When it comes to strengthening health systems, how can financing can be leveraged more effectively and efficiently?
During “Revolutionizing Primary Health Care,” a special event co-hosted by Philips and Devex during #GlobalDev Week in New York, Khawar Mann, managing director in the health care team at The Abraaj Group, sat down with Devex Partnerships Editor Richard Jones to discuss what should be on the radar for the global development community.
Right now a lot of the money is going to bottom of the pyramid interventions, said Mann. So what it will take to funnel funding from the BoP to more integrated providers?
“The global community needs to consolidate all its investment channels into a handful of providers who stand for quality, for access and affordability,” he said.
Click on the above video for more on Mann’s views about how new investment models can improve reach and access, and his call for more dialogue across sectors early on in strategic discussions.
Making Markets Work is an online conversation to explore what’s being done to make global health care markets accessible to people at the base of the pyramid. Over 10 weeks, Devex and its partners — The Abraaj Group, Philips and Population Services International — will amplify the discussion around effective health financing, analyze key challenges blocking universal market access in the health care supply chain, and explore the key strategies to make markets more effective. Join us as we look at this important issue, and share your thoughts by tagging #MakingMarketsWork and @Devex.
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Naomi Mihara
Naomi Mihara is an Associate Editor for Devex, working on creative and audiovisual projects. She has a background in journalism and international development, having previously served as an assistant correspondent for Japanese newspaper The Yomiuri Shimbun and as a communications officer for the International Organization for Migration in Southeast Asia. She holds a master’s degree in Multimedia Journalism from Bournemouth University.
