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THE NEED:

Global initiatives to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will fail unless private sector capital is mobilized to blend with governmental, developmental and private sector capital. Currently, committed capital investment lags required investment capital by over US $370 billion in 2019 alone. Combined with the past capital gaps in the preceding 10 years, the current capital commitment gap exceeds US $1 trillion.

THE SOLUTION:

CGHD and strategic partners created the Sustainable Health and Financing Platform to close the capital commitment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Strategic partners include multi-lateral agencies, G7 and emerging market governments, private sector companies, private venture capital and equity investors as well as critical civil society organizations who are dedicated to fostering an undertaking rooted in trust, commonality, transparency and accountability which will de-risk private investment into health, education and development broadly allowing reasonable monetary returns as well as measurable and robust social impact. 

WHAT MAKES THE PLATFORM UNIQUE?

The Sustainable Health Financing Platform differs from previous attempts at creating sustainable blended financing ventures in LMIC in four critical areas:

• Assembling a critical mass of strategic stakeholders which will allow multi-stakeholder interventions into businesses, innovations and facilities that involve such areas as primary care, education, maternal/child health, gender, infrastructure, data collection and reporting, Artificial Intelligence (AI), HIV, HCV, supply chain, medical equipment and diagnostics, outreach, R&D, and disease response, to name a few;
  
  
• Engaging all critical stakeholders from the onset creating a true collaboration based on trust, understanding, transparency and accountability enabling the Platform to model interventions with a critical eye towards mobilizing private capital and increasing domestic resource mobilization. These efforts will allow projects to proceed with critical input to incorporate de-risking mechanisms such as first loss capital, technical assistance (TA), debt financing and equity investments;
  
  
• Include critical partners from the data and AI sectors. Data partners will create a bi-directional flow of information that will allow measurement of critical outcomes at pre-determined intervals to inform both the public and private sector partners thus supporting accountability and transparency. AI partners will provide mechanism to streamline development and implementation of processes thus reducing administrative and operational costs and increasing efficiency and accountability; and,
  
  
• Focus on a phased approach when developing intervention models thus allowing pilots to be tested and evaluated before bringing them to scale. Continuous input from public and private sector partners will inform the pilot and will enhance success in scaling the intervention.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY

• Facilities – connected, equipped, durable and functional facilities designed around the needs of patients are necessary to provide safe and respectful places for delivery of essential quality care.
  
  
• Access to Innovative Medical Products and Technologies – every facility requires essential medicines, vaccines, and other commodities as well as well-functioning supply chains to ensure timely and demand-led supply of goods; quality diagnostic equipment; and basic supplies and instruments to improve access to quality care.
  
  
• Costs of essential medicines – affordability of medicines is also critical since in many developing and emerging economy countries individuals must pay out of pocket. Developing a procurement regime or regimes that respond to countries’ specific needs and challenges while keeping costs low, yet profitable will be the challenge.
  
  
• Supply Chain Development and Management – most individuals who have limited access to health services reside in remote communities; therefore, addressing supply chains will be critical to the success of any pilot. How can critical medicines be delivered quickly, efficiently, and timely and how can they be stored and monitored, particularly in areas where electricity is absent or limited?

THE NEED:

Global initiatives to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will fail unless private sector capital is mobilized to blend with governmental, developmental and private sector capital. Currently, committed capital investment lags required investment capital by over US $370 billion in 2019 alone. Combined with the past capital gaps in the preceding 10 years, the current capital commitment gap exceeds US $1 trillion.

THE SOLUTION:

CGHD and strategic partners created the Sustainable Health and Financing Platform to close the capital commitment gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Strategic partners include multi-lateral agencies, G7 and emerging market governments, private sector companies, private venture capital and equity investors as well as critical civil society organizations who are dedicated to fostering an undertaking rooted in trust, commonality, transparency and accountability which will de-risk private investment into health, education and development broadly allowing reasonable monetary returns as well as measurable and robust social impact. 

WHAT MAKES THE PLATFORM UNIQUE?

The Sustainable Health Financing Platform differs from previous attempts at creating sustainable blended financing ventures in LMIC in four critical areas:

• Assembling a critical mass of strategic stakeholders which will allow multi-stakeholder interventions into businesses, innovations and facilities that involve such areas as primary care, education, maternal/child health, gender, infrastructure, data collection and reporting, Artificial Intelligence (AI), HIV, HCV, supply chain, medical equipment and diagnostics, outreach, R&D, and disease response, to name a few;
  
  
• Engaging all critical stakeholders from the onset creating a true collaboration based on trust, understanding, transparency and accountability enabling the Platform to model interventions with a critical eye towards mobilizing private capital and increasing domestic resource mobilization. These efforts will allow projects to proceed with critical input to incorporate de-risking mechanisms such as first loss capital, technical assistance (TA), debt financing and equity investments;
  
  
• Include critical partners from the data and AI sectors. Data partners will create a bi-directional flow of information that will allow measurement of critical outcomes at pre-determined intervals to inform both the public and private sector partners thus supporting accountability and transparency. AI partners will provide mechanism to streamline development and implementation of processes thus reducing administrative and operational costs and increasing efficiency and accountability; and,
  
  
• Focus on a phased approach when developing intervention models thus allowing pilots to be tested and evaluated before bringing them to scale. Continuous input from public and private sector partners will inform the pilot and will enhance success in scaling the intervention.