Tagged: private sector

  • September 17, 2020

    The future of global development: Trending toward a more urban, corporate and digital world

    Written by
    Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer, FHI 360

    The global pandemic and ensuing social and economic disruptions have led to significant uncertainty about the future and the need for global actors to adapt. While we may not have a crystal ball to show us what is to come, this month’s guest on A Deeper Look podcast, Lars Gustavsson, may be the next best thing. Lars studies global issues and phenomena to predict megatrends and their accelerants, so that we can effectively plan for and respond to them.

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  • June 29, 2020

    How can community pharmacies improve access to HIV medications during COVID-19?

    Written by
    Moses Bateganya, Technical Director, HIV Programs, FHI 360

    The increased pressure on public health systems to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic affects all routine health care, including the provision of essential HIV services. People living with HIV require regular access to treatment, but crowded public health facilities carry increased risk of exposure to COVID-19. Routine treatment sites also may be harder to reach because of stay-at-home orders, curfews and public transportation shutdowns. To maintain gains in HIV epidemic control, we must ensure that people needing antiretroviral therapy (ART) continue to receive medication uninterrupted.

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  • June 27, 2019

    A dispatch from Women Deliver: How the private sector is ensuring women are included in more inclusive growth

    Written by
    Nicole Goldin, Director and Lead Economist, Economic Participation, FHI 360

    This post was originally published on the Atlantic Council’s New Atlanticist blog. Reprinted with permission.

    Over the course of four days in June, more than 8,000 world leaders, influencers, practitioners, advocates, academics, activists and journalists gathered in Vancouver, Canada, to discuss how to accelerate progress for girls and women around the globe. The Women Deliver conference included important conversations about the future of work and women’s economic participation. Importantly, the debate demonstrated how the dialogue on the role of the private sector is shifting: from corporate responsibility to corporate interest and from social impact to bottom line impact — and increasingly both.

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  • March 21, 2019

    Engaging the private sector in the fight to end TB

    Written by
    Dr. Lisa Stevens, Senior Technical Advisor, TB and HIV, FHI 360
    Dr. Otto Chabikuli, Director of Global Health, Population and Nutrition, FHI 360

    In Cambodia, Chea Ru, a mother of five, suffered from classic tuberculosis (TB) symptoms of protracted cough, persistent fever, night sweats and profound weight loss. For more than a year, she was misdiagnosed and unsuccessfully treated by private for-profit providers, including traditional healers and doctors. Her health continued to decline and family finances suffered until, through FHI 360-supported community screening, she was finally correctly diagnosed.

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