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FEBRUARY 2017
FEATURE
Credit: James Gathany/U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention via Associated Press, File
USAID and UNICEF ANNOUNCE ADVANCE PURCHASE COMMITMENT
The U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID's) Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact (CII) and UNICEF are announcing an advance purchase commitment (APC). The purpose of the APC is to incentivize private sector actors to accelerate the development and introduction of much needed Zika diagnostics, including multiplex diagnostics that could also include Dengue, Yellow Fever, and Chikungunya. The APC commits $10 million to guarantee the purchase of successfully developed diagnostics, regardless of demand, thus lowering the risk of investing in the development of this critical and urgently needed product. A press release will be coming later this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SL@B Partners are inviting global problem solvers to answer their 7th call for groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of childbirth. Round 7 will continue the increased focus on advancing the most successful and transformational innovations in maternal, newborn and child health as they transition to scale. Applications are due February 24th, 2:00pm EST. Download a copy of the BAA [PDF, 130KB], or visit our website to find more information and apply.
VIDEOS
On January 18th, CII’s Acting Director David Milestone presented at the William David Institute (WDI) at the University of Michigan as part of WDI’s Global Impact Speaker Series. Milestone discussed CII’s Ready, Set, Launch guide, which provides global health practitioners strategies and tools for launching and scaling innovations. For more information, view his presentation, and his interview.
SCALING
On January 21st, MBA students from 11 business schools around the world convened at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management to participate in a business competition in Nigeria challenging students to develop a national strategy to scale chlorhexidine, a life-saving antiseptic applied to the umbilical cord after birth. The case was based on CII's work with USAID/Nigeria under the leadership of the Nigerian Ministry of Health, along with partners such as CHAI and MCSP, to develop a national chlorhexidine scale-up strategy and implementation plan. The strategy was launched by the Ministry of Health in November 2016.
INNOVATIONS
On December 16th, Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge grantee Fredros Okumu, Director of Science at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, was recognized as one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2016. Fredros and his team received funding from the Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge to further develop and test their low-cost, insecticide-treated sandals
EVENTS
February 21 – February 23, 2017
USAID Global Health Supply Chain Supplier Summit
USAID
February 23 – February 24, 2017
Sloan Healthcare & BioInnovations Conference
Center for Strategic and International Studies
February 23 – February 24, 2017
4th Sankalp Summit Africa 2017
Sankalp Forum
February 24, 2017
A Conversation with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy
Center for Strategic and International Studies
March 1, 2017
The Future of Global Health 2017
Global Health Council
WHAT WE'RE READING
The Lancet
Quality Maternity Care for Every Woman, Everywhere: A Call to Action
Harvard Business Review
Three Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa
Africa Growth Initiative at Brookings Institution
Foresight Africa: Top Priorities for the Continent in 2017
American Academy of Pediatrics
Dry Care Versus Antiseptics for Umbilical Cord Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial
BMJ Innovations
Health Hackathons: Theatre or Substance?
Aspen Management Partnership for Health
AMP Health Newsletter
Medium
The Ultimate Product Launch Checklist
World Health Organization
Implementation Research on Community Health Workers’ Provision of Maternal and Child Health Services in Rural Liberia
CII NEWS
The Pump
Five Things We Learned from Implementing the Chlorhexidine Cord Care Program in Nepal
December 16, 2016
USAID
CII's Role in ADVANCE: Stretching Development Dollars and Improving HIV Treatment
January 24, 2017
Devex Features Zika Grantee WeRobotics
In Delivery Drones, Scrappy Can Beat Costly
February 13, 2017
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Wharton, Kellogg Win 2017 Case Competition Featuring CII's work
January 21, 2017
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The Role of Science, Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships in the Future of USAID Featuring CII’s Work
January 27, 2017
United Nations
UN Features Katherine Jin, Co-founder of Ebola Grantee Kinnos
February 10, 2017
NEWS
PolitiFact
Does Tuberculosis Top HIV and AIDS as the Deadlier Disease?
January 11, 2017
Medium
How Do You Spend $5 Billion a Year?
January 25, 2017
NPR
MAP: Find Out What New Viruses Are Emerging in your Backyard
February 7, 2017
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
ADELE WAUGAMAN: SENIOR DIGITAL HEALTH ADVISOR
"Often times when people think about digital technologies and global health, their minds go to cutting-edge innovations with the potential to transform the way health information and services are delivered. My interests lie more in identifying what proven technologies can be effectively used in a sustainable and scalable way in places where these solutions are needed."
Read the full interview [PDF, 399KB]
Photo credits: Arne Hoel via World Bank Photo Collection, the William David Institute at the University of Michigan, Karen Kasmauski/USAID's flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program, Foreign Policy.
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