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DO YOU HAVE A MARKET-READY SOLUTION THAT CAN BE SCALED TO SOLVE INDIA'S HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES?

We are inviting applications from healthcare enterprises, offering scalable market solutions to strengthen India’s health systems, augment health infrastructure, and improve capacities of healthcare workers. We are here to learn about your immediate needs and offer customized financial support, including grant funding and other financing options designed to ensure that the burden of debt does not derail the scale up and adoption of your high impact health product or service. This will be complemented with a strong technical assistance and capacity building component, enabling you to receive commercial investments through blended financing models for long-term sustainability and expansion.

If you have a solution that can strengthen India’s health systems and meet emerging healthcare needs, apply for funding, today!

FOCUS AREAS

Critical Health
System Challenges

Vaccine supply and delivery systems
Healthcare infrastructure
Diagnostic products and services
Training and capacity building of health workers
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MEDICAL DEVICES

Remote health monitoring devices
State-of-art short stay healthcare centers
AI/ML-based integrated healthcare management systems
AI/ML-based integrated vaccine & cold storage management systems
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for tracing and precision surveillance systems

Health Systems Resiliency

Strengthening supply chain and logistics for delivery
Strengthening integrated networked care models across the public and private sector
Increasing community-based case management and referrals
Home-based care models
Reliable health information

CO-MORBIDITIES

Screening, Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of NCDs – Diabetes, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Obesity, Mental Health

MENTAL HEALTH

Affordable and accessible interventions for promoting mental health
- of healthcare providers (doctors/nurses/frontline workers) and
- patients recovering from adverse effects of COVID pandemic

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISES

Can be for-profit or not-for-profit.
Must be legally registered in India at least two years before the date of submission of the application.
Solution should be in early to late revenue stage [Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 & above] as prescribed by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council.
Must have proven business model and a revenue of at least INR 3 Crores as per the last audited financial statements.
The solution should be sustainable and demonstrate long-term financial viability, having gross profit margins of greater than 30%.
The proposal must indicate fund utilization for operational expenditures, instead for capital expenditure.
Should focus on Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities and priority populations, such as the rural and urban poor, those with low middle incomes, and tribal populations.
Should not source goods and services with USAID funds from restricted geographies.