The Invest4Health project (2023-2026), funded by Horizon Europe, aims to revolutionize public health financing by identifying and incentivizing new finance and business models for health promotion and disease prevention, under …
The Prioritisation Framework for public health investments – Public Health England
The Prioritisation Framework is an excellent example of investing and disinvesting to make improve the use of existing resources. To learn more about this method, visit investing & disinvesting. …
Health insurance funds – Combined Lifestyle Interventions in the Netherlands
The Combined Lifestyle Intervention is a Dutch example of health insurance funding to finance health promotion and disease prevention. Read more about this approach in insurance funds. The main …
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Social outcomes contract for a preventive and healthy workplace in Sweden
Below is an example of social outcome contracting for a preventive and healthy workplace from Sweden. For more information about this approach, read our chapter about social outcomes contracting. …
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Social impact bonds finance the Activate program in Canada
Canada’s Activate program is an excellent example of how social impact bonds can be used to finance health promotion and disease prevention programs. To learn more about social impact bonds, …
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Ethical financing label in France
Below is an example of an ethical finance label, the Finansol label. For more information about ethical financing, read our chapter on finance labels for save investments. Solidarity-based finance …
Reconnections – how a social impact bond helps reduce loneliness in the UK
The case study below is an example of how social impact bonds can be used to finance services that help improve health and wellbeing, such as Reconnections. For more information …
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Working beyond the health sector: job-rotation as a tool to maintain employability and wellbeing
The TErrA project is an example of how health promoting projects can take place outside of the health and healthcare sector. For more information about this approach, read our chapter Beyond …
Funding maternal and child health promotion using fiscal measures in Portugal
The Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso uses fiscal measures to provide services. Highlights Established in 1951, the Fundação Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso (FNSBS) specialises in health education, …
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A Healthy Overvecht neighbourhood: An integrated social and medical approach
The Healthy Overvecht neighbourhood provides an excellent example of how working with other sectors can lead to integrated approaches to health and wellbeing. For more information on this approach, read …
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Koto-SIB fast track training and employment programme for immigrants in Finland
The Koto-SIB fast track training and employment programme for immigrants in Finland is an example of a social impact bond. More info about social impact bonds is available in social …
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The Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax in Ireland
The Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax from Ireland is an example of how fiscal measures can be used to discourage unhealthy behaviour. For more innovative approaches, read strategy and forward thinking. …
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