Health staff

The use of information and communication technology in the health sector, commonly known as eHealth, is an appealing solution to addressing the many challenges facing health systems in Africa. However, interventions in e- and m-Health on the continent have remained small in scale.

Healthy Firms

What’s hindering the growth of health businesses in Ghana and Kenya?

A pharmacy that will a point referral for m-Afya Kiosks

In a series of new studies for the World Bank’s Health in Africa series, the authors look at public-private sector collaboration from the perspective of health firms.

Weekly News Roundup

News, Events and Observations about Health Markets in the Developing World

Program News

In April, CHMI’s partner organization in Indonesia, Mercy Corps, held a CHMI roundtable in Jakarta that focused on the use of technology in healthcare in Indonesia. For the event, Mercy Corps produced a video about the use of mHealth in Indonesia. Check it out here!

General News

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a competition for innovation and ICT solutions for the health sector in Africa.

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