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Can Social Entrepreneurship Complement Public Health Systems? | Yale Insights

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While social entrepreneurs are often criticized for building parallel systems alongside public institutions, writes Yale SOM’s Teresa Chahine, in the case of public health they can serve as a pathway to strengthen and complement the existing public health system, especially in low-resource settings.

Teresa Chahine Senior Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship August 11, 2021 Social entrepreneurs help solve social problems with an entrepreneurial mindset and skill set. In countries like India where the public health system is under-resourced and unable to keep up with its citizens’ needs, social entrepreneurs are stepping in to mobilize resources in innovative ways and provide social services directly. Famous examples include Aravind Eye Care Systems , which tackled blindness in rural India by providing high-volume, low-cost eye surgery with differential pricing to cross-subsidize low-income

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