Current RISE Projects

We are pleased to announce a call for project proposals to be considered by each pillar workstream. The due date is 13 December 2024. The form can be accessed here.

 

RISE Digital Health Pillar Workstream​

RISE Digital Health Nomenclature Handbook [ENGLISH / SPANISH / PORTUGUESE] 

During the 2nd Americas RISE for Health (RISE II) annual meeting in 2024, governments, private sector, and civil society “recognized that diverse digital health definitions and criteria in the region are an impediment to accelerate digital health adoption. We therefore commit to developing an Americas RISE for Health Digital Health Nomenclature Handbook project to clarify and harmonize definitions and criteria with international standards to enable digital health adoption.”

In response to this commitment at RISE II, this handbook offers alignment and standardization in the nomenclature and definition for key terms to promote digital health policy and regulatory harmonization across the Americas region.

This handbook was written in collaboration with the RISE Digital Health Experts Group, including the Americas Business Dialogue (ABD) Health Working Group (ADIMECH, Medtronic, Roche), Philips, Centro Nacional en Sistemas de Información en Salud, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Movimiento Salud, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the Brazil Ministry of Health, the Uruguay Ministry of Health, the Ecuador Ministry of Health, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and University of Birmingham, among others.

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RISE Sustainable Health Systems Pillar Workstream

​RISE Innovative Health Financing Primer [ENGLISH / SPANISH / PORTUGUESE]

Americas RISE for Health has identified that sufficient, efficient, and equitable health investments are essential for providing individuals with the health services they deserve and to ensure the cost of these services does not create financial hardship. While public financing for health remains essential, innovative health financing mechanisms can harness public and private funding sources in new ways to supplement traditional funding. Recognizing this opportunity, during the 2nd annual RISE meeting, stakeholders committed to convening governments, private sector, international development banks, and civil society to build awareness for innovative health financing mechanisms, including those that can help reach our most vulnerable populations.  

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This primer serves to identify multiple innovative health financing mechanisms that are applicable to countries in the Western Hemisphere, to educate those interested in generating sufficient health financing, and to catalyze agreements amongst interested parties. 

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