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41 S P O T L I G H T: ACC E S S T O H E A LT H C A R E mClinica is advancing healthcare in Asia's emerging markets by building digital networks of phar- macies, physicians, and patients across the region. With operations in the Philippines, Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam, mCl- inica has developed mobile technology to unite pharmacies on a common platform, provide access to new sources of data, and allow for the deployment of data- driven programs that improve patient affordability and health outcomes. In a market dominated by independent pharmacies, rather than by chains such as Walgreens, understanding data on patients' health and medicines is challeng- ing. With mClinica, Endeavor Entrepreneur Farouk Meralli hopes to change that, using mobile technology to track medi- cines and clarify data. "Across many developing countries, basic health data is missing. Trillions of dollars are spent by the public and private healthcare sectors and often there is no data to guide the right pro- gramming and policy decisions," said Farouk, mClinica's Founder and CEO. "At mClinica, we are connecting once-fragmented pharmacies on a common plat- form providing a unified set of global health data that has never been available before. Our goal is to rapidly transform the availabil- ity and quality of global health data in a matter of months not decades." As a core part of its platform, mClinica offers health ministries the ability to rapidly generate and visualize real-time health data for decision making and policy formulation. e team is engag- ing with several governments that are looking to employ powerful, data-driven tools to improve the delivery of healthcare in emerging markets. COM PA N Y mClinica CO U NT RY Philippines FL AG SEL EC T ED 2016 J O BS 44 ENT R EP R ENEU R Farouk Meralli A number of our portfolio companies are engaging in innovative entrepreneurial work and leveraging technology to tackle complex social problems. Here, we highlight two companies that are increasing access to healthcare in their respective markets. Through technology, these companies are increasing efficiency, lowering costs, and improving the quality of life of millions of people around the world.