Highlights of the qualitative study on capital providers conducted by Propelevate for Investing in Women in Spring 2024

‘HIV risk rises as climate disasters push African women to sell sex’

Writing in The Thomson Reuters Foundation’s The Context, Nita Balla brings the human stories of one of the key pathways in which climate change is increasing the spread of HIV. The article builds upon the conceptual framework build by Propelevate for FrontlineAIDS.

Propelevate is thrilled to announce, on this International Women's Day, our partnership with Investing in Women to build the market for gender-lens investing, an investing strategy which incorporates gender considerations throughout the investment process to make investment decisions that lead to better gender equality and economic outcomes for women.

Propelevate will leverage our experience expanding access to women’s health products around the world, ensuring that Vivacelle Bio’s innovations are designed for and with Sub-Saharan African health care providers and users, and that products are available within regional markets quickly.

Life sciences company Vivacelle Bio today announced Sub-Saharan Africa as a priority region for its life-saving alternative to fluid resuscitation to treat hypovolemia caused by severe sepsis, septic shock, or blood loss.

Propelevate’s work helping Frontline AIDS better understand how climate change affects HIV has been featured in the Lancet. We spoke to Frontline AIDS’ frontline partners around the world about their experience, we reviewed existing literature and we spoke to climate/health experts.

Investing in renewable energy, such as solar, wind and hydro, is one way to reduce pollution and improve air quality, while at the same time supporting gender equity.

There are three major reasons to include diverse global markets as soon as possible in your product/service development strategy.

Reason 1: It’s where your customers are

Reason 2: You can address need and inequity

Reason 3: There are partners that can make it easier

We also share thoughts on how to incorporate a health equity lens in new markets.

One ideal channel for distributing self-care medicines and devices is private pharmacies; as they tend to be open more days and hours than clinics, have less waiting time, and are generally staffed by trained pharmacists who can provide supportive advice. In addition, they provide a stigma-free environment where it is easier to solicit support for sensitive health issues since it is socially acceptable to be seen in a pharmacy.