January 2018

Saving Lives at Birth Round 8 Applications Open

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development has launched its eighth call for groundbreaking, sustainable innovations to save the lives of mothers and newborns in the hardest to reach corners of the world. In Round 8, Saving Lives at Birth seeks to catalyze the scale and sustainability of the most promising solutions, which are transitioning to scale, and bring together cutting-edge science and/or low-cost technologies, service delivery, and demand innovation in transformative new ways.

The program has begun taking applications, with submissions due by February 28, 2018, 2:00 pm EST. To apply and learn more, visit www.savinglivesatbirth.net/apply.

GSK/Kellogg/USAID Global Health Case Competition

CII is partnering with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management on a global health case competition. This first-of-its-kind competition looks to unleash the power of management and business principles to identify cutting-edge and sustainable solutions to tough global health challenges, helping build and connect future generations of global business leaders from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the United States and Europe to save lives. Learn more and apply.

Highlights of CII’s Work at World Economic Forum, including the DIB and UAVs

The Utkrisht Impact Bond, developed by USAID/CII and USAID/India and partners UBS, MSD for Mothers, PSI, Palladium, HLFPPT, and the Government of Rajasthan, was featured at two events at the World Economic Forum, one hosted by the UBS Optimus Foundation and the other hosted by MSD for Mothers, where USAID’s Administrator Mark Green delivered the keynote. Additionally, Devex released a piece on UAVs discussed at the World Economic Forum, highlighting CII’s newest report UAVs in Global Health.

Pfizer Joins AMP Health Partnership to Increase Access to Care in Africa

Pfizer is joining the Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health), a program co-founded by USAID/CII, and includes partners Gavi, GSK, Merck, and the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Health. Support from Pfizer will allow AMP Health to build on its work in Kenya, Malawi, and Sierra Leone, strengthening the leadership and management capacity necessary to develop and implement systems of tens of thousands of CHWs and expand its work to new countries, including Ghana and Zambia.

A New Way to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health

The State Department’s ShareAmerica editorial team published a story on the Utkrisht Impact Bond highlighting the power of results-based financing through public-private partnerships and leveraging the private sector.

10 of USAID’s Best with highlights of CII’s work

Proud to be a part of two of 10 of USAID’s Best, including our work on USAID’s first Development Impact Bond for health, and Saving Lives at Birth innovator, Bempu, which was featured in TIME as one of the Top 25 Inventions of 2017.