We see many opportunities worthy of more impact investment in Latin America’s healthcare sector – particularly as it relates to women’s health. But for these investments to happen, investors will need to embrace a more a flexible approach to funding, delivering the kind of support required by different health models at various stages of growth, and approaching these investments with realistic expectations around risk and returns. They’ll also need to recognize the fact that remaining on the sidelines represents another kind of risk: the risk of missing out on a sector full of profitable, impactful opportunities – including the opportunity to improve the overall investment climate in the region.

We know that gun control works to decrease gun deaths. And we know that this is now a health epidemic in the united states, as gun deaths have surpassed vehicle accidents as the #1 killer of children and adolescents in the United States. Yet even after these horrific acts, nothing changes to make military-grade weapons any harder to purchase than a pack of cigarettes. One often overlooked strategy involves examining where our money is invested.