Health Finance Coalition

In our new blog, Cees Rustenhoven, CFO of Healthy Entrepreneurs, shares insights on the critical role of innovative #financing in scaling healthcare solutions across Africa. ???? From empowering community health entrepreneurs to implementing blended financing models, Cees highlights how combining public and private funding can drive sustainable growth while creating lasting #socialimpact. ?? Read the full interview:?https://lnkd.in/eKdXBidN #HealthcareInnovation #BlendedFinance Alexander Honjiyo, Colleen Connell, Precious Manyara, Swathi Rao, CFA, Ronald Wakhu, Mindy Mizell, Jennie Bragg, Martin Edlund

??Join us at?Building Bridges 2024 in Geneva! ???Bridging Health Access Gaps Through Innovative Finance ???Wednesday, December 11 ?? 11:30 - 13:00 CET Investing in health #innovations in emerging economies yields huge social and economic returns. However, mobilizing private capital to support these efforts remains a critical challenge. In this interactive dialogue, we will explore innovative financial and non-financial solutions that can bridge this gap and accelerate the scale up of health solutions across Latin America and Africa. Gain insights from key speakers, including: Femke Smeets,?Total Impact Capital Europe Colleen Connell,?Health Finance Coalition Sitara Merchant-Carter,?Swiss Capacity Building Facility - Verein zur #BuildingBridges24 #InnovativeFinance

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the AMMTEC 2024 conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It was an incredible opportunity to engage with leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, global healthcare funders, and other key stakeholders from across the region. The discussions underscored the critical role of collaboration, streamlined regulation, financing and investor readiness in unlocking the potential of Africa's pharmaceutical sector. Always great to take part in conversations that drive self-sufficiency and sustainability in medicine manufacturing on the continent. #AMMTEC2024 #AccessToMedicine #PharmaManufacturing

Thank you again, Maisha Meds and Jhpiego for inviting me to join this conversation alongside Abigail Pratt, Dr Maria D., and Dr Samwel Lorenzo last week at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting. Always great to talk about outcomes funding!

Last week in New Orleans, the Health Finance Coalition joined Maisha Meds and Jhpiego for an insightful side event during the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Annual Meeting. ? Facilitated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Abigail Pratt, the panel discussion brought together global experts, including HFC’s Alexander Honjiyo, to explore how innovative #financing models can engage the private sector to catalyze the scale of innovations to fight antimalarial resistance. ? “At HFC, we look to de-risk investment by thinking about what kinds of financing and funding mixes could make #malaria interventions more attractive for private sector investors,” said Honjiyo. “We are constantly looking to engage a wider range of investors and implementors to achieve the world’s #globalhealth goals.” ? ???More in our new blog: https://lnkd.in/egjg4HXC #TropMed24 #AntimalarialResistance #ImpactInvesting The Global Fund, Malaria Consortium, Medicines for Malaria Venture, USAID, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Colleen Connell, Martin Edlund, Precious Manyara, Swathi Rao, CFA, Ronald Wakhu, Mindy Mizell, Jennie Bragg

???????? ????????, ??????’?? ???????? ?????????? ????????????????. ?????? ???? ?????????? ??????????, ??????’?? ???????? ?????????? ??????????????????. This was the parting thought shared by Dr. James Tibenderana (Malaria Consortium) at the ASTMH event we co-hosted with Jhpiego on financing private sector innovations in an era of increasing risk of antimalarial resistance in Africa.?The event brought together experts to examine practical strategies for leveraging policy, technology, and innovative financing to think about the private sector not as a problem to be solved, but as an essential part of the solution. ?? ????????????: Effective policy means pulling the right levers across the entire system?— including high-level regulations on issues like medicine quality and pharmaceutical imports, first-mile measures that shape supply chains, and last-mile policies that improve how providers deliver patient care. We need policies that balance personal, business, and public health objectives, and that also balance carrots versus sticks. Beyond punitive measures, regulations can positively reinforce and incentivize quality case management, foster better practices, and diversify first-line drugs to combat resistance. ?? ????????????????????: Digital tools are now enabling unprecedented visibility and impact in the private sector. At Maisha Meds, we've seen firsthand how creative solutions at the point of care can spark real, cost-effective behavior change among providers and patients. And with novel data on medicine usage and treatment practices in the private sector, this is creating new opportunities for real-time, data-driven decision making that can not only shape policy but also drive positive, sustainable investments (in local manufacturing, for example). Speaking of which... ?? ??????????????????: New ways of thinking about healthcare financing can fuel innovations at scale — but this requires revisiting past lessons learned (as with AMFm) and reimagining what the next wave of sustainable funding initiatives might look like. Underutilized but powerful approaches like outcomes-based financing and integration into health insurance schemes can align profitability with public health. (As Alexander Honjiyo from Health Finance Coalition described the former, "It's basically procurement reform at a very basic level.") ? ?????? ?????????????? ?????? ??????????: "The time for action is yesterday."?Thank you to all our speakers from The Global Fund, Malaria Consortium, Medicines for Malaria Venture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Health Finance Coalition, USAID PMI, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, and the national malaria programs of Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria Ministries of Health. We're more energized than ever to turn these ideas into tangible progress and celebrate real successes in the months to years ahead. ??

