Pioneers of Health Challenge launched, entries close this week

Implementing solutions

Launched by Good Worldwide, which has collaborated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it offers an opportunity for anyone who has come up with or is implementing a health solution in the areas of maternal & child health; HIV/AIDS; reproductive health; TB and malaria.

The Challenge builds on the model and insights of the Good Exchange, which convened community development leaders for a weeklong fellowship in Los Angeles in August. One of the fellowship participants, the South Africa-based Name Your Hood, is among the Pioneers of Health Challenge partners.

Voting

A panel of judges will select the top finalists that will move on to the voting round. In keeping with the crowd-sourced participation and community-building ethos, the Good community will vote online for its favourite projects. After community voting has closed, a panel of judges will select the winners from among the top-voted submissions.

"The Challenge aims to discover creative health and development innovations that could impact communities across the world," said Casey Caplowe, co-founder and chief creative officer, Good Worldwide. "We know that often the best solutions are collaborative and have surprising origins, and that bringing these initiatives together can ignite even greater creativity. We're thrilled to collaborate with organisations such as the Gates Foundation that are supporters of successful health interventions globally."

For more information, go to http://pioneersofhealth.maker.good.is/.