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Global Health and Prosperity Global Health and ProsperityResilient health systems are fundamental to global prosperity, stability, and security.
 DFC is committed to strengthening pandemic preparedness and health system resilience in low- and lower-middle income countries. In May 2020, the agency launched its Global Health and Prosperity Initiative (HAPI) to mobilize investment in projects that support health services and infrastructure as well as to expand access to clean water, sanitation, and nutrition. DFC also has a strong focus on projects that support underserved communities, including women and girls, who are often disproportionately impacted by crises like COVID-19.

Since the initiative launched, DFC has supported nearly $2 billion in investment over 25 health projects. DFC’s investments are supporting the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding access to vaccines in the short-term and building vaccine manufacturing capacity in the long-term. The pandemic exposed weaknesses in global health systems and spurred innovation. The agency sees new opportunities to expand investments in health services and infrastructure, health commodity manufacturing and supply chain, and digital health. DFC plans to build on the initial progress of the Global Health and Prosperity Initiative and to expand investments in global health innovation.

Under HAPI, DFC has issued a call for proposals from private sector entities seeking financing for investments in global health. This call for proposals is still open. Before submitting a proposal, learn whether your project may be eligible.

DFC's investments are helping advance **DFI collaboration on infrastructure development** to bolster private sector investment in shared priority sectors including climate, health, gender equality, and digital connectivity.
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      Improving access to quality healthcare across Africa
    Increasing water access in Asia and Africa
    Helping a women-owned business expand access to women’s health and sanitation products
    Strengthening treatment of chronic disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Helping rural Kenyans and Ugandans purchase essential household goods
    Mobilizing growth capital in Nepal
    Improving farm productivity in India with digital solutions
    Helping health clinics and medical equipment manufacturers in Africa respond to COVID-19
    Advancing accessible healthcare in India
    Expanding COVID vaccine manufacturing capacity in Southeast Asia
    Helping women in Brazil access affordable healthcare
    Investing in essential infrastructure in Africa and the Middle East
    Increasing access to hygiene products for women in India Ophthalmologist examining a patient's eyes
A DFC equity investment of up to $10 million in AfricInvest’s Transform Health Fund will support investments in Africa’s healthcare services and health supply chain sectors, increasing healthcare access for low-income populations.
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    Hands holding water
DFC committed an up to $10 million equity investment to Water Access Acceleration Fund to expand access to affordable and safe drinking water by investing in social enterprises that are providing potable water solutions in low and lower-middle income countries in Asia and Africa.
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    kasha delivery driver on motor bike
Equity financing is helping the women-owned and women-led e-commerce business Kasha, expand its business selling personal care products to women in Kenya and Rwanda. Kasha offers an online store accessible through basic mobile phones, where consumers can browse, order, make payment and arrange for delivery. The company also works with a network of agents, most of them community health workers, who reach out to women in more remote areas to assist them with their purchases. To date, the company has served 70,000 customers, most of them low-income women.
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    Interior view of a dialysis centerPhoto Credit: Africa Healthcare Network
A DFC loan is supporting the expansion of Africa Healthcare Network, the first dialysis chain in Sub-Saharan Africa focused on expanding access to affordable and quality care. Africa Healthcare Network will use the loan to improve dialysis care in existing hospitals in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda, while establishing clinics to screen for kidney disease as well as registries for patients who are at risk.
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    Copia sales agent with customer
DFC has invested $10 million in equity in Copia Global, Inc., a nine-year-old e-commerce startup, to help it expand its online retail model with an emphasis on reaching the mass market consumer in Africa. DFC’s equity investment helped mobilize over $40 million of additional third-party capital to support Copia’s growth.
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    Nepalese woman using tablet
A DFC equity investment in Dolma Impact Fund II will support investments in healthcare, renewable energy, and technology. Dolma Fund Management, the first private equity fund manager dedicated to investing in Nepal, will target investments that reduce dependence on imported energy, help mitigate the impacts of flood, landslide, and drought on its largely agrarian economy, while promoting the introduction of technology that promotes financial inclusion.
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    Indian farmer using mobile phone
A DFC investment in Chiratae Ventures International Fund IV LLC is supporting investments in multiple technology companies, including Agrostar, which offers an agri-tech platform to help millions of farmers access information and expert advice and purchase the seeds, fertilizers, and other inputs to help them increase yields and reach larger markets.
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    photo, man in pharmacy looking at medication
Financing to Medical Credit Fund is providing loans to clinics in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, so that they can provide a higher level of care to a greater number of patients.
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    Indian man on a video call with a doctor
DFC-guaranteed loans to Portea Medical, an India-based home healthcare company founded in 2013, will help provide targeted healthcare services at a fraction of the cost of traditional care. While hospital ICU care can cost approximately $400 per day, Portea’s comparable home-based services are available at only $133 per day.
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    COVID-19 vaccine dose in front of a masked woman
DFC financing is helping Indian vaccine manufacturer, Biological E Limited, expand production capacity for at least one billion additional COVID vaccine doses.
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    Female doctor measuring heartbeat of female patient
A DFC loan is helping GIP Medicina Diagnóstica S.A. expand its chain of women’s health diagnostic centers that provide diagnostic testing, imaging, blood work, and pathology testing services. The company, which is known as Femme in the local market, currently operates 14 centers in São Paulo and will use the DFC financing to expand, adding more than 27 centers over the next six years, serving low and middle-income women. With the additional diagnostic centers, the company projects its annual patient consultations will increase from approximately 300,000 currently to more than 4.5 million. Femme plans to place new locations in underserved areas to help increase access for low-income households.
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    Pedestrians walking through a crosswalk in Africa
A DFC loan is helping The Urban Resilience Fund (TURF), a blended finance investment fund managed by Meridiam Group, invest in infrastructure projects that address the critical needs of urban population growth in Africa and Jordan.
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    Two Indian schoolgirls looking at their schoolwork
Former banker and leadership coach turned-entrepreneur Sahil Dharia founded India-based Soothe Healthcare in 2012 after considering the negative effects of girls missing school due to menstruation and the benefits of expanding access to hygiene products. DFC financing will help Soothe support the expanded manufacturing of affordable menstrual products and grow its distribution network to better reach under-served women in non-urban areas.
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