The NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), an initiative delivered in partnership with England’s 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) and hosted at UCLPartners, announces its fifth call for fellowship applications. The deadline is Oct. 23, 2019. The program is designed to
Increasing Access to Healthcare Services for Cross-Border and Mobile Communities in East Africa
Dembe is a citizen of Uganda who resides in Tororo, a trading hub in the eastern region of Uganda that is 10 km from the border with Kenya. She works as a fishmonger in the local market and recently gave
Adapting Promising Innovations to Meet the Needs of High-Need, High-Cost Populations
This blog post was originally posted on April 5, 2019 at Commonwealthfund.org. Recent research attributes the majority of health care spending to a small number of individuals, sometimes described as “high-need, high-cost” — the 5 percent of the population who
A Match Made in Innovation Heaven: Partnerships & Collaboration
At the end of January, assistant director of programs Andrea Taylor spoke at the SDG Mashup hosted at Impact Hub Geneva in Switzerland. The purpose of the SDG Mashup on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 3 Good Health and Well-being was to not
Achieving health gains on the way to universal health coverage in Africa
This blog post was originally posted on Feb. 1, 2019 at Brookings.edu. Health leaders and policymakers globally have a shared interest and commitment to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. Health systems are responding to increased demand due to population growth, aging
Innovations in Healthcare Welcomes 10 Organizations to Innovator Network
This year’s applicant pool represented global healthcare organizations operating in 109 countries. These organizations span multiple healthcare focus areas, legal structures, business models, care delivery settings, and funding mechanisms. This blog post was originally posted on the Innovations in
Partnering to Scale Impact
The saying “two minds are better than one” rings especially true in the field of global health innovation. For grantees and finalists of the Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) program, the DevelopmentXChange (DevX) is an annual event that brings together
Learnings for Accelerating Scale: Key Takeaways from 2018 Xcelerator Workshop
From measuring newborn heartbeats to delivering safer anesthesia for obstetric emergencies – the range of promising products, technologies, and services advanced by Saving Lives at Birth (SL@B) Innovators has one overarching theme: reduce maternal and newborn mortality. Despite their common