2. CREATING A FAST LANE FOR CHANGE
New interventions and technologies to change the face of HIV/AIDS
“The future belongs to people who see
possibilities before they become obvious.”
— Ted Levitt, American Economist
There are great ideas — simple, innovative, high-impact — emerging in
the fight to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. But a dearth of funds means some
of the best never have the chance to come to life.
The UNICEF HIV/AIDS Innovation Fund seeks to harness the greatest
minds, most effective technologies, and best approaches to ensure
even the hardest-to-reach children and families can lead healthy lives
free of HIV.
We invite you to join us in the next phase of the fight against HIV/AIDS.
3. THE NEED FOR A NEW WAY FORWARD
Working together toward an HIV-free generation
34 million people 2.5 million children — including — are living
400,000 children 900,000
with HIV/AIDS today. More than and
adolescents become newly infected each year. Vast segments of affected populations —
especially women and children — are not being reached by current approaches to
prevention and treatment. At the same time, the funding gap between what is needed to respond
to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and what is available continues to grow, reaching $10 billion
in 2010. There is an urgent need for a re-energized response to HIV/AIDS — to bring low-cost,
high-impact interventions and technologies to scale. And we need your help.
4. MOVING TOWARDS AN HIV FREE GENERATION
1.26 million children and young people are newly infected by HIV each year.
By 2015 we aim to reduce this number by 50%.
To do this UNICEF and partners will:
Reduce new infant infection by 90% Reduce new youth infection by 30%
From 370,000 to 37,000
From 890,000 to 623,000
Each figure represents 10,000 children newly infected each year.
5. A FUND TO BRING INNOVATION TO SCALE
The UNICEF HIV/AIDS Innovation Fund brings together top HIV experts with diverse business
and philanthropic leaders to invest in high-impact, low-cost interventions and technologies that
can change the face of the AIDS epidemic.
How it works:
UNICEF sources the most The Fund incubates UNICEF works with governments,
innovative ideas these ideas, NGOs, academia, and multilateral
— with the power to address providing financing partners to bring the most
unmet needs and hard-to-reach successful projects to
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and expertise through
populations — from experts the pilot phase. scale, breaking bottlenecks,
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and partners working in boosting capacity, and encourag-
more than 150 countries. ing new commitments.
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The Fund’s Advisory Funders and partners receive
Committee recommends narrative and financial reports
the highest- helping them monitor
potential investments and continually
projects align funding with the
most effective
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for seed funding.
innovations.
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6. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INNOVATION FUND
Rapid, flexible resources building a pathway to scale
• Pooled fund of $4-5 million/year.
• Transparent criteria and process for selection of projects, including defined metrics for
measuring success/impact.
• Provision of rapid, flexible resources during the early stages of a project’s life cycle, building
a pathway to scale up by governments and donors.
• Advisory Committee comprised of HIV experts and lead funders working together
to recommend the highest-potential projects for seed funding.
• External/private sector expertise leveraged to strengthen projects as needed.
• Five year initial phase from 2011 to 2015, with annual review of results and impact.
7. INNOVATION FUND TARGET AREAS FOR INVESTMENT
Investing for impact
Solutions for “Last Mile” Delivery
• Strengthen drug and local supply chains
• Ensure drug delivery and uptake by hardest-to-reach populations
• Facilitate improved disease reporting, test result delivery and treatment monitoring
• Develop open-source mobile technology for integrated health services
Innovation in the Youth Agenda
• Reimagine youth-friendly HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment platforms
• Empower youth through technology, social networks, and other new media
• Enable peer-to-peer communication and support
Strengthening Families and Communities
• Build social and economic systems that incentivize well-being and facilitate access to health care for the hardest-to-reach
• Design resources for community-based healthcare and education.
Optimizing Management Systems
• Maximize cost effectiveness of interventions and outcomes
• Improve data use and management
8. INNOVATION FUND PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA
Breaking bottlenecks, delivering results, positioning for scale
• Focus on new interventions and technologies, or innovations to current approaches
that contribute to reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and children.
• IIdentify specific bottlenecks to be addressed and show how the project can help change
the HIV/AIDS landscape.
• Be evidence-based and contribute on-the-ground results within 2–3 years.
• Demonstrate how “proof-of-concept” could lead to scale-up and funding
by governments and donors.
• lBuild on partnerships on the ground, link with national oversight.
• Use existing global and national data and indicators to measure projects’ success.
• lBe fundable with approximately $500K per project.
9. INNOVATION: Results160 MOBILE HEALTH Example
RapidSMS improves access to HIV test results and services for women and infants
Bottleneck
Transportation barriers and logistical delays lead to slow reporting
If positive, child starts treatment
of HIV test results, delaying Early Infant Diagnosis and inhibiting 13
If negative, child retested in 6 mos.
treatment for mothers and infants. All pregnant mothers tested
Mother retrieves DBS results from clinic,
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0
& results are logged in child’s Under 5 Card
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Solution
Baby born to HIV+ mother
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Mother is
SMS
RapidSMS mobile phone technology increases the number of 11
contacted System
infants accurately tested for HIV and drastically reduces parents’ Results processed and
sent to clinic via SMS
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wait time for results. Results received by
clinic worker & logged
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Lab receives
Result CLINIC HUB CLINIC
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samples
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Low cost text messaging leads to 50% improvement in the
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
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DBS Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
Hub Clinic receives
& logs samples
delivery of HIV results for infants and helps ensure treatment DBS sample taken at
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rural clinic
availability and adherence. 2 DBS Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
1
DBS Sample
7 Hub aggregates samples
Benefits 3
Samples packed
& logged
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and sends to Lab
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• Speed — Wait time for test results cut from months to days. Dried Blood Spot (DBS)
to district Hub Clinic
• Cost — No SMS cost for clinic staff.
Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
DBS Sample
4 SMS
“SENT #” samples
• Scale — Potential for national scale at low cost.
• Reporting — Web portal provides national view of HIV
rates and treatment.
10. OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP DRIVE THE HIV/AIDS INNOVATION FUND
UNICEF and Business and Philanthropic leaders changing the face of HIV/AIDS
UNICEF as a Partner for Innovation
UNICEF has offices in more than 150 countries worldwide, and a long history of identifying
and scaling innovative solutions to development challenges. We are looking for partners
who share our belief that the next step in the fight against HIV/AIDS calls for new col-
laboration models and a willingness to embrace innovation.
Become a Seed Funder
Make a substantial, multi-year contribution to help seed the Fund and you’ll join the
Fund’s Advisory Committee — a multi-disciplinary group of corporate and philanthropic
leaders, and top HIV experts.
Leverage Your Network
If you know investors for whom the Innovation Fund would be of interest, please
put them in touch with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
11. CONTACT US
For more information, please contact:
Rajesh Anandan
Vice President, Corporate,
Foundation & Sports Partnerships
U. S. Fund for UNICEF
(212) 992-2646
ranandan@unicefusa.org
Colleen Galbraith
Manager, Corporate Partnerships
U. S. Fund for UNICEF
(212) 922-2635
cgalbraith@unicefusa.org
