IMPROVING ACCESS TO MEDICINES AND OTHER ESSENTIAL HEALTH PRODUCTS THROUGH DECENTRALIZED PRIMARY CARE:

Case-based solutions to Empower Female Health Workers to deliver Last Mile Care

Wednesday, May 25, 2022, 11:30am-1:30pm CEST
Salon Kirschner, Hotel Seehof, Davos

The Access to Medicine Foundation and the Center for Global Health and Development (GHD) cordially invite you to speak at a roundtable session that will address sustainable investment in female entrepreneurs as a strategy for improving access to care and medicine in low to middle income countries and how to use investments to empower women to deliver decentralized primary care.

MODERATORS

Joanne Manrique

Joanne Manrique

CEO, Center for Global Health & Development

Opening Remarks

Next Steps

Dr. Jayasree Iyer

Dr. Jayasree Iyer

CEO, Access to Medicine Foundation

Opening Remarks

Next Steps

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - VIDEO

PANELISTS - VIDEO

Jasper Klapwijk
Business Development Manager & Health Lead
Invest International

Regina Namata Kamoga
Executive Director
CHAIN Uganda

Dr. Lwazi Manzi
Head of Secretariat of the AU Commission on Covid-19

Dr. Vanessa Kerry
CEO, Seed Global Health

Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Founder and CEO, LifeBank

Nita Madhav
CEO, Metabiota

Ruth Van Asperen
Global Government and Public Affairs
Royal Philips

Sian Williams
Senior Policy Advisor
Wellcome Trust

BACKGROUND

Female entrepreneurs equipped with the right capital and networks have the potential to support current efforts to decentralize primary care and improve access to care and medicine in rural areas. Since women represent 70% of the health workforce, and 76% of community health workers, supporting their entrepreneurship is an essential strategy for addressing health inequities.

This session can help create a robust roadmap that guides grant making, technical assistance, concessional lending, microlending and direct investment that will sustainably support these health entrepreneurs with a generational impact.

The information will position stakeholders to define a strategy that addresses barriers and opportunities in the local context and draws on lessons learned from previous investments and training programs.

Topics

  • Strategies for improving access to capital and business skills development for women-led and women-focused SMEs.
  • The role of technology in augmenting the work, supporting the investment case, and expanding networks.
  • Approaches to blend different funding mechanisms (e.g., micro-loans, grants, concessional lending, technical assistance, SME VC/PE investment) that can create a positive business case for sustainability which will empower the current and next generation of female entrepreneurs.
  • New women-led models of decentralized care and barriers to long term success.
    • Business skills
    • Geographies/political climate/government engagement.
  • Success stories and lessons learned
    • Examples of sustainable investment models and sound entrepreneurship models.

Outcome

  • Case studies highlighting successful investment models.
  • Report summarizing session findings, lessons learned, and recommendations.
  • Strategy for how participants can engage with recently launched Africa Task Force to apply recommendations.
Africa Task Force

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