India’s first healthcare-focused blended finance facility, SAMRIDH aims to catalyse market solutions and innovations to improve access to affordable and quality healthcare services for the vulnerable. Supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D), in technical collaboration with the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India, National Health Authority, and NATHEALTH, SAMRIDH is being implemented by IPE Global.
Key Objectives
- Bridge supply-side gaps in healthcare facilities to respond to immediate, medium, and long-term health emergencies
- Accelerate scale-up and adoption of innovative and market-based health solutions
- Mobilise resources to support high-impact health solutions and build sustainable healthcare systems
- Promote ‘Make in India’ and comprehensive solutions at the community and facility level for vulnerable populations
- Encourage the participation of women in entrepreneurship to solve health challenges
- Drive ESG principles through investment decisions
Key Outcomes
- $350 million+ funds leveraged
- 25 million+ people reached
- 1,200 health facilities reached
- Pan India capacity building for over 26,000+ frontline healthcare providers, over 15,000 being women
