Health System Design

Qingfeng Li of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the U.S. will develop a computational simulation tool to optimize the design of health campaigns in low-income settings. Health campaigns are complex events involving multiple, interconnected components, such as families and socioeconomic contexts, as well as being time restricted and targeting specific populations. Their tool uses geospatial measures and community maps, and it includes an automated algorithm to test different design strategies to identify the optimal design.

This project will allow the design, construction, laboratory testing, and initial field trial, of our novel solar powered oxygen system.This is the first ever solar powered oxygen system that functions without the need for batteries or inverters.

Atomo is a specialist medical device company that has invented a unique casing for an RDT that incorporates the lancet, transfer of blood and reading of the result into one easy-to-use platform. This makes the Atomo test significantly easier to perform than traditional test strips and enables point-of-care and at-home testing. It dramatically lowers user errors, making it attractive for both at-home testing and usage in medical facilities without the need for highly-trained caregivers.

The basis for the WelTel mHealth program came from a clinical study conducted by Dr. Richard Lester, scientific director of WelTel and faculty in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. “Cell phones are everywhere in Africa and usage costs are very low," says Dr. Lester. “This makes them a great tool for patient care in a resource limited setting like rural Kenya."

arma's innovation is a telemedicine model that focuses on providing affordable, equitable and reliable primary healthcare to India's rural poor. They operate a network 16 'e-Doctor' clinics in rural India that provide nurse-assisted online medical consultations with qualified and specialist doctors.

PATH an international nonprofit organization and leader in global health innovation, and Sinapi biomedical, a South African medical device manufacturer, collaborated to design and develop the Ellavi UBT. This is the first and only low-cost, fully assembled UBT designed specifically for use in low-resource health facilities. The Ellavi UBT addresses cost, assembly, and safety of current UBT's, adding lifesaving technology in the hands of health care workers.

Lack of fast, affordable delivery of blood profoundly restricts the number of lifesaving transfusions performed in the Dodoma region. We will use an autonomous Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) called Stork to transport screened and typed blood from a blood bank in Dodoma to peripheral health facilities, on-demand. In many cases, ground transport of blood would either be impossible or too costly using traditional means. Stork can already deliver over 1kg over 75km in less than 45 minutes at a cost of $10, outperforming all known alternatives.

Muso and its government partners have designed Proactive Community Case Management (ProCCM), an operating system for health care delivery optimized to reach every patient early. Prepared for global scale, ProCCM deploys proactive doorstep care: Community Health Workers (CHWs) actively search for patients door-to-door, and connect them to lifesaving care.

Maisha Meds is a technology-enabled healthcare company committed to ensuring that essential medicines are available and accessible to low income patients across Africa. We have seen firsthand that discounts on medications given to pharmacies and manufacturers are often not passed along to patients, and that low-income patients often pay very high prices for essential medications.

Alizée Lozac'hmeur of Makesense in Paris will develop online mobile and web applications and provide opportunities to engage with experts and funders as part of a tailor-made approach to help young people learn about and solve the health and social issues that matter to them. They will integrate their digital platform, where participants can register their details and issue of interest, with a project database and events calendar to promote collaborations.