BSR Insight | Innovative Solutions to Improving Women and Children’s Health
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Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
Publication Date
September 20, 2011
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A new UN report explores how to improve women and children’s health globally. The report details what’s needed for successful development programs, outlines critical health needs, and highlights 10 innovative business models (including BSR’s HERproject) for delivering health services and products.
Projects include:
Colalife: This initiative uses existing Coca-Cola product-distribution networks to dispense affordable anti-diarrhea kits to rural households.
SMS for Life: This program uses mobile phones, SMS messages, and electronic-mapping technology to track inventory levels of anti-malaria medicines in rural and under-resourced regions.
Grameen Intel: This initiative uses cell phones and software to identify high-risk pregnancies, track patients, allocate resources, and train community health workers.
For more information on investing in women’s health, contact BSR’s HERproject Manager Racheal Yeager.
About the Author(s)
Elissa Goldenberg, Associate, Advisory Services
With four years of sustainability communications expertise, Elissa works with BSR member companies in a range of sectors—including those in information and communications technology; food, beverage, and agriculture; energy; and consumer products—on various sustainability issues including reporting, stakeholder engagement, and human rights... Read more →
Topics
Civil & Political Rights, Community Engagement & Development, Economic Development, Economic, Social & Cultural Rights, Human Rights, Women & Sustainability
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