In this post, we summarize promising work at Results for Development Institute and suggest keeping an eye on R4D for deployment of new information delivery mechanisms in the coming months.

The Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through the Results for Development Institute are supporting a global knowledge access initiative – the Center for Health Market Innovations (CHMI) - that seeks to collect, analyze and disseminate information about health market innovations in developing countries to facilitate the creation of strategic linkages among entrepreneurs, funders, policy makers and researchers.

Motivated by the lack of adequate information about the scale, scope and effectiveness of the innovative health financing and delivery models, the initiative targets mainly the complex and largely unregulated health markets in low and middle income countries. A number of studies have found that many patients in various countries – including populous nations such as China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria – rely on formal and informal private providers for key services such as treatment of malaria, diarrhea and acute respiratory infections with more than half of the total health expenditures largely being private, out-of-pocket transactions.

CHMI’s goal is to accelerate the diffusion of market-oriented health financing and delivery models that effectively facilitate the delivery of priority health interventions, improve quality of care and/or financial protection for the poor with a primary focus on programs in large and vibrant private health sectors. Of particular interest are innovative programs in service delivery, financing, regulation or accreditation, use of technology, supply chain and strengthening immunization programs.

See blog source from: Role of the Private Sector in Health Systems

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