S2, Ep. 10: The role of women in the health investment space

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What is innovative finance? Who are the women in this space doing incredible research and finding fantastic health development solutions? What can women working in this space do to drive investment in priority areas?

In this episode of the Just for a change podcast, we hear from Dr Nevilene Slingers, executive programme manager for Social Impact bonds in the Office of AIDS and TB and Mariale Urrea who is a Social Finance manager based in Colombia.
Hosts Gillian Moodley and Iris Nxumalo-De Smidt also have insightful conversations with Dr. Andrea Feigl-Ding, the Founder and CEO of the Health Finance Institute and Dr. Mara Airoldi who is the Academic Director of the Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) at the Blavatnik School of Government of the University of Oxford.

These pioneering women share from their experiences in the innovative finance world and give great advice to women working in the space of driving social investment for health and social priorities.

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Links you should know about:
World Health Day 2022: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2022

Understanding outcomes funds - A guide for practitioners, governments and donors: https://golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk/knowledge-bank/resources/understanding-outcomes-funds-a-guide-for-practitioners-governments-and-donors/

Innovative financing mechanisms for Health: Mapping and Recommendations: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/photos-publications-and-graphics/publications/article/innovative-financing-mechanisms-for-health-mapping-and-recommendations-november
20 Apr 2022 English South Africa Business · Non-Profit

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