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DECEMBER 2016
FEATURE
CII'S 2017 IMPACT BRIEF
I'm incredibly proud to join my team in sharing a snapshot of our Center's progress over our first 5 years. From the start, we have been constantly evaluating what works, capturing these learnings in a series of practical guides and actionable tools, and applying these cutting-edge practices to our work each day. CII has led Grand Challenges that tap the imagination and ingenuity of unlikely solvers – from a car mechanic inventing a promising device for obstructed labor to a wedding dress designer that inspired reimagined protective suits for healthcare workers battling Ebola. We've ensured that commercial partners are in place to rapidly bring these new solutions to the market. We've forged innovative financing models and partnerships with banks and healthcare companies that support the transition toward sustainably financed health systems. And, we've utilized market incentives to encourage industry to invest more of their own resources to advance life-saving products for critical global challenges such as Zika.
We invite you to learn more about how we work. And, as always, we seek your ideas and feedback to best shape our work in the years to come.
Wendy Taylor, Director, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact (CII)
RESEARCH & TOOLS
READY, SET, LAUNCH: A Country-Level Launch Planning Guide
READY, SET, LAUNCH, part of CII's IDEA to IMPACT series, brings a sharp focus to the critical pivot from global product development to targeted selection and launch planning. With input from a diverse set of practitioners and lessons gathered from successful and not-so-successful launches, READY, SET, LAUNCH brings together guidance, tools, and case studies to support country prioritization and the development of a comprehensive scale-up strategy and operational launch plan. Follow this link to download the guide and toolkit.
VIDEOS
Release of the READY, SET, LAUNCH guide at the Aspen Institute
CII and the Aspen Institute's Global Health and Development Program co-hosted the launch of the newest addition to the IDEA to IMPACT series, READY, SET, LAUNCH, on December 5th. At this launch, a panel of global health practitioners – innovators, manufacturers, implementers and donors – shared their experiences introducing global health innovations grounded in the lessons from READY, SET, LAUNCH and discussed how we can practically put its principles to use. A video of the panel can be found here.
SCALE
Nigeria Gets Action Plan to Cater for Sick Newborns
On November 17th, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health formally launched its national chlorhexidine strategy and implementation plan [PDF, 1.8MB], along with the NENAP and ENCC, in an event marking World Prematurity Day and World Pneumonia Day. Once implemented over a 5-year period, the strategy is expected to save 55,000 newborn lives. Under the leadership of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health, CII and USAID/Nigeria worked alongside partners such as CHAI and MCSP to develop the strategy and implementation plan.
INNOVATIONS
Zika Grantee Partnering with Facebook to Inform Zika Response in Brazil
Through the Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs is working in Honduras and Guatemala to develop the Rapid Habit Optimization Tool (R-SHOT) [PDF, 2.1MB]. The tool will identify how environmental cuing tactics can be combined with motivational and informational approaches to curb Zika by creating new vector control habits in end users. The Johns Hopkins team will partner with Facebook to gather insights from their data about what groups to target and how to craft messages to spread awareness about consistently cleaning standing water.
EVENTS
February 6 – February 9, 2017
Addressing Challenges in Global Health Security
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
February 8, 2017
Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference
CASE, EDGE and Net Impact at Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business
March 1, 2017
The Future of Global Health 2017
The Global Health Council
WHAT WE'RE READING
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc.
ARV Market Report [PDF, 2.3MB]
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Private Sector Engagement for Sustainable Development: Lessons from the DAC
Devex
How to Develop a Human-centered Design Mindset
Medium
Our Greatest Quest Yet – 5 Reasons We're Hopeful for the Future on USAID's 55th Anniversary
Entrepreneur
Jason Haber's Top 10 Must-read Books for Social Entrepreneurs
Fast Company's Co.Exist
How Ideo.org Helps Fight Global Poverty with Design
Fortune
How Businesses Can Crack Health Care's Last Mile Problem
United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Health in Agenda 2030 and for Malaria
Closing the Gap: Applying Global Lessons Toward Sustainable Community Health Models in the United States
CII NEWS
Saving Lives at Birth
Saving Lives at Birth Partners Announce Launch of Round 7 Call for Innovations[PDF, 130KB]
December 13, 2016
USPTO
SL@B GestVision wins USPTO Patents for Humanity Award
September 29, 2016
Devex
How Technology Is Attracting New Capital to Improve Health Systems
November 30, 2016
The New York Times featuring Zika Grantee Stanford University
Telling Mosquitoes Apart with a Cellphone
November 21, 2016
Dot Earth Featuring Zika Grantee Vayu
In Madagascar Test, Drone Delivers Medicine by Air
November 26, 2016
Houston Chronicle
All Babies Deserve a Chance to Survive
November 18, 2016
NEWS
USAID
Digital Health: Moving from Silos to Systems
December 13, 2016
Reuters
WHO Says Funds Secured for Africa Pilots of World's First Malaria Vaccine
November 17, 2016
The Nation
About 15M Babies Are Born Prematurely Annually – Minister
November 17, 2016
The Guardian
GSK Tops List of Drug Firms Improving Global Access to Medicine
November 14, 2016
Time
The 2017 TED Prize Winner Is Raj Panjabi
December 1, 2016
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
JENNIFER FLUDER: INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIP ADVISOR
"I feel fortunate that what gets me out of bed every morning is my excitement for the work that we do as well as the opportunity to develop and collaborate with teams internally and externally on some of the most impactful and catalytic initiatives in global health."
Read the full interview [PDF, 214KB]
Photo credits: Ventures Africa, Medtronic, Monash University, Sam Kaplan.
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