GSK kicks off race for Sh100m hard-to-reach children healthcare contest
The competition is open to innovators from countries classified as ‘low’, ‘lower-middle’, or ‘upper-middle’ income by the World Bank. PHOTO | FILE
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline is inviting Kenyan entrepreneurs to submit healthcare ideas in a $1 million innovation contest targeting the hardest-to-reach children especially in developing countries.
GSK has partnered with British charity Save the Children to unveil this year’s Healthcare Innovation Award, which rewards bright ideas in healthcare that help to reduce child mortality in poor countries and have the potential to reach even more children.
“Tough conditions can stimulate innovation, generating solutions that are relevant and adaptable. If these bright ideas can be shared across countries and continents, the impact could be profound,” said Lisa Bonadonna, head of the GSK and Save the Children partnership.
The competition is open to innovators from countries classified as ‘low’, ‘lower-middle’, or ‘upper-middle’ income by the World Bank.
A Kenyan-made mobile-based health management system, ZiDi, bagged $100,000 in 2013 for its ability to improve the quality of maternal and child care by providing access to real-time data on medicines and disease trends, to support health planning decisions.
The m-health app, adopted by Kenya’s Health ministry, has already assisted more than 500,000 patients.
In 2014, GSK feted Uganda-based Living Goods, which trains skilled health micro-entrepreneurs who go door-to-door educating their community about ways to improve their health and distributing products such as fortified foods and solar lights.
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