*Priya works at Hyderabad, India-based ACCESS Health International, a core lead partner organization of the Center for Health Market Innovations. For the past year, ACCESS has been mapping the landscape for innovations in India to identify programs for CHMI's database.
It’s all about mobile health technology in the news this week...
Nearly 60 percent of total health expenditure on health in low- and middle-income countries is private, rising above 80% in countries such as India, Pakistan, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
*As part of our series on Implementer Perspectives, the CHMI team has been asking how this site is helping implementers and how it can be improved.
20 years ago, Vietnam was one of the poorest nations in the world. Rapid development in recent years has dramatically transitioned it into a country on the verge of middle-income status, and the Vietnamese population is reaping the benefits.
I just read about a [report recently released](http://www.rbm.who.int/) showing that investments to prevent malaria – specifically, bed nets, spraying, and drugs – are saving lives.
On September 23-24, the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) will convene the first Working Group meeting of its inaugural thematic study – a look at the role of informal providers in mixed health systems.
*We spoke to Girish Babu, a health business specialist working to implement the [CARE Rural Health Mission](http://healthmarketinnovations.org/program/care-rural-health-mission) program in southern India, about his
For those interested in mico-insurance (and there are [many](http://healthmarketinnovations.org/search?search=micro)... ), tune in to an online discussion with Dr. Nelson Gitonga. Here is the description he sent us.
A topic of much recent debate in the U.S., extending health insurance to the poor in the developing world is getting new attention this week.
