Local and Vocal: How a Community Radio Pilot Helped Generate Buzz Around PM-JAY in Uttar Pradesh
The Community Radio pilot run in four districts of Uttar Pradesh informed, educated and mobilized the eligible population to enroll and use the scheme. As a medium that is accountable to the community and keeps the spotlight on local issues, sustained engagement …
What is Science as a Superpower About?
ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine, PhD, has dedicated his life to healing as many people as possible through science. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School where he developed and helped find cures for diseases such as cancer …
Report Release: Assessment of the Accessibility of Commercial Insurance in China for People with Disabilities Report
On March 26, 2021, the “Assessment of the Accessibility of Commercial Insurance in China for People with Disabilities” report release event was officially held in Beijing. The report conference was jointly launched by Yibaojihua, ACCESS Health China, and the Beijing AE Foundation. …
ACCESS Health Philippines: A Look Back On 2020 And Look Ahead To 2021
With the pandemic’s onset, 2020 became a year of transition for the Philippines office. The introduction of quarantines necessitated a move online for nearly all our projects and activities. Nevertheless, our work continued and we were able to complete a number of …
Elderly care: What Germany can learn from the rest of the world
Abstract: Sustainable elderly care becomes increasingly challenging in a rapidly ageing world. Being the third oldest nation globally, Germany is facing significant societal changes and demographic pressures. Bold and far-reaching reforms to revolutionise senior care are urgently required. Here, we review Germany’s …
Wage Digitization for RMG Workers: Advancing Financial Inclusion in Bangladesh
In the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh, the move from cash to digital payments has opened new doors for strengthening the digital ecosystem for low-income earners. The digitization of wages provides a multitude of opportunities—from empowering women, to improving access to financial …
A Vietnam Fintech for Health co-creation workshop: Discovering innovative fintech solutions for healthcare financing challenges
A full day workshop was organized by ACCESS Health International and PSI team in Hanoi, Vietnam. Under Fintech for Health project, the agenda of the workshop was to co-create affordability solutions for working women to access contraceptive treatment. Representatives from six different …
How to Meet the Health Needs of People in the Time of Covid-19?
This is the first in a series of blog posts by ACCESS Health India Country Director Dr. Krishna Reddy. Dr. Reddy is a board certified cardiologist with a long and distinguished career, marked by his leadership of the CARE Hospital Group which …
Healthcare must be Affordable and Accessible, but also High Quality
This post, authored by Valerie Shelly (ACCESS Health International), Susann Roth (Asian Development Bank) and Kirthi Ramesh (Asian Development Bank), originally appeared on the Asian Development Bank blog. Universal health coverage must be high quality to improve patients’ health outcomes Shakina lives in …
ACCESS Health Aging Books Featured on Here’s To Your Health Radio
ACCESS Health Chair and President William A. Haseltine was interviewed by Joshua Lane on the radio program, Here’s To Your Health. The program explores ideas that can improve the health of people of all ages and their communities. In the interview, Dr. …
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