11 infographics explaining the latest trends in fertility treatment in the UK, including who and how many people are having fertility treatment, what treatment they're having, where they're having it, how it's being funded and how successful it is.
This document discusses how healthcare is undergoing massive changes and the opportunities they present. It notes an academic medical center's ambitions to impact healthcare through its 11,000 colleagues, 3,000 students, and $1 billion in revenue. New technologies like mobile devices, apps, and wearables are disrupting healthcare and empowering patients. Partnerships will be important to transition healthcare internationally as paradigms shift over the next 7-17 years. 2015 is seen as a tipping point, and readers are encouraged to seize opportunities to innovate and drive change.
This document discusses how technology is enabling major changes in healthcare and opportunities for patient engagement. It notes that a university medical center with over 11,000 employees and 1,000 beds aims to significantly impact healthcare. Technologies like 3D printing, sensors, and mobile apps are discussed as enabling new models of remote and do-it-yourself healthcare. The role of patients is shifting from passive recipients of care to active partners in their health. New alliances between organizations will be needed to support innovations that put patients first and reimburse for health outcomes rather than services.
This certificate recognizes that Utkarsh Sethia successfully completed a course on climate change by February 9th, 2016, earning a final score of 100%. He scored 100% on each of the four module assessments: "Climate Change: Why Should we Care?", "What's Happening and Why?", "Will We Cope?", and "Fixing It".
Healthcare, of course, is different from manufacturing. There are no shop floors, products of assembly lines. But the industry’s growing problems—not to mention the challenges of healthcare reform– are creating a sense of urgency and a strong mandate for change. Can lean techniques help hospitals increase efficiency, streamline processes, improve patient outcomes and patient satisfaction? A3lean provides the most efficient way to start your lean journey.
- Lucien Engelen is the Director of Radboud REshape & Innovation Center and Head of the Regional Emergency Network. He is also on the advisory board for the Executive Committee and a faculty member at Singularity University.
- He works with 11,000 colleagues, 3,000 students, and oversees 1,000 beds at Radboud, with an ambition to close 500 beds. Radboud has $1 billion in revenue and was the first academic center outside the US to implement the EPIC system.
- Engelen believes that within 15 years, the majority of healthcare consumers will have used computers for 40 years of their lives and the internet will be the #1 source for health information. Exponential
Andrew Quinn from Havas Worldwide on Generation ZHavas People
Generation Z, born between 1996-2012, is now entering the workplace. They have been shaped by their grandparents who have taken on more of a parenting role due to more mothers entering the workforce. Grandparents now spend on average 8 hours a week caring for grandchildren. This generation values happiness over hard work and success, sees entrepreneurship positively, and wants to create social change, reflecting the influences of both their Gen X parents and Baby Boomer grandparents.
11 infographics explaining the latest trends in fertility treatment in the UK, including who and how many people are having fertility treatment, what treatment they're having, where they're having it, how it's being funded and how successful it is.
This document discusses how healthcare is undergoing massive changes and the opportunities they present. It notes an academic medical center's ambitions to impact healthcare through its 11,000 colleagues, 3,000 students, and $1 billion in revenue. New technologies like mobile devices, apps, and wearables are disrupting healthcare and empowering patients. Partnerships will be important to transition healthcare internationally as paradigms shift over the next 7-17 years. 2015 is seen as a tipping point, and readers are encouraged to seize opportunities to innovate and drive change.
This document discusses how technology is enabling major changes in healthcare and opportunities for patient engagement. It notes that a university medical center with over 11,000 employees and 1,000 beds aims to significantly impact healthcare. Technologies like 3D printing, sensors, and mobile apps are discussed as enabling new models of remote and do-it-yourself healthcare. The role of patients is shifting from passive recipients of care to active partners in their health. New alliances between organizations will be needed to support innovations that put patients first and reimburse for health outcomes rather than services.
This certificate recognizes that Utkarsh Sethia successfully completed a course on climate change by February 9th, 2016, earning a final score of 100%. He scored 100% on each of the four module assessments: "Climate Change: Why Should we Care?", "What's Happening and Why?", "Will We Cope?", and "Fixing It".
