The basis of any health system about primitive health. However, in many low and medium-income countries, this foundation remains dangerously thin. Compared to 5.6 in high-income countries, the clinics are very small to about 1,000 people in low-income countries. In addition, many people, value and distance, especially in rural areas of more than 2 billion people are not accessing limited or main health services.
Digital innovation is rebuilding the world’s health, but it is often a need for people without trusting stable internet, smartphones or remote solutions. The needed thing is not just more technology, but more powerful connection: between people and providers, between digital instruments and physical infrastructure, it is designed to serve between solutions and communities.
This is where hybrid health models are in. By combining digital tools and telehealth (“BID”), these models eliminate critical gaps. Reducing system costs, reducing the cost of system and provides services to take care of the rest for a long time. Using mobile clinics related to telemedicine hubs, using applications for local leadership, these “brick and clicks” approaches are not both expanding and effective, but also prove throughout the life.
Obstacles for care are real, but are progress. Hybrid care reaches more results, expenses cut and unresolved populations. With the right investment and support, these models have the potential to be scale in a sharp scale and bring quality health and more than millions
Entrepreneurs for the year 2026
This Swiss Re Foundation launches its 2026 edition Entrepreneurs for endurance A program that supports businesses that have a market-based approach and have a hybrid delivery model. Stock and its partners, including Digital Closed Care Coalition (DCCC)and UBS Optimus FundThey will choose the finalists:
- 50,000 grants to CHF for 6-8 high candidates
- Funding for 3-4 finalists (grants, recoverable grants or forgiven loans) to 800,000 CHF
- Potential compatibility for funding from the UBS Optimus Foundation, Philips Foundation or Sanofi Blow Fund
- Technical assistance in two years given by lefin advice representatives and other specialists
- A chance to win a choice of choice of a nation, including exposure to investors Sankalp Forum
Applications are open and will be accepted until June 1, 2025. Compatible enterprises:
- Operates in low or low medium-income countries
- Serves primarily low-income populations
- Deliver or support primary health care
- Use a hybrid approach (such as clinics or mobile sections with telemedis or health applications)
- Demonstrate a measurable effect and scale way
Find more information about the program and application process here.
Learning from the field
2026 Program is built in ten years of experience and learning. Last year, the Swiss Re Foundation and Leflean consultant broadcast a comprehensive research work that analyzed the sustainable finalists of five-year entrepreneurs. The report examines 26 leading social enterprises within Africa, Asia and Latin America and grouped into three strategic models: health workers, financial solutions, innovators and technologies. Each model tends to achieve the highest impact and financial activity to different powerful supporters; Financial innovators serve the poorest segments, but we need capital for scale; When technical institutions reach the largest scale, they often trust external funding.
Full findings can be found in the inclusive healthcare, which offers rich concepts of scale, impact and sustainability here.
About Entrepreneurs for Permanent Program
Entrepreneurs for cleaning program Swiss Re FoundationThe flagship initiative, which carries an innovative approaches to establish a stronger world in accordance with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS), promotion of social enterprises. The Foundation has implemented the program since the establishment of 2016 and appealed to the nominated candidates to choose and control the most promising candidates and supervising the most promising candidates. The Swiss Re Foundation is currently aimed at health for at least 1 million people by the end of 2027.
For the program, foundation partners Lefil AdviceThe identification of innovations, creating social and economic value, design, growth and repetition, a sudden and a fluid-based advice on a scale.
