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OCTOBER 2016
FEATURE
Pathways to Scale: A Guide on Business Models and Partnership Approaches to Scale-Up
The Pathways to Scale guide, part of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID's) Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact's (CII's) Idea to Impact series, aims to help innovators still in the early stages of product development begin to consider what their "pathway to scale" might look like – specifically, the series of business models and partnership choices they must make to access the capabilities and resources to achieve scale. Understanding the possible options early on and making a deliberate decision at the right times can greatly enhance the chance of achieving the broadest impact down the road.
The Director of CII, Wendy Taylor, announced the launch of this guide on September 15th at the Social Capital Markets Conference (SOCAP) 2016 in San Francisco. She led a panel of medtech and impact investing experts as well as innovators who are experienced in the challenges and successes of bringing solutions to those who need them in developing countries. A recording of the panel can be found here.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Innovative Finance Partnership Aims to Strengthen Local Pharmacies at Last Mile [PDF, 109KB]
USAID, Absa Bank, Aspen Pharmacare, GlaxoSmithKline, Imperial Health Sciences and Pfizer are piloting Lulama, a financing model that will strengthen independent, community pharmacies in underserved areas. The project aims to improve access to essential, high quality, affordable medicines in areas with high unmet need by providing independent pharmacies with access to much-needed working capital, a fixed basket of pharmaceutical and front shop goods, and technical assistance to run a sustainable business. The initial pilot will take place in the Gauteng region in South Africa.
VIDEOS
Lessons in Leadership: Public-private Sector Collaboration in Global Health
CII and the Aspen Institute's Global Health and Development Program co-hosted a discussion featuring the CEO of GSK, Sir Andrew Witty, on Friday 9/23 at the Aspen Institute. During this discussion, moderated by Maggie Fox of NBC News, Sir Witty shared leadership insights from his career, making the business case for prioritizing global health in GSK's portfolio, and how the roles of the private sector and donors such as USAID could play together to accelerate progress in global health. A video of the discussion can be found here.
RESEARCH & TOOLS
The Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University and USAID-funded Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke just released a series of online tools to address the needs and common pitfalls of impact entrepreneurs seeking to raise investment capital. Through action-oriented online resources, Smart Impact Capital provides entrepreneurs a suite of targeted, flexible and rigorous tools to build a robust strategy to attain capital that is smart for their impact venture.
INNOVATIONS
Two Grand Challenge Innovators Named Prestigious MacArthur Fellows
On September 21st, the MacArthur Foundation announced this year's MacArthur Fellows, including two USAID Grand Challenge innovators: Manu Prakash, a physical biologist who received funding through USAID's Combating Zika and Future Threats Grand Challenge for both MosquitoFreq, a mobile app that detects mosquito species using acoustics, and VectorChip, a platform that identifies mosquito and pathogen species with saliva droplets; and Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum, a professor of bioengineering at Rice University who received multiple awards from Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development, including for the Pumani bCPAP, a low-cost respiratory support device to reduce early neonatal death.
EVENTS
October 6, 2016
The Future of Global Health Financing
The Global Health Council
October 9, 2016–October 11, 2016
8th World Health Summit
World Health Summit
November 14, 2016–November 18, 2016
Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Health Systems Global
WHAT WE'RE READING
United Nations Secretary-General
The United Nations Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines Report
PATH
Stronger Markets, Increased Access to Essential Maternal Health Supplies
Harvard Business Review
These 6 Sectors of Africa's Economy are Poised for Growth
McKinsey&Company
How Digital Finance Could Boost Growth in Emerging Economies
Stanford Business
Lean Startup and Design Thinking: Getting the Best Out of Both
Brookings Institute
How 5G Technology Enables the Health Internet of Things
CII NEWS
Think Progress
The Technological Innovations Saving Thousands of Women and Children From Preventable Deaths
September 8, 2016
Global Moms Challenge
Midwives Need the Right Tools and Training to Help New Moms
April 19, 2016
NPR
Once Opposed to Maternal Health, Islamic Scholars Become Champions
September 21, 2016
PBS Newshour featuring The Lemelson Foundation and Ebola grantee Kinnos
Turning Student Inventions into the Next Big Thing
August 31, 2016
NEWS
Financing Alliance for Health
Financing Alliance for Health Launches at the Clinton Global Initiative
September 21, 2016
NPR
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment to Cure All Diseases
September 21, 2016
WSJ
GlaxoSmithKline Names Emma Walmsley as Next Chief Executive
September 20, 2016
The Washington Post
Ask a MacArthur Genius: Just how cheap can cancer diagnosis get?
September 28, 2016
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
VINESH KAPIL: PROGRAM ANALYST FOR SAVING LIVES AT BIRTH GRAND CHALLENGE
"I love working with our innovators...Being able to help them in their development process, whether that's by providing feedback on their strategy, playing 'devil's advocate', or connecting them to the resources they need to succeed, I feel energized anytime I interact with them."
Read the full interview [PDF, 130KB]
Photo credits: Health Reporter East Africa, The Aspen Institute/Ian Wagreich, CASE at Duke University, John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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