Healthcare, of course, is different from manufacturing. There are no shop floors, products of assembly lines. But the industry’s growing problems—not to mention the challenges of healthcare reform– are creating a sense of urgency and a strong mandate for change. Can lean techniques help hospitals increase efficiency, streamline processes, improve patient outcomes and patient satisfaction? A3lean provides the most efficient way to start your lean journey.
- Lucien Engelen is the Director of Radboud REshape & Innovation Center and Head of the Regional Emergency Network. He is also on the advisory board for the Executive Committee and a faculty member at Singularity University.
- He works with 11,000 colleagues, 3,000 students, and oversees 1,000 beds at Radboud, with an ambition to close 500 beds. Radboud has $1 billion in revenue and was the first academic center outside the US to implement the EPIC system.
- Engelen believes that within 15 years, the majority of healthcare consumers will have used computers for 40 years of their lives and the internet will be the #1 source for health information. Exponential
Andrew Quinn from Havas Worldwide on Generation ZHavas People
Generation Z, born between 1996-2012, is now entering the workplace. They have been shaped by their grandparents who have taken on more of a parenting role due to more mothers entering the workforce. Grandparents now spend on average 8 hours a week caring for grandchildren. This generation values happiness over hard work and success, sees entrepreneurship positively, and wants to create social change, reflecting the influences of both their Gen X parents and Baby Boomer grandparents.
1. The document discusses interventions to reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity in preterm infants in resource-scarce settings, specifically addressing the problem of hypothermia.
2. It describes two case studies of community intervention programs that provided neonatal care packages in rural India and sub-Saharan Africa/Southeast Asia. These programs emphasized increasing access through home visitation and interventions like kangaroo mother care.
3. The studies found that community care programs were highly effective and that care packages were often less costly than individual interventions. Addressing unequal access to healthcare through these types of programs can help reduce inequities in health outcomes.
The most advanced ivf and fertility centres 2018insightscare
With the need for high standards of IVF treatment, we bring the “The 10 Most Advanced IVF and Fertility Centers 2018.” These fertility clinics are providing contemporary paraphernalia to meet all the demands the IVF and Fertility vertical poses.
Elimination of mother to child transmission of hivstompoutmalaria
The document discusses eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. It provides facts on the magnitude of MTCT, defines elimination as reducing the transmission rate to below 5%, and outlines the tools and costs required. These include ARV regimens, family planning services, and focused efforts in the 25 highest burden countries. Peace Corps volunteers could help implement prevention activities and promote services to measure progress towards elimination goals.
Webinar: Canary in the coal mine – Presentation slidesILC- UK
This document summarizes a webinar on learnings from COVID-19 for health ecosystems in an aging world. The webinar discussed how COVID-19 has shown that health systems are unprepared for pandemic diseases and the growing burden of preventable conditions in older adults. Current approaches to disease prevention are often ageist. If issues are not addressed, the economic and health costs of failing to prioritize prevention across the lifespan will continue to rise substantially. Recommendations included doubling prevention efforts, strengthening primary care for all ages, and redefining societal views of the value of adult health interventions.
This document proposes targeting working mothers with a new energy drink called Zenergy. It notes that while the energy drink market has grown exponentially, most people are not interested in the category. It sees an opportunity to appeal to a new, older audience by focusing on mental energy and wellbeing rather than physical stimulation. The proposed product is a caffeine-based drink with added vitamins, positioned as an ongoing source of mental energy. The target is overworked mothers aged 25-40 who suffer from "depleted mother syndrome" due to balancing work and family responsibilities without rest. A digital marketing strategy is outlined to engage this audience of "digital moms" through online influencers and content.
Grand Challenges Canada and Saving Brains partners announced $4.2 million in investments for nine innovations to improve early brain development in developing countries. The largest investment of $1 million will expand the use of Kangaroo Mother Care, a technique shown to reduce mortality for low birth weight babies, in Mali and Cameroon. This will establish two centers of excellence and train staff at 10 new hospital units, potentially reducing neonatal mortality by 30% and helping nearly 3,000 infants thrive. Eight other projects received $265,000 each for innovative approaches in various countries, such as educational radio in Rwanda and home visits for pregnant youth in Brazil.
