$1m healthcare innovation award launched
The pharmaceutical company, GSK, and Save the Children have launched a 1 million dollar award for developing country healthcare innovations to reduce child deaths, says a press release.
The award is part of an ambitious partnership between GSK and Save the Children which aims to help save the lives of a million of the worlds poorest children.
This years event will mark the third annual $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award that rewards innovations in healthcare that have helped to reduce child deaths in developing countries. From the 15 July 7 September 2015, organisations from across developing countries can nominate examples of innovative health approaches they have implemented. These approaches must have resulted in tangible improvements to under-5 child survival rates, be sustainable and have the potential to be scaled-up and replicated, the statement added.
Ramil Burden, vice-president for Africa and Developing Countries at GSK, said: Robust healthcare systems are the backbone of thriving communities but too many countries still lack the trained health workers and facilities they
need to manage everyday health challenges, let alone crises like the catastrophic outbreak of Ebola.
Through this years award, we hope to identify and support those innovations that are most effectively helping to strengthen health systems so that mothers and children are better able to access the care they need, when they need it, Burden added.
