ABSTRACT
In February 2009, Irvine, California-based WaterHealth International Inc. (WHI) received a funding of US$15 million from the International Finance Corporation to expand its operations in India. In 1996, Addy, a Ghana-based entrepreneur, set up WHI. WHI carried out its operations in India through its subsidiary WaterHealth India. As of 2009, WHI operated through subsidiaries in three countries—India, the Philippines, and Ghana. WHI had started its worldwide operations by setting up a subsidiary at Manila, the Philippines, in 1997. On December 12, 2007, WHI launched its first WaterHealth Centers (WHC) in Ghana through its subsidiary WaterHealth Ghana. As of mid-2009, there were six WHCs in Ghana, five of which were funded by SafeWater Network. In 1998, WHI started its operations at Guerrero, Mexico. The installations of disinfection systems in Mexico adopted a public–private approach where the state government purchased the system and a private entrepreneur took care of the process of installation, maintenance, and distribution.
