11Jan 2019 by kmitch@duke.edu
Duke Global Health Innovation Center To Develop A “Launch And Scale Speedometer” For Global Health Interventions

Duke Global Health Innovation Center To Develop A “Launch And Scale Speedometer” For Global Health Interventions

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The Duke Global Health Innovation Center (GHIC) will develop a global health innovation ‘Launch and Scale Speedometer’, a three-year, $2 million initiative to identify evidence-based practices and pathways that accelerate the introduction and scale up of life-saving technologies and interventions, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). Addressing the lack of high-quality data about best practices to develop, launch, and scale health interventions, such as drugs, devices, and diagnostics, in low- and middle-income countries, the Duke GHIC will collect data on intervention pathway milestones and identify key variables that could accelerate or impede pathways to scale. “This is a great opportunity for the Duke Global Health Innovation Center to leverage our expertise in studying and supporting health innovations to develop stronger data and evidence to inform the broader…
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01Oct 2018 by kmitch@duke.edu
Global Health Innovation Center Collaborates with RTI on ReachHealth Project

Global Health Innovation Center Collaborates with RTI on ReachHealth Project

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[caption id="attachment_520" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo courtesy RTI International[/caption] Research Triangle Park, NC – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has selected RTI International to implement a five-year initiative to strengthen and improve access to critical health services for Filipino families. Beginning later this year, the Family Planning / Maternal & Neonatal Health Innovations and Capacity Building Platform (ReachHealth) will help Philippine communities reduce unmet needs for family planning services and decrease teen pregnancy and newborn morbidity and mortality. “We share USAID’s vision and goal of empowering local and national stakeholders in the Philippines to improve family planning and maternal and neonatal health services, as well as ensure local health systems are strong and resilient,” said Richard Reithinger, Vice President of Global Health at RTI. “Building on accomplishments made…
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01Jan 2018 by kmitch@duke.edu
Press Announcement – Two new awards for Saving Lives at Birth program

Press Announcement – Two new awards for Saving Lives at Birth program

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Announcement - January 2018: Duke Global Health Innovation Center wins two new awards totaling over $13 million to enhance global effort to save lives at birth DURHAM, N.C. – Several Duke University organizations, led by the Duke Global Health Innovation Center (GHIC), are partnering with  the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other global development organizations to evaluate the Saving Lives at Birth program and help organizations scale up maternal and newborn health innovations more quickly and sustainably. Saving Lives at Birth:  A Grand Challenge for Development seeks groundbreaking prevention and treatment approaches for pregnant women and newborns in poor, hard-to-reach communities around the time of delivery.  The effort is funded by a partnership of international development organizations including USAID, the Government of Norway (Norad), the Bill & Melinda Gates…
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