Walking the Talk: Financing Climate and Health Solutions in APAC Join #AVPN at the Singapore Pavilion (Blue Zone) at COP29 to discuss the urgent need for climate and health solutions in the APAC region. Date: 18 November Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (local time) Why it matters: ???3.6 billion people live in areas highly vulnerable to climate change (WHO) ???APAC's climate adaptation financing gap for health is a staggering USD 3.52 billion Our Solution: AVPN's Climate x Health: Lighthouse for Asia initiative is bridging this gap by: ???Fostering research ???Supporting innovations ???Engaging policymakers ???Attracting private investment Only together can we build a healthier, more sustainable future. #AVPN #COP29SGPavilion #ClimatexHealth #ClimateChange #HealthSystems #ClimateFinance #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateHealth #Innovation #PublicHealth #PolicyChange #LighthouseForAsia COP SG Pavilion COP29 Azerbaijan Bayer Foundation

???How can innovative financing reshape healthcare access in Africa? In a recent interview, Noorin Mawani, Co-lead of the Transform Health Fund (THF), discusses THF’s unique #BlendedFinance structure and how HFC’s support plays a critical role in structuring transactions that drive investment opportunities?and maximize impact. Through deeply tailored support, HFC works with companies like THF’s investee, Lapaire, an optical retailer operating across Africa, to?identify high-impact opportunities designed to generate sustainable financial and social outcomes. By combining strategic guidance with investment, we set health entrepreneurs up for long-term success, unleashing healthcare impact at scale. ???Check out the full interview:?https://lnkd.in/evbBDXXV #ImpactInvesting #HealthcareInnovation #Africa Colleen Connell Martin Edlund Alexander Honjiyo Swathi Rao, CFA Precious Manyara Ronald Wakhu

???How can innovative financing reshape healthcare access in Africa? In a recent interview, Noorin Mawani, Co-lead of the Transform Health Fund (THF), discusses THF’s unique #BlendedFinance structure and how HFC’s support plays a critical role in structuring transactions that drive investment opportunities?and maximize impact. Through deeply tailored support, HFC works with companies like THF’s investee, Lapaire, an optical retailer operating across Africa, to?identify high-impact opportunities designed to generate sustainable financial and social outcomes. By combining strategic guidance with investment, we set health entrepreneurs up for long-term success, unleashing healthcare impact at scale. ???Check out the full interview:?https://lnkd.in/evbBDXXV #ImpactInvesting #HealthcareInnovation #Africa Colleen Connell Martin Edlund Alexander Honjiyo Swathi Rao, CFA Precious Manyara Ronald Wakhu

The October 2024 edition of Africa Private Equity News' Dealmaker’s Log is here! Our Dealmaker's Log, tracks the reported African #privateequity and #venturecapital transactions from last month (and extending back to an archive of transactions since May 2023). Subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/duy5dWPs This edition features 47 new transactions. These include: ???? AfricInvest Group and the Health Finance Coalition closed the Transform Health Fund at $111 million to boost healthcare innovations across Africa. ?? Phatisa exited Rolfes Holdings, a South Africa-based provider of food ingredients and chemicals, to SOLEVO Group, a pan-African speciality chemicals distributor. ?? Helios Investment Partners invested $40 million in Raya Foods, the second-largest exporter of frozen fruits and vegetables in Egypt. ?? Investment Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Injaro Investments Limited, backed AGRA, a poultry and animal feed producer in Cabo Verde. ?? U.S. International Development Finance Corporation committed $25 million to the Evolution III Fund, an energy fund managed by Inspired Evolution.