15 DECEMBER 2021
CCD Rounds 6: A new social investment model to fund city health
The sixth CCD Rounds webinar deep-dived into the creation of the ground-breaking social impact bond tailored to improve the lives of city-dwellers living with type 2 diabetes. The City of Aarhus in Denmark has secured investment, from outside traditional healthcare sources, to fund an immediate expansion of services with a concrete ambition to reduce high spending related to complications associated with diabetes. The new investment model will allow the city to accelerate superior interventions to reduce type 2 diabetes complications among citizens.
Otto Ohrt, Director of Public Health, City of Aarhus, explained why the city has chosen this route to expand its diabetes services and outlined why new ways to fund public services are an exciting opportunity. Hans Uldall-Poulsen, Senior Advisor, Dalberg Group, presented exactly what a social investment bond is and how it can be effective in enhancing health provision. Hans profiled the Aarhus model and shared how actors were motivated, how the health interventions will be implemented, and how the funding mechanism will work in practice.
Watch the recording here: https://youtu.be/WE5mkxtQkK4
