Soil-testing technology developed on Mars is improving farming practices on Earth while helping to address climate change. In the flat, dry soy fields of Bahia in northeastern Brazil, an artificial intelligence startup called Agrorobótica is collecting soil samples, then using NASA-inspiredrobotics to analyze their composition. Agrorobótica is funded through an innovation grant managed by Chemonics International. The…
From 2016 to 2021, the USAID Human Resources for Health in 2030 (HRH2030) program Capacity Building for Malaria (CBM) activity supported the development of high-functioning health systems that are equipped to lead nationwide malaria activities in 10 countries across West and Central Africa.
This final report details the program’s achievements, and looks at the road ahead for health system to further strengthen the health workforce and advance universal health coverage.
Ségolène d’Herlincourt is the Zambia Strategic Programs Director for GHSC-PSM. Her main focus is on the management of a portfolio in subcontracted activities designed to support the Zambia Medicines & Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) and the Government of Republic of Zambia with improvements in the warehousing and distribution of public health commodities. This includes infrastructure…
Emmanuel is a public health program management expert with 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical products licensing, technology transfer, venture capital fundraising, supply chain and global health programs implementation (Cancer, Malaria, HIV, Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health). He worked for the University of California, the French Embassy in the USA, the Pasteur Institute, PSI,…
This post was originally published by BEAM Exchange, and is cross posted with permission. As the project director for a new USAID-funded global flagship programme called Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage, you may think that I spend all my time focused on markets for family planning, maternal and child health, HIV, malaria, or TB. But you’d…
During this session our panel of experts presented an overview of prevailing groundwater development and management challenges in the South African Development Community (SADC) region and discussed interventions for groundwater governance through improvement of policy, legal and institutional frameworks, effective groundwater knowledge management, and mainstreaming groundwater governance into River Basin Organizations. The USAID…
As USAID’s flagship private sector health project, FHM Engage envisions a world in which health markets are responsive, equitable, resilient, and driven by consumer needs.
As a 19-year-old student living in Benin, Kidita* dreamed of finishing her studies before starting a family. She relied on the pill so she wouldn’t get pregnant while at school. But one day, when Kidita went to the health facility in her village to pick up her monthly prescription, she found that it was unavailable.…
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that approximately two billion people around the world do not have access to necessary medicines, vaccines, medical devices, and other health commodities. In addition to the limited access to medicines, 10.5% of all available health commodities are classified as substandard or falsified, which harm patients, healthcare economies, and supply…