Scaling Innovations for Impact on Women's and Children's Health
EWEC Innovation Working Group Meeting, 25 April 2012, New York, United States of America
Presentations, background reports and documents
25 APRIL 2012 | NEW YORK - The Innovation Working Group (IWG) met for the first time on 25 April in New York, hosted by Columbia University with remote participation from London, Geneva and other locations. IWG Task Forces presented work in the areas of checklists, medical devices, sustainable business models and innovative financing.
In addition to the presentations from the working groups, the pre-publication Private Sector Engagement Guide in support of Every Woman Every Child was presented: “Private enterprise, public health”. The Guide seeks to support the private sector in identifying effective efforts to improve women’s and children’s health.
Examples of innovative scale-up PPP projects were presented, as well as a discussion about how to use innovation and the IWG to take to scale more initiatives, and contribute to the success of current ones, in particular the commission on life saving commodities, the family planning and child survival summits and events under the Every Woman Every Child effort. There was an engaging debate and broad agreement on next steps for the IWG, which include testing the recommendations and the potential for scaling-up innovations in countries, which will be the focus of the IWG strategy for 2012/2013.
Find below links to all presentations and background documents.
Agenda
Presentations
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Setting the scene/Coming opportunities
pdf, 368kb
Tore Godal & Scott Ratzan (IWG Co-Chairs); Flavia Bustreo, WHO -
Checklists for vaccines and immunization
pdf, 1.51Mb
Dr. Carsten Mantel, WHO/FWC/IVB/EPI -
Fostering healthy businesses: Delivering innovation in MCH - Report of the Task Force on Business Models in Health
pdf, 455kb -
Private enterprise, public health; a short guide for companies about opportunities to improve women’s and children’s health
pdf, 1.08Mb
By Scott Ratzan & Frederik Kristensen (IWG) -
Testing the feasibility of financial innovation to support Every Woman Every Child
pdf, 2.22Mb -
Addressing Critical Shortages of Skilled Healthcare Workforce using a Public-Private Partnership: UNFPA/Intel Collaboration
pdf, 859kb -
Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA): The power of health in every mama's hand
pdf, 356kb -
IWG Strategy "post New York": Basis for discussion
pdf, 59kb
Background documents
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Financial Innovation Landscape Research: Testing the Feasibility of Financial Innovation to Support Every Woman Every Child’s Mandate
pdf, 3.15Mb -
Immunization checklist
pdf, 198kb -
Taskforce of checklists interim progress report
pdf, 714kb -
A promise to keep: Fighting to end preventable child deaths
pdf, 140kb -
Establishing a UN Commission on Life-Saving Commodities for Women and Children
pdf, 219kb -
RMNCH Focused Commissions
pdf, 75kb -
Draft report: Fostering Healthy Businesses - Delivering Innovations in MCH
pdf, 602kb