Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) has revealed that innovators are responding to some of the largest global health threats—tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal mortality. In the third edition of its report CHMI Highlights it said the innovators tackling the global health threats with the aid of new approaches and financing of life-saving care for the poor and vulnerable.It said: “Innovators are responding to some of the largest global health threats—tuberculosis, malaria, and maternal mortality—with new approaches to deliver and finance life-saving care for the poorest and most vulnerable.”The report which is a summary of the center’s findings was developed in partnership with the University of Toronto.
“With the University of Toronto, CHMI reviewed hundreds of studies to determine which practices have been proven to work,” CHMI said.The center added that advances in supply chains can ensure that essential medication and health products are delivered to the most remote communities.“We collected 770 indicators of programmatic performance, called Reported Results. Now, in cooperation with the Impact Reporting & Investment Standards of the Global Impact Investing Network, we have launched a catalog of health metrics to identify organizational models with effects on health access, outcomes, and operations/delivery,” CHMI said.In all, more than 40 programs reported to CHMI that they have recently expanded their network of facilities, the breadth of services they offer, or that they are serving significantly more people.
“With the University of Toronto, CHMI reviewed hundreds of studies to determine which practices have been proven to work,” CHMI said.The center added that advances in supply chains can ensure that essential medication and health products are delivered to the most remote communities.“We collected 770 indicators of programmatic performance, called Reported Results. Now, in cooperation with the Impact Reporting & Investment Standards of the Global Impact Investing Network, we have launched a catalog of health metrics to identify organizational models with effects on health access, outcomes, and operations/delivery,” CHMI said.In all, more than 40 programs reported to CHMI that they have recently expanded their network of facilities, the breadth of services they offer, or that they are serving significantly more people.
CHMI is a global platform to give visibility to innovative health programs with a database featuring over 1,200 innovative programs including 40 from Nigeria covering everything from health service delivery, electronic and mobile health and, maternal and child health care.