This document discusses how subtle shifts in thinking and messaging can positively impact behavior. It provides examples of principles from behavioral economics and psychology like loss aversion, social norming, reciprocity, and the power of now that were applied in marketing strategies to increase engagement. The strategies emphasized making desired behaviors easy and socially motivated rather than relying solely on facts and education. Overall, the document advocates for carefully selecting behaviors to target, identifying barriers and benefits, and designing strategies grounded in behavioral science to promote participation and behavior change.
At OliveWear, we provide personalised and predictive maternal care using AI, iOT and wearable technology. Currently, we have developed a complete solution that can provide high quality maternal care for mothers.
The document discusses several topics:
1. It describes research done on fertility awareness and helping patients overcome barriers to fertility treatment. This included changing the experience of certain fertility tests and using multimedia to correct misconceptions.
2. It outlines challenges and opportunities for the Maria Fertility Hospital chain, including pursuing medical tourism opportunities in Mongolia through partnerships with local clinics.
3. It details the development of the "Maria Guardian System" using QR codes and fingerprint scanning to accurately match patients and their fertility samples, preventing any mix-ups.
4. It provides an overview of research conducted on home security systems, examining what makes people feel secure or insecure in their homes and how this influences their choices between
Speaker: The Cost of Saving Babies from Jaundice in Developing CountriesSpark Health Design
This document discusses the design of technologies for improving healthcare in developing countries. It describes several projects including a portable phototherapy device called Firefly that treats newborn jaundice. Field research found Firefly reduced treatment time by 40% compared to overhead phototherapy and helped avoid 3 risky exchange blood transfusions. Stakeholder interviews found Firefly was easy to use and preferred over other options for treating jaundice in resource-limited settings. The document emphasizes the importance of considering factors like local needs, costs, and sustainability when designing technologies for social impact.
Maternova: Tools and Ideas That Improve Maternal and Neonatal HealthEmily Fallon
Maternova is an online marketplace that aggregates and sells life-saving tools for maternal and newborn healthcare providers in developing countries. Its mission is to accelerate innovation in this field by making it easy for doctors, nurses and midwives to access new tools. It has over 30,000 online visitors from 170 countries and has shipped kits to 22 early customers, some of whom are repeat customers, making the business cash flow positive in 2013. The company is led by CEO Meg Wirth and focuses on partnering with groups that can distribute products in over 80 countries to get innovations rapidly to clinicians on the frontlines.
The document discusses reducing maternal deaths by addressing the three delays that prevent women from receiving timely emergency obstetric care: delay in deciding to seek care, reaching care, and receiving care. Interventions like skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care in well-equipped facilities, and improving access through community education and mobilization have been shown to significantly reduce maternal and newborn mortality when comprehensively implemented. A multi-pronged approach is needed that addresses both supply of and demand for quality maternal healthcare services.
Jennifer Waidler presents “A Cash Plus Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge of Tanzania’s Youth” at APHA Annual Meeting 2019, Philadelphia, November 3-6 2019
Balancing antibiotic treatment with regard to mastitisHenk Hogeveen
These are the sildes of a presentation I gave at the NMC Annual Meeting, held in Fort Worth Texas on January 27, 2014. I was asked to tell something on the economics of mastitis treatment. I broadened that to balancing. Economics is about optimization, but nowadays in antibiotic treatment in animals factors such as animal welfare and a reduction in the use of antibiotics play also a role. The farmer and the veterinary advisor have to balance this. The presentation aims at setting up spreadsheet to support decision making
1. The document discusses prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) of HIV, including that transmission can occur during pregnancy, labor, delivery and breastfeeding. It also discusses the importance of PPTCT for preventing pediatric HIV infections.
2. PPTCT services in India aim to detect positive pregnant women and provide them comprehensive services including antiretroviral treatment (ART). The objectives are to detect over 80% of positive women, provide services to over 90%, and ensure over 95% ART compliance for positive women.
