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Nurturing Local Health Startups in the Communities that Need Them Most
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed fragile healthcare systems and exposed and exacerbated social and racial health inequalities around the world. This challenging moment demands that we reimagine newly resilient health systems equipped to replace acute crisis response with preparedness, prevention, and community building.
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Building the Case for Greater Investment in Health
Did you know that only 7% of the investments made within the $715 billion global impact investing market go toward health? Learn how Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures is leading the way on smart investments in inclusive innovation at the front lines of care to help improve the lives of billions of people around the world.
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Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Johnson & Johnson’s Alice Lin Fabiano Is Helping To Change Our World
"Be unapologetically yourself. We are often told to fit in, but I learned the freedom of embracing my own individuality over time. As a female and an Asian, we are the least likely to be promoted to the management level, and because of that, we try to mold ourselves into something to reach that goal, often at the expense of being our own unique selves."
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Impact Investing to Support Health Equity
In 2020, the collision of twin pandemics – systemic racism and COVID-19 – cast a spotlight on deep fractures in our society. In particular, these combined forces made the fight for racial health equity, especially in the United States, more urgent than ever before.
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Investing in Caregivers to Fill Gaps in Long-Term Care
When frontline health care workers are mentioned in the media today, it’s often in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. From burnout to vaccine hesitancy, the list of challenges faced by long-term-care providers has expanded exponentially in the last two years.
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J&J Impact Ventures Commits $50 Million to Support Health Impact Entrepreneurs
Johnson & Johnson launched J&J Impact Ventures in 2019 with a mission to invest our time, expertise, and capital in entrepreneurs who share our mission of improving health for everyone, everywhere.
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Health: The Next Frontier for Impact Investing
Health-related impact investments remain limited, even as the field now totals a $715 billion global market. Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures is investing in purpose-driven entrepreneurs and their startups in the belief that as their businesses grow, so will their impact.
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How the Telehealth Trend Is Revolutionizing Medical Care As We Know It
From backing an app that connects Black women to caregivers of color to developing a digital platform that supports surgical recovery, Johnson & Johnson is helping drive the surge of innovation in telemedicine.
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Meet the two picks from J&J and Village Capital’s culturally competent care accelerator
Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures and Village Capital launched their first accelerator focused on culturally competent care this summer. Two startups were each awarded $100,000: Omaiven Health and Lucia Health Guidelines.
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Why Entrepreneurs are a Valuable Asset to Achieve Health Equity
If there’s one thing the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear, it’s that a person’s race, zip code and ethnicity can pre-determine what kind of health care they receive. However, for those of us who come from diverse backgrounds, this is a very well-known and lived reality. Like many first-generation Chinese immigrant children, I grew up helping my elders navigate a healthcare system that too often did not consider or respect differences in languages, culture, or medical beliefs. As I experienced firsthand, it is incredibly difficult to first navigate, and then trust the providers who were unaware of how to address cultural differences.
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