PAHAL is USAID/India and IPE Global’s flagship innovations in financing platform to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare for the poor. The project leverages private sector resources and capacity to institutionalise primary and secondary health services for the base of the pyramid population with a high disease burden. The project seeks to accelerate Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by catalysing innovative financing models, leveraging capital, and providing scale-up support to proven high-impact innovations / social enterprises by setting up the Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare Blended Finance Facility (SAMRIDH BFF). The initiative is a first-of-its-kind facility aiming to leverage a $100+ million fund to allow social and market-based health solutions to be introduced and scaled rapidly.
SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Financing Facility is supported by the United States Agency for International Development in technical collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission & Women Entrepreneurship Platform, NITI Aayog, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, the National Health Authority, Indian Institute of Technology, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Caspian Debt, Rockefeller Foundation, and NATHEALTH, and is managed by IPE Global. This initiative combines commercial capital with public and philanthropic funds to drive greater resources towards market-based health solutions that improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services for India’s most vulnerable. SAMRIDH with a commitment of $350 million in grant and debt financing to healthcare enterprises and innovators, aims to augment their capacity to produce and supply high-impact health solutions. The support is complemented with substantial technical assistance and a capacity-building component, enabling enterprises to unlock new sources of capital through blended financing solutions for long-term sustainability and expansion.
Making an Impact
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35+
enterprises with high-impact solutions supported to scale
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$15 Million
funded
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$350 Million +
fund leveraged
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1200 +
health facilities impacted
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20000+
medical professionals, health workers trained
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6 Million +
people directly impacted
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25 Million +
people reached