3. Care for HIV exposed infants includes care at birth, infant feeding support, antiretroviral prophylaxis, vaccines, cotrimoxazole
GIRHL's mission is to increase access and quality of reproductive health care globally through research, development, and implementation of innovative solutions. They identify problems through collaboration with local healthcare workers and engineers. Their programs focus on obstetric fistula and maternal health in developing countries. For obstetric fistula, they develop new evaluation techniques and devices to manage incontinence. For maternal health, they are developing a device called the Prenabelt to prevent stillbirth and low birthweight.
This document discusses using computer science applications to improve health delivery in low-income countries. It provides two examples: 1) patient record systems using electronic medical records to track AIDS treatment in Rwanda, and 2) using medical algorithms on handheld devices to standardize child healthcare through automated Integrated Management of Childhood Illness protocols in Tanzania. Both aim to improve adherence to treatment guidelines, data quality, and clinical decision making. The conclusion emphasizes that any such applications must understand the local context and face challenges of evaluation, local ownership, integration, and avoiding duplication of existing efforts.
India has decided to systematically count the number of stillbirths for the first time. Stillbirths have remained invisible and uncounted until now. The health ministry plans to monitor stillbirths at 50 medical colleges to determine the causes, such as maternal health conditions or issues during delivery. India aims to reduce its stillbirth rate to less than 10 per 1,000 births by 2030.
Marcus Longley - Is the NHS sustainableangewatkins
Cardiff University Healthy Ageing Conference & Public Lecture
The importance of a healthy lifestyle
A Conference and a Public Lecture
Thursday 30th October 2014
http://medicine.cardiff.ac.uk/event/healthy-ageing-conference-public-lecture/
Prof. William MacAskill (Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Oxford; CEO, Centre for Effective Altruism), EA Global X Berlin 2017, Oct 14/15 2017
1. The document discusses interventions to reduce neonatal mortality and morbidity in preterm infants in resource-scarce settings, specifically addressing the problem of hypothermia.
2. It describes two case studies of community intervention programs that provided neonatal care packages in rural India and sub-Saharan Africa/Southeast Asia. These programs emphasized increasing access through home visitation and interventions like kangaroo mother care.
3. The studies found that community care programs were highly effective and that care packages were often less costly than individual interventions. Addressing unequal access to healthcare through these types of programs can help reduce inequities in health outcomes.
The most advanced ivf and fertility centres 2018insightscare
With the need for high standards of IVF treatment, we bring the “The 10 Most Advanced IVF and Fertility Centers 2018.” These fertility clinics are providing contemporary paraphernalia to meet all the demands the IVF and Fertility vertical poses.
Elimination of mother to child transmission of hivstompoutmalaria
The document discusses eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. It provides facts on the magnitude of MTCT, defines elimination as reducing the transmission rate to below 5%, and outlines the tools and costs required. These include ARV regimens, family planning services, and focused efforts in the 25 highest burden countries. Peace Corps volunteers could help implement prevention activities and promote services to measure progress towards elimination goals.
Webinar: Canary in the coal mine – Presentation slidesILC- UK
This document summarizes a webinar on learnings from COVID-19 for health ecosystems in an aging world. The webinar discussed how COVID-19 has shown that health systems are unprepared for pandemic diseases and the growing burden of preventable conditions in older adults. Current approaches to disease prevention are often ageist. If issues are not addressed, the economic and health costs of failing to prioritize prevention across the lifespan will continue to rise substantially. Recommendations included doubling prevention efforts, strengthening primary care for all ages, and redefining societal views of the value of adult health interventions.
This document proposes targeting working mothers with a new energy drink called Zenergy. It notes that while the energy drink market has grown exponentially, most people are not interested in the category. It sees an opportunity to appeal to a new, older audience by focusing on mental energy and wellbeing rather than physical stimulation. The proposed product is a caffeine-based drink with added vitamins, positioned as an ongoing source of mental energy. The target is overworked mothers aged 25-40 who suffer from "depleted mother syndrome" due to balancing work and family responsibilities without rest. A digital marketing strategy is outlined to engage this audience of "digital moms" through online influencers and content.
