May 01, 2017

This year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to solve these challenges and discussing how these solutions can be scaled across industries and geographies.

May 01, 2017

Last week, Innovations in Healthcare hosted the 6th Annual Forum from March 20-21, 2017 in Washington, DC. This year’s forum gave attendees the opportunity to interact with more than forty of the world’s most savvy healthcare innovators.

May 01, 2017

At Innovations in Healthcare, we believe that the right answers to a lot of the most vexing problems in healthcare delivery are already out there. Our job is to identify and amplify healthcare innovation around the world.

May 01, 2017

As the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals shifted into the Sustainable Development Goals, one of the driving efforts that remained a priority was the movement for gender equality. After two years of acknowledging the critical role of women and girls in science and technology, the General Assembly gathered on December 22, 2015 and declared February 11th of each year to be International Women and Girls in Science Day.

May 01, 2017

Last week the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) released a white paper, Healthcare Innovation in East Africa: Navigating the Ecosystem. This report summarizes the wisdom of over sixty stakeholders in East Africa and analyzes the opportunities and gaps in the healthcare innovation ecosystem, spotlighting examples of innovation in the region. It looks at country and regional healthcare trends as well as the conditions for the healthcare entrepreneurial environment. It then examines the mechanisms for supporting and growing innovation and offers suggestions on how diverse stakeholders in the region can work together to navigate connections and chart a course toward improved health outcomes.

May 01, 2017

From November 9th-12th, 2016, researchers, students, entrepreneurs, innovators, field practitioners, and private sector professionals convened at the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) conference, TechCon 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. TechCon showcased innovations emerging from the eight HESN Development Labs and the broader development and higher education communities focused on innovation for social good. These various stakeholders met to energize science and technology solutions for development.