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Blog Series

Digital Finance for Global Health

The global health sector is beginning to experiment and see some success with the use of digital financial services. With the cost savings from more efficient payment mechanisms, for example, health providers can sustainably reach more people with their services. Savings, credit and remittance products delivered over digital channels are helping low-income customers to afford potentially life-saving treatments. And digital microinsurance products provide a safety net for low-income customers, helping prevent people from slipping deeper into poverty due to a health emergency.

This blog series presents the ways in which digital financial services can be used to advance global health goals and explores emerging use cases. 

A pharmacist assists a customer in Kenya.
Blog
11 September 2018

A Digital Platform to Manage Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenses

The M-TIBA mobile health wallet combines savings, remittances and other digital financial services to help low-income customers cover health care expenses.
A pediatrician examines a child in a Nairobi hospital.
Blog
10 July 2018

Bringing Health Microinsurance to Kenyans via Mobile Phone

Bundling microinsurance with other mobile financial products is making health insurance more affordable and useful for low-income patients in Kenya.
Registered nurse vaccinates a child for polio in Beirut, Lebanon
Blog
12 December 2017

A Digital Finance Prescription for Universal Health Coverage

Digital finance is just beginning to realize its potential in the health care sector. Take a look at some early examples of how digital financial services are contributing to the goal of universal health coverage.

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