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19 Social Healthcare Innovations

From Micro-Health Insurance to Digital Rural Medicine

— May 17, 2013 — Social Good
Some of these social healthcare innovations respond to governmental policy and funding and others go around them. Many of them are looking to technology as some sort of perhaps not "savior" but way to increase outcomes and foster neoliberal self-management of individuals' bodies.

Here are a few examples. iKure, a social enterprise based in India, is affiliated with the Intellecap Impact Investment Network (that is how it received its funding) and attempts to provide healthcare to rural communities through technological means. In Pakistan, Naya Jeevan operates a micro-health insurance scheme that attempts to respond to the less than 3% of the government's spending that is reserved for healthcare. From micro-health insurance to digital rural medicine, the impacts from these social healthcare innovations will take a number of years to measure.
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Message-Establishing Videos
Message-Establishing Videos
Penda Means Love Discusses Penda Health's Initiative in Kenya
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Not-for-Profit Medical Care
Not-for-Profit Medical Care
Derbyshire Health United Provides After Hours Access to Doctors
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Community Health Commitments
Community Health Commitments
Alliance of Chicago Has Been Serving Low-Income Communities Since '97
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Job-Creating Recycling Programs
Job-Creating Recycling Programs
Bangladesh's 'Waste Concern' is an Eco Social Business with Bite
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Social Enterprise Financing
Social Enterprise Financing
'Big Issue Invest' is a Social Business that Invests in Others
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Surgery Sponsoring Web Donations
Surgery Sponsoring Web Donations
Watsi is Making Medical Care Affordable for the Developing World
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Digital Rural Medicine
Digital Rural Medicine
mDiagnostica Leverages Mobile Tech for More Efficient Healthcare
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Socially Responsible Healthcare Companies
Socially Responsible Healthcare Companies
Novo Nordisk is a Danish Triple Bottom Line Business
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Micro-Health Insurance
Micro-Health Insurance
Naya Jeevan Makes Healthcare a Reality for Low Income Employees
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Community-Built Solutions
Community-Built Solutions
Mama Hope Doesn't Adhere to a 'One Size Fits All' Model
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For-Profits Women's Clinics (UPDATE)
For-Profits Women's Clinics (UPDATE)
Penda Health Sees its First Patients in Kenya
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Social Street Papers
Social Street Papers
Real Issues Magazine Empowers Communities Marginalized by Poverty
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Mobile Life-Saving Enterprises
Mobile Life-Saving Enterprises
Dial 1298 Provides Emergency Medical Attention to Individuals
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Imaginative Care Supporters
Imaginative Care Supporters
Community Catalysts Develops Radical Solutions to Social Issues
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Social Enterprise Clinics
Social Enterprise Clinics
Penda Health Offers Specialized Medical Care to Women in Kenya
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Sustaining Rural Development
Sustaining Rural Development
Barefoot College Supports Professionals in the Majority World
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Remote Healthcare Technologies
Remote Healthcare Technologies
iKure is a Kolkata-Based Delivery Platform for India
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Digital Therapy Apps
Digital Therapy Apps
Buddy is a Start-Up Supporting Health Services
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Energy Poverty Entrepreneurs
Energy Poverty Entrepreneurs
Solar Sister Targets Women to Sell Lamps and Improve Livelihoods
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