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| Title |
Venture funding for science-based African health innovation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, December 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-698x-10-s1-s12 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hassan Masum, Justin Chakma, Ken Simiyu, Wesley Ronoh, Abdallah S Daar, Peter A Singer |
| Abstract |
While venture funding has been applied to biotechnology and health in high-income countries, it is still nascent in these fields in developing countries, and particularly in Africa. Yet the need for implementing innovative solutions to health challenges is greatest in Africa, with its enormous burden of communicable disease. Issues such as risk, investment opportunities, return on investment requirements, and quantifying health impact are critical in assessing venture capital's potential for supporting health innovation. This paper uses lessons learned from five venture capital firms from Kenya, South Africa, China, India, and the US to suggest design principles for African health venture funds. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 18 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 22% |
| South Africa | 4 | 22% |
| Canada | 2 | 11% |
| Uganda | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 94% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 18% |
| Unknown | 14 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Business, Management and Accounting | 15 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Engineering | 5 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Unknown | 19 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2021.
All research outputs
#2,551,925
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#3,101
of 17,512 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#14,129
of 191,085 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#18
of 121 outputs
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