Learn About the ALIGN Exchange Substack

The ALIGN Consortium aims to improve health outcomes by strengthening the critical decision-making systems that determine how health product innovations are prioritized and introduced in countries, to make those systems more effective and efficient. Comprised of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), Keprecon, and ENDA Santé, the ALIGN Consortium supports the national governments in Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa to enhance innovation introduction, looking at four focus areas: whole-of-government coordination and capacity strengthening, data-driven decision making, whole-of-market engagement (including national, regional, and global engagement), and portfolio-based planning. The goal is to create more accountable, resilient health systems that deliver better health outcomes faster for all, and to generate insights, tools, and resources that can be used by stakeholders around the world.

Learning is a crucial component of the ALIGN Consortium’s work, and the ALIGN Exchange Substack is a place where our Consortium members share bimonthly insights about the work. When you subscribe, you will access the learnings and insights gained across the three countries—Senegal, South Africa, and Kenya—as we aim to strengthen systems for efficient and effective innovation introduction.

Recent articles:

• Using a Maternal Health Lens to Examine Product Introduction Decisions:
  Effective, efficient health product prioritization and introduction depend on aligning priorities, budgets, markets, and delivery systems.
• Kenya, Senegal, and South Africa Are Asking: Who Decides, With What Data, and When?
  How ALIGN Consortium countries are reaching for a coordinated decision architecture.
• From Reactive to Proactive: Decision-Making Transformed
  About the launch of our Global Market Intelligence Hub.
• A closer look at “whole-of-government” coordination:
  What it is, and what it means for innovation introduction.

Catch up on all the posts here.