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IFC’s Financing to Hikma Pharmaceuticals is Improving Access to High-Quality Generic Medicines
March 19, 2012 – IFC’s more than 20-year relationship with Jordan-based Hikma Pharmaceuticals is improving access to medicines in the Middle East and North Africa region.
IFC Helps Access to Education for Brazil’s Low- and Middle-Income Students
November 23, 2011 -- IFC recently committed a $70 million (equivalent) loan to Estácio Participações S.A., a leading for-profit education company in Brazil, to enhance its education infrastructure and improve access to affordable ...
Helping Apollo's Low-Cost Hospitals Serve India’s Poor
Washington, D.C., October 11, 2011 – Mallepally Narsaiah is a 57-year old construction worker who makes less than $2 a day—not nearly enough to treat his heart condition...
Bringing High-Quality Health Care to Tunisia
Tunisia, July 25, 2011 — In a strong signal of investor confidence in Tunisia, IFC recently made its first-ever investment in the country’s health sector ...
Healthy Partnerships: How Governments Can Engage the Private Sector to Improve Health in Africa
Washington, D.C., June 6, 2011 — A new IFC-World Bank report finds that if governments actively engage with the private sector in health,...

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IFC is the world’s largest multilateral investor in the private health care and education sectors in emerging markets. We consider them priority sectors and support their growth in developing countries in a sustainable and socially responsible way that helps improve the lives of people, many of whom do not have access to quality health care or education.

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