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Jacaranda's care model makes new mothers 40% more likely to return to healthcare facilities for follow-up

By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%

Jana Care has reached 5,000+ diabetic patients with their low-cost blood glucose monitor

LegWorks expects to sell 37,000 durable, affordable prosthetic knee joints in five years

Kidogo is running two best-practice community baby care centres, serving 100 children

Almost 400 new fathers are receiving small group counselling through the Father's Clubs project

This street food safety project contributed to the implementation of the Safe Food Act in Bangladesh to fight adulteration and protect …

By elimating middlemen, Hearing Access World is reducing the cost of hearing aids by up to 90%

Jacaranda's care model makes new mothers 40% more likely to return to healthcare facilities for follow-up

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Note that some innovations are implemented in multiple countries.

Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health of Denotified and Nomadic Tribes

Institution: All India Institute of Local Self-Government
Implementation Country: India

Institution: Laguna AAA Water Corporation
Implementation Country: Philippines

Institution: Sustainable Health Ventures LTD
Implementation Country: Rwanda

Institution: Waste Enterprises Holding (WEH)
Implementation Country: Rwanda

Institution: Pad Heaven Initiative Limited
Implementation Country: Kenya

STREAMS: Strengthening the relationship between primary care nurses and community health workers using technology-enabled home visits for pregnant women

Institution: The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning
Implementation Country: Burkina Faso

Alleviating issues of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines

Institution: Sciventions Inc.
Implementation Country: Philippines

Cervical cancer screening for factory employees in Haiti

Institution: Innovating Health International
Implementation Country: Haiti

Icebreaker: Social marketing to promote the female condom for family planning and HIV prevention

Institution: Predon Company Limited
Implementation Country: Kenya

Children’s Automated Respiration Monitor (ChARM) for child pneumonia diagnosis by community health workers in Mali

Institution: The Canadian Red Cross Society
Implementation Country: Mali

Institution: Access Afya Kenya Limited
Implementation Country: Kenya

Institution: African Field Epidemiology Network (Kenya)
Implementation Country: Kenya

Foodborne bacterial testing and disinfection education for women in Egyptian communities

Institution: The Governing Council of the University of Toronto
Implementation Country: Egypt, Arab Rep.

Institution: Fundacion Lagu Hatavadi Waduheñu "Por La Salud De Nuestros Pueblos"
Implementation Country: Honduras

Institution: Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Implementation Country: India, Uganda

Institution: Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Implementation Country: Uganda

Institution: Perkumpulan Institut Hak Asasi Perempuan Called In English Institute For Women Human Rights abbreviated as IHAP
Implementation Country: Indonesia

Institution: Clinton Health Access Initiative - Canada
Implementation Country: Cambodia

Institution: Kitgum Concerned Women's Association
Implementation Country: Uganda

Institution: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا الأردنية (Jordan University of Science and Technology)
Implementation Country: Jordan

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Improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health of Denotified and Nomadic Tribes

Bundled water and sanitation services for Laguna’s informal settlements

Bringing affordable, eco-friendly menstrual health products to rural Rwanda

Pivot Works: Converting the human waste of Rwanda’s capital city into renewable fuel

Converting banana fiber into low-cost menstrual pads for women and girls

STREAMS: Strengthening the relationship between primary care nurses and community health workers using technology-enabled home visits for pregnant women

Alleviating issues of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines

Cervical cancer screening for factory employees in Haiti

Icebreaker: Social marketing to promote the female condom for family planning and HIV prevention

Children’s Automated Respiration Monitor (ChARM) for child pneumonia diagnosis by community health workers in Mali

1,000 day nutrient monitor

The Face Book Screening Tool: A Non-Verbal Post-Partum Depression Assessment Instrument

Foodborne bacterial testing and disinfection education for women in Egyptian communities

Low Cost Neonatal Intensive Care Incubator for Low Resource Countries

Augmented Infant Resuscitator

Protecting Remote Infants by SMS (PRISMS): A novel phone application that empowers frontline health workers to effectively manage sick newborn babies

Check2gether: Improving Access and Quality of Antenatal Care

A Tablet-based Intervention to Improve Family Planning Access for HIV+ Women in Cambodia

Savings Clubs as a Positive Incentive for Reproductive Health Among South Sudanese Refugees

Refugees’ Immunization App (RImA) pilot and evaluation

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