Grand Challenges Canada and Saving Brains partners announced $4.2 million in investments for nine innovations to improve early brain development in developing countries. The largest investment of $1 million will expand the use of Kangaroo Mother Care, a technique shown to reduce mortality for low birth weight babies, in Mali and Cameroon. This will establish two centers of excellence and train staff at 10 new hospital units, potentially reducing neonatal mortality by 30% and helping nearly 3,000 infants thrive. Eight other projects received $265,000 each for innovative approaches in various countries, such as educational radio in Rwanda and home visits for pregnant youth in Brazil.
This document discusses how subtle shifts in thinking and messaging can positively impact behavior. It provides examples of principles from behavioral economics and psychology like loss aversion, social norming, reciprocity, and the power of now that were applied in marketing strategies to increase engagement. The strategies emphasized making desired behaviors easy and socially motivated rather than relying solely on facts and education. Overall, the document advocates for carefully selecting behaviors to target, identifying barriers and benefits, and designing strategies grounded in behavioral science to promote participation and behavior change.
At OliveWear, we provide personalised and predictive maternal care using AI, iOT and wearable technology. Currently, we have developed a complete solution that can provide high quality maternal care for mothers.
The document discusses several topics:
1. It describes research done on fertility awareness and helping patients overcome barriers to fertility treatment. This included changing the experience of certain fertility tests and using multimedia to correct misconceptions.
2. It outlines challenges and opportunities for the Maria Fertility Hospital chain, including pursuing medical tourism opportunities in Mongolia through partnerships with local clinics.
3. It details the development of the "Maria Guardian System" using QR codes and fingerprint scanning to accurately match patients and their fertility samples, preventing any mix-ups.
4. It provides an overview of research conducted on home security systems, examining what makes people feel secure or insecure in their homes and how this influences their choices between
Speaker: The Cost of Saving Babies from Jaundice in Developing CountriesSpark Health Design
This document discusses the design of technologies for improving healthcare in developing countries. It describes several projects including a portable phototherapy device called Firefly that treats newborn jaundice. Field research found Firefly reduced treatment time by 40% compared to overhead phototherapy and helped avoid 3 risky exchange blood transfusions. Stakeholder interviews found Firefly was easy to use and preferred over other options for treating jaundice in resource-limited settings. The document emphasizes the importance of considering factors like local needs, costs, and sustainability when designing technologies for social impact.
Maternova: Tools and Ideas That Improve Maternal and Neonatal HealthEmily Fallon
Maternova is an online marketplace that aggregates and sells life-saving tools for maternal and newborn healthcare providers in developing countries. Its mission is to accelerate innovation in this field by making it easy for doctors, nurses and midwives to access new tools. It has over 30,000 online visitors from 170 countries and has shipped kits to 22 early customers, some of whom are repeat customers, making the business cash flow positive in 2013. The company is led by CEO Meg Wirth and focuses on partnering with groups that can distribute products in over 80 countries to get innovations rapidly to clinicians on the frontlines.
The document discusses reducing maternal deaths by addressing the three delays that prevent women from receiving timely emergency obstetric care: delay in deciding to seek care, reaching care, and receiving care. Interventions like skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care in well-equipped facilities, and improving access through community education and mobilization have been shown to significantly reduce maternal and newborn mortality when comprehensively implemented. A multi-pronged approach is needed that addresses both supply of and demand for quality maternal healthcare services.
Jennifer Waidler presents “A Cash Plus Model for Safe Transitions to Adulthood: Impacts on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge of Tanzania’s Youth” at APHA Annual Meeting 2019, Philadelphia, November 3-6 2019
Balancing antibiotic treatment with regard to mastitisHenk Hogeveen
These are the sildes of a presentation I gave at the NMC Annual Meeting, held in Fort Worth Texas on January 27, 2014. I was asked to tell something on the economics of mastitis treatment. I broadened that to balancing. Economics is about optimization, but nowadays in antibiotic treatment in animals factors such as animal welfare and a reduction in the use of antibiotics play also a role. The farmer and the veterinary advisor have to balance this. The presentation aims at setting up spreadsheet to support decision making
1. The document discusses prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) of HIV, including that transmission can occur during pregnancy, labor, delivery and breastfeeding. It also discusses the importance of PPTCT for preventing pediatric HIV infections.
