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JANUARY 2017
FEATURE
SAVING LIVES AT BIRTH PARTNERS ANNOUNCE NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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SL@B Addendum 3: Call for Portfolio Support Services
The Saving Lives at Birth Partners have announced the posting of Addendum 3 to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Global Health Challenges. The purpose of the Addendum is to request Expressions of Interest for one or more of the three following areas/categories of services: (1) tailored support to accelerate the most promising innovations towards equitable, sustained impact; (2) program evaluation and portfolio analysis; and (3) event planning. The Addendum represents a competitive approach to consider creative, cost-effective ideas that support innovations that aim to accelerate gains in maternal and newborn survival, including the prevention of stillbirth, along their pathway to scale. Submission of ideas here will allow Saving Lives at Birth to reach out to potential partners with recognized expertise in relevant areas and co-create, co-design, and collaborate with quality, results-driven partners and organizations.
The deadline to accept submissions is February 1, 2017, 5:00 pm EST. Find out more about this release and apply to this opportunity [PDF, 413KB].
SL@B Round 7: Call for Innovations
The Saving Lives at Birth Partners are excited to announce their seventh call for groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of childbirth. Specifically, they seek to identify and develop transformative approaches that integrate scientific and technological advancements, better service delivery models, and improved "demand side" innovations that empower pregnant women and their families to practice healthy behaviors, as well as be aware of and access healthcare during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postnatal period – especially the first two days after birth. Round 7 will continue the increased focus on advancing the most successful and transformational innovations as they transition to scale.
Download a copy of the BAA [PDF, 130KB]
Accepting Applications: Mid-January–February 24 (closes at 2:00 pm EST)
Visit our website for more information
RESEARCH & TOOLS
USAID'S CII and DIG Apply Human-centered Design
Human-centered design (HCD) is a way of thinking that places the people you're trying to serve and other important stakeholders at the center of the design and implementation process. HCD was developed in the private sector to integrate business and technology around human needs. CII is partnering with Dalberg's Design Impact Group (DIG) to leverage the HCD process in targeted projects across the Bureau for Global Health's work. Learn more and see case studies of HCD in action in our newly updated website.
RESEARCH & TOOLS
Global Health Interventions Need to Hit the Ground Running
CII's Nikki Tyler provides insight on the newest addition to our IDEA to IMPACT series – READY, SET, LAUNCH: A Country-level Launch Planning Guide for Global Health Innovations. The guide was created to provide guidance, tools, and case studies to support country prioritization and development of a comprehensive scale-up strategy and operational launch plan.
PRESS
Inside China's "Mosquito Factory" Fighting Zika and Dengue
CNN featured Combating Zika and Future Threats grantee, Zhiyong Xi from Michigan State University for his work releasing Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in China as a sustainable and natural way to prevent the transmission of Zika, Dengue, and other mosquito-borne viruses to humans. Through his USAID grant, Xi will conduct a similar pilot study in Mexico. Monash University (Eliminate Dengue) was also highlighted for their upcoming large-scale deployment of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in Brazil and Colombia
INNOVATIONS
A New Way to Detect Fake Medicines Feat. SL@B's PharmaChk
The Wall Street Journal featured Saving Lives at Birth grantee Boston University and its device PharmaChk, which is a rapid detection and screening platform for substandard and counterfeit medicines. PharmaChk is a tool that can be used to ensure medicines are on par with local quality standards and, therefore, greatly improve maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Currently, PharmaChk is being tested and demonstrated in Ghana and Indonesia.
EVENTS
February 6 – February 9, 2017
Addressing Challenges in Global Health Security
Geneva Centre for Security Policy
February 15, 2017
Impact Investing Summit
The Economist
March 1, 2017
The Future of Global Health 2017
The Global Health Council
March 27 - March 30, 2017
Institutionalizing Community Health Conference
USAID and UNICEF
April 6 - April 9, 2017
2017 Annual CUGH Global Health Conference
Consortium of Universities for Global Health
WHAT WE'RE READING
Health Affairs Blog
How to Build Sustainable Community Health Programs in the United States
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
What Is the Future of Impact Investing?
Harvard Business Review
The 5 Skills That Innovative Leaders Have in Common
IDEO U
Creative Confidence Series: Jane Fulton Suri on Human-centered Design
USAID
U.S. Agency for International Development Research and Development Progress Report FY 2015 [PDF, 8.5MB]
Financial Review
How the Wealthy Invest: Impact Investors the New Philanthropists
Fast Company
3 Lessons to Guide Designing Better Financial Tech for the Developing World
CII NEWS
The Guardian
SL@B Grantee Aims to Save Newborns in India from Hypothermia
November 20, 2016
Financial Times feat. SL@B Grantees
The Innovators: Devices and Services to Improve Maternal and Child Health
November 16, 2016
Biometric Technology Today feat. Simprints
Can Biometrics Beat the Developing World's Challenges [PDF, 1.1]
November 30, 2016
NEWS
The New York Times
Rockefeller Foundation Picks Rajiv J. Shah, a Trustee, as President
January 4, 2017
World Health Organization
Final Trial Results Confirm Ebola Vaccine Provides High Protection Against Disease
December 23, 2016
Fortune
The Business of Humanity
December 21, 2016
The Brookings Institute
Spurring Private Investment in Global Health Research and Development
January 5, 2017
Wall Street Journal
Gates Foundation to Invest Up to $140 Million in HIV Prevention Device
December 29, 2016
Devex
In Exit Memo to Obama, USAID Chief Points to "Hard Work Ahead'
January 5, 2017
The New York Times
A New Fund Seeks Both Financial and Social Returns
December 19, 2016
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
MEGHAN MAJOROWSKI: SENIOR MARKET ACCESS ADVISOR
"I love combining private sector expertise, approaches, and funds to global health problems! Finding ways for all parties [private and public sector] to benefit, while tailoring efforts for great health impact, gets me out of bed in the morning."
Read the full interview [PDF, 163KB]
Photo credits: Ventures Africa, Medtronic, Monash University, Sam Kaplan.
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