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By leveraging private sector expertise, resources, and innovation, PPPs can help ensure cost-effective healthcare delivery.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
Invest in preparedness and establish a shock-responsive social protection system to weather future shocks and reap dividends from resilience.
Robo-advisory algorithms tend to move together during market downturns, potentially amplifying shocks and weakening price discovery.
Partnerships with commercial banks and insurers are helping mobilize private finance to meet the health and long-term care needs of ageing societies.
From frontline workers to community-based care, countries are finding practical ways to expand support for maternal mental health.
Investing in mental health strengthens human capital, reduces inequality, and drives economic and social gains across sectors.
Regulatory and financial innovations can ensure that microfinance benefits those who need them most.
Targeted financing, regional pooling, and digital solutions can expand access to essential health services across dispersed island populations.
As energy prices surge, air quality solutions that make hospitals safer and more efficient can be the best option for governments and patients.