2. PPTCT services in India aim to detect positive pregnant women and provide them comprehensive services including antiretroviral treatment (ART). The objectives are to detect over 80% of positive women, provide services to over 90%, and ensure over 95% ART compliance for positive women.
3. Care for HIV exposed infants includes care at birth, infant feeding support, antiretroviral prophylaxis, vaccines, cotrimoxazole
GIRHL's mission is to increase access and quality of reproductive health care globally through research, development, and implementation of innovative solutions. They identify problems through collaboration with local healthcare workers and engineers. Their programs focus on obstetric fistula and maternal health in developing countries. For obstetric fistula, they develop new evaluation techniques and devices to manage incontinence. For maternal health, they are developing a device called the Prenabelt to prevent stillbirth and low birthweight.
This document discusses using computer science applications to improve health delivery in low-income countries. It provides two examples: 1) patient record systems using electronic medical records to track AIDS treatment in Rwanda, and 2) using medical algorithms on handheld devices to standardize child healthcare through automated Integrated Management of Childhood Illness protocols in Tanzania. Both aim to improve adherence to treatment guidelines, data quality, and clinical decision making. The conclusion emphasizes that any such applications must understand the local context and face challenges of evaluation, local ownership, integration, and avoiding duplication of existing efforts.
India has decided to systematically count the number of stillbirths for the first time. Stillbirths have remained invisible and uncounted until now. The health ministry plans to monitor stillbirths at 50 medical colleges to determine the causes, such as maternal health conditions or issues during delivery. India aims to reduce its stillbirth rate to less than 10 per 1,000 births by 2030.
Marcus Longley - Is the NHS sustainableangewatkins
Cardiff University Healthy Ageing Conference & Public Lecture
The importance of a healthy lifestyle
A Conference and a Public Lecture
Thursday 30th October 2014
http://medicine.cardiff.ac.uk/event/healthy-ageing-conference-public-lecture/
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Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
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New Incentives is an EA charity based in the US and Nigeria.
Our main donor GiveWell supports us in the hope that we will become a GiveWell top charity.
What do we do?
We use cash transfers to save lives in the largest African country, Nigeria
We give poor mothers small financial incentives if they vaccinate their children against deadly diseases.
This model is called a conditional cash transfer, as it combines cash with a condition.
Conditions are often long-term goals in the fields of health or education.
In our case we give cash transfers after an infant completes each of the five mandatory immunization visits in Nigeria.
In Nigeria as in all developing countries vaccinations are free.
If vaccinations help save lives and are free, why do we need a cash transfer in the first place?
Many hurdles for mothers to vaccinate their children.
Often have to spend money for transport to access the clinic.
Then they have to spend a full day waiting at the clinic instead of selling goods on the market and making money
3. Finally, women are often not aware about immunizations or have suspicions.
Small cash incentives can help overcome all of these three hurdles.
Our donors and we are excited about the potential of this program
According to early cost-effectiveness calculations by GiveWell, the program could be equally cost-effective as Malaria bed nets, potentially more.
And it can be scaled considerably.
Nigeria has a population of 180 million.
Almost none of the 36 states in Nigeria has at least half of infants fully vaccinated.
New Incentives operates in North West Nigeria, where the rate of fully vaccinated children is as low as almost nowhere in the world.
Only 8% of infants are fully vaccinated.
Happy to share a few of the lessons learned over the past three years of building this charity in Nigeria
And of course the learning continues every day…
The first lesson is: Don’t reinvent the wheel
Many evidence-based interventions to fight poverty, but not enough organizations implement them
Conditional Cash Transfers one of most well researched and proven intervention.
Two decades of evidence. Started in Mexico and Brazil late 1990s. Adopted all around the world since.
No NGO solely focused on them. Saw huge opportunity.
If you want to start your own EA charity, don’t start at 0 but check out the massive amount of evidence from randomized controlled trials that is out there.
GiveWell is your best starting point for promising development interventions. If you want to dive into hundreds of randomized studies, check out J-PAL, IPA and 3ie.
You might also want to look into Charity Science that put together an overview of effective interventions and is interested in finding new charity entrepreneurs.
