Venture philanthropy comes of age in medical hour of need
The use of venture philanthropy (VP) as a tool to improve people’s lives through engaging with their basic social and welfare needs, such as education, housingand food and water, is clear.
There is, however, an increasing attention on how VP can help improve people’s health with a range of funds and programmes being developed, albeit all in the shadow of the giant Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s work on communicable diseases, such as malaria, funded by a $33.5bn endowment…
