IXL Social Enterprise Case Studies Chronic Diseases October, 2013 | Page 4

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Slum populations are largest in Africa, Asia and Latin America 5

Chronic diseases affect hundreds of millions of slum dwellers
Chronic diseases are part of a vicious cycle for slum dwellers
Over 80 percent of chronic disease deaths comes from four types of diseases
The percentage of deaths from chronic disease is expected to increase

Slum dwellers need to be aware about healthcare, and care needs to be accessible,
affordable and accurate 8

Figure 7. More than half of healthcare costs in developing countries come from expensive
drugs
Figure 8. Global costs for chronic diseases will increase
Figure 9. Generic pharmaceuticals are becoming more common as patents expire
Figure 10. Technology-enabled health solutions are becoming more prevalent
Figure 11. Global urban population is rapidly increasing
Figure 12. Chronic disease risk accumulates over one’s lifetime
Figure 13. Social enterprises may be best suited to address chronic care in slums
Figure 14. Solutions should work with specific intervention points to make targeted impact
Figure 15. Guiding metrics help identify solutions that deliver the most impact
Figure 16. The Innovation Value Chain can identify opportunity points

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