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Sustainability is at the heart of the success of humanitarian efforts, and business modeling is essential to ensure such success. Although leading inherently non-for-profit operations, humanitarian workers often oversee the important need for an operation to be viable and sustainable. This paper studies the applicability of business modeling for the sustainability of an existing rural healthcare system deployed in the Ahmedabad slum community of Ramapir No Tekro. Primary data was collected by observing the existing infrastructure and meeting and interviewing the main actors. Secondary data was accumulated from various sources to validate the success of the existing infrastructure against some global projects run on similar healthcare programs. The paper reports the business model and discusses relevant issues with introducing microinsurance.
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This work was carried out during an internship as part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Dual Country) Program. The authors are grateful for the support and facilities provided by the Institute of Management Technology in Dubai and Ghaziabad in the course of conducting the project. This work was partly supported by a grant from the Vodafone Americas Foundation. The cooperation and support of staff from Manav Sadhna is gratefully acknowledged.
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Rathi, D.S., Zalzala, A.M.S. (2016). Business Modeling for the Sustainability of Humanitarian Projects. In: Sahay, B., Gupta, S., Menon, V. (eds) Managing Humanitarian Logistics. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2416-7_13
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