I4H Final event – Smart Capacitating Investment: Paths to Resourcing Scalable, Sustainable Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Save the date: 28 May 2026, Brussels Over the final phase of the Invest4Health project, partners are intensively strengthening and validating the foundations of Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI). Current work focuses on refining the business and financing models developed within the project, testing practical SCI tools together with regional partners, and consolidating lessons from real-world […]
A key scientific publication from Invest4Health: Rethinking how we finance prevention
We are proud to announce that a key scientific publication emerging from the Horizon Europe–funded Invest4Health project has been published in the European Journal of Health Economics.The article, Broadening sources of finance for health promotion and disease prevention: Smart Capacitating Investment, addresses one of the most persistent challenges in public health today: how to mobilise […]
SCI in Play: Key insights from the Invest4Health workshop at the European Public Health Conference
At a recent Invest4Health workshop in Helsinki az the 18th European Public Health Conference, participants from policy, public health, research, and financing communities came together to explore how prevention can be designed and financed as a long-term investment. The workshop focused on translating the concept of Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI) into practical thinking and concrete […]
I4H Newsletter – Issue 6
Dear Reader, Invest4Health is a Horizon Europe project aimed at transforming the way we fund health promotion and disease prevention. We argue that treating these efforts as smart investments in people’s long-term well-being, rather than costs, can lead to stronger and more sustainable health systems. We aim to shift thinking by developing innovative investment models that […]
Invest4Health Competence Building Programme – Four new testbeds joining the project
In response to the long-standing problems of reactive healthcare funding, made worse by economic crises, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ageing populations, I4H offers a new approach: treating health, especially prevention, as a smart, long-term investment rather than just a cost. Smart Capacitating Investments At the heart of this vision is Smart Capacitating Investment (SCI). Through SCI, the […]
West Wales joins European efforts to rethink public health investment,transforming diabetes prevention with Invest4Health
Croeso i Gymru (Welcome to Wales) is a country in the southwest of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to the east and the Irish Sea to the west. Part of the UK, Wales has its own devolved government, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), responsible for health, education, and transport. This means the National Health Service […]
Transdisciplinary Health Economics: A Vision for 2050 and the Role of Invest4Health
Professor Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, a key partner in the Invest4Health (I4H) project representing Bangor University, has published a forward-looking editorial in the Global Health Economics and Sustainability journal. Drawing on her 35-year career, Professor Edwards calls for a significant shift in health economics—from a narrow focus on healthcare services to a more “transdisciplinary” approach. This involves collaborating […]
New regions join Invest4Health
Following the closure of our Open Call on March 14, which received seventeen applications, we are excited to select and welcome a new group of regional testbeds to the Invest4Health project. These regions, chosen from the applications we received, will help test and refine innovative financial and investment models for health promotion and disease prevention. […]
I4H Newsletter – Issue 2
Dear Reader, Welcome to the second edition of the Invest4Health project newsletter, where we mark a significant milestone – one year of progress. The Invest4Health (I4H) Horizon Europe project, launched in January 2023, aims to renew health promotion and disease prevention funding by challenging traditional financing methods. Our innovative strategies view health as an investment rather […]
Using Smart Capacitating Investment in low-resource settings – Invest4Health at a WHO event in Geneva
Last week WHO hosted a well-structured and intense workshop in Geneva, Switzerland on making hospitals fit for purpose. The overarching vision is for hospitals to contribute to primary healthcare-oriented health systems. As such, the event is part of a process of re-imagining care. Three main themes were addressed by over 50 participants who shared experience […]