And if you are interested in health interventions, PubMed or the Cochrane Review are great resources.
As you know two key aspects of implementing an EA development intervention are: cost-effectiveness and scalability
But it is not always that straightforward to combine the two, as our story shows.
Objective: Combine CCT with a highly effective health intervention.
Found: Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.
Colleague Svetha in 2014 moved to Nigeria where 1/3 of world wide transmissions happen.
Paid mothers to give birth at clinic where they get drug to prevent HIV transmission to the newborn
Highly cost-effective program.
Not scalable:
numbers of pregnant women with HIV inflated for various reasons
hundreds of small clinics with low beneficiary numbers. Difficult to serve only 1-2 pregnant positive women per clinic.
Pivot to extend program to cash transfers for delivery at a clinic for all women
Program addresses neonatal mortality, infants dying in the first month after birth, major cause of mortality today and can be prevented through skilled delivery.
Knew all depended on clinic quality. If not good enough mortality effect would be low.
Tried to gather as much data as possible. Over 100 indicators per clinic.
Could not make case that basic Nigerian clinics provided good enough quality to lower mortality.
Ended up with much better scalability but worse cost-effectiveness.
2016: find new program that would be better at combining cost-effectiveness and scalability.
Old idea: cash transfer for immunizations.
Moved to Northern Nigeria where immunization coverage extremely low
Cash transfers for immunizations is the program we are scaling up now to over 100,000 infants.
You need both cost-effectiveness and scalability.
And often it is not obvious by studying the literature whether you have both.
You don’t know how many beneficiaries there are if you are not on the ground.
You even know less whether and how you can serve them.
Combine the best literature, the best health surveys like DHS, World Bank surveys, but also your own data collection and operations on the ground
Implementation is more important than the idea.
Many good ideas. It’s about the implementation.
Same for businesses: Friendster / Myspace. Facebook made the race.
EA community has a focus on finding the best interventions. Lots of research. Absolutely necessary. But not sufficient for starting an EA charity.
Theories often not helpful to answer a specific question. Contradictory. Small tests necessary. Very influenced by lean startup theory (Steve Blank).
Example: can rural women use mobile money?
Went out to villages and handed mobile money codes to random women. Answer was yes.
Successfully implemented for tens of thousands of payments.
Then moved to North Nigeria with latest program. Pivot again. Most women don’t have access to mobile phones. So use cash now.
Kind of ironic that we went backwards in this respect, from mobile money to cash, but it means we can serve the poorest of the poor.
And mobile money example I just gave is an exciting implementation challenge.
Most implementation challenges that make or break the organization are far more mundane: taxes, benefits, expense management
CCTs are extremely well researched and proven with numerous RCTs - unlike some other interventions where there is only 1-2 RCTs
Usually necessary even if there are other RCTs. 1. Your context is different 2. How good is your program
Good news:
1. Researchers interested: NGO interested in RCT and full transparency still rare. Chance is that you might found someone that manages your RCT.
2. First RCT 100,000 from the Gates founding (and got leading HIV researcher), admin data, proves that an RCT does not have to be expensive
Latest RCT on cash transfers for immunizations is a multi-million dollar project
Building an EA startup you have to be a chameleon in two ways:
First you need to be willing to work on various fields as the typical startup entrepreneur. From research, to admin, human resources, IT, marketing, fundraising. Exciting but you have to learn constantly.
2. Then when your organization grows you have to change again and become more of a leader, building a proper organization. You can’t do it all yourself anymore. Not sustainable.
For this transition to be successful many resources can be helpful.
We at New Incentives had the opportunity to participate in the startup accelerator Y Combinator. Helpful advice on growing an org
Also have terrific advisers, e.g. from Director from Evidence Action /// an expert from the Centre for Global Develompent
Lots of good reading material. High Output Management from former Intel CEO
To sum up,
If you are the person that loves to implement an evidence-based development intervention
If you are committed to balancing cost-effectiveness and scalability
If you love implementation not just ideas and theory
If you ever wanted to run your own randomized controlled trial
And of course if you are a Chameleon
Then consider starting an EA charity.