Delivered by Mr. Jeff Stottlemyer, Senior Manager, CLASP at the Global Forum 2020 Innovators from the Field session.

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3 R D S A V I N G L I V E S S U S T A I N A B L Y:
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION IN THE HEALTH
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Jeffrey Stottlemyer
Off-Grid Medical Equipment
Innovation to Support Clinic
Electrification

2. 2
What We Do
Energy & Quality Standards to keep inefficient, low-
quality products off the market
Policy Compliance, Testing & Quality Assurance to
ensure products perform & markets are fair to all
Product Labeling & Consumer Education to attract
consumers to good products & inspire demand
Awards & Product Recognition to reward early-movers &
accelerate markets
Procurement, Incentives & Bulk Buys to incentivize
manufacturers, reduce risks & saturate markets with efficient,
high quality products
Global Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing to leverage
collective knowledge and forge productive partnerships

3. Clinic Electrification is an
Emerging Priority
Less than 30% of hospitals and clinics in the developing world have reliable electricity.
Development and donor communities now widely recognize the energy/health nexus, with
many prioritizing clinic electrification as part of COVID-19 response. These efforts focus on
provision of distributed renewable energy systems and related infrastructure that make
electricity available, but often do not address equipment for patient care, sanitation,
lighting, or cooling.

4. Off-Grid Medical
Equipment: A Missing
Link
• Clinic electrification initiatives focus on
the energy system itself without
considering the medical equipment
required to deliver health services.
• Companies struggle to understand which
types of medical devices they should
include in healthcare energy solutions.
• No suppliers for appropriate models of
the products they try to include.
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The result is under-
equipped, over-
sized, and/or
unnecessarily
expensive energy
systems.

5. Super-Efficient Equipment Expands
Health Service Delivery
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6. Super-Efficient Equipment Lowers
Cost of Health Service Delivery
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7. Technical and Commercial
Challenges
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• Technological complexity: More than 2M different kinds of medical devices on the
market; products can deliver the same health service through different physical or
chemical processes and with different underlying technology.
• Inefficient & inappropriate design: Existing products are highly inefficient, not designed
for use in harsh environments, and incompatible with distributed renewable energy
systems.
• Lack of guidance: Equipment lists from national health ministries and international orgs
not explicitly focused on electrical devices & load design for off/weak-grid clinics.
• Immature regulatory frameworks: Nascent regulatory protocols for medical devices do
not address energy requirements, efficiency, or power supply. Performance standards
largely non-existent.
• Fragmented procurement: Large-scale procurement of medical equipment often focused
on a narrowly defined health outcome and/or driven by individual donor requirements,
while equipment suppliers often dump excess inventory whether its needed or not.
• Sectoral silos: Existing efforts to convene health and energy access communities are
nascent and lack the mandate or capacity to engage deeply with medical equipment.

8. Recommendations
1. Convene Health & Energy Access Stakeholders with
an Explicit Focus on Medical Equipment
2. Prioritize Clinical Equipment Needs to Improve
Healthcare Solution Design
3. Develop Standards for Off-Grid Medical Equipment
Based on Performance Baselines
4. Provide Targeted Support for Medical Equipment
Innovation
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“[Energy efficiency] hasn’t been identified as a
key constraint for health outcomes until
recently…It hasn’t been our organizational focus
and clinicians aren’t focused on this either.”
– Off-grid medical device manufacturer

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