Praava Health raises $10.6M to increase access to quality healthcare in Bangladesh
Praava Health founder and chief executive officer Sylvana Sinha (third from left) at one of the company’s healthcare centers
Before launching Praava Health, a company that combines telemedicine with physical clinics, Sylvana Sinha had a successful career in international law, including serving as a foreign policy advisor to Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and working for the World Bank in Afghanistan. While visiting Bangladesh in 2011 for a family wedding, however, Sinha had a “lightbulb moment” after her mother nearly died after an operation at a top private hospital.