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What is GHI?
- The Global Health Initiative (GHI) is a partnership between private industry, non-profit donors and academia to develop products that address health issues facing underserved communities around the world.
- Parnters include Kellogg, Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering, Abbott Labs, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Inverness Medical, IDEO and others who are working to create products and programs to alleviate global health epidemics.
- GHI’s first project is to develop AIDS diagnostics suitable for use in the developing world.
How does the GIM Tanzania project relate to GHI?
- Course participants will conduct research in support of the GHI mission with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Research on GIM Tanzania will provide input for design, production, testing, and commercial launch of a new biotech device.
- Students will meet various stakeholders to determine the best market entry strategy in an emerging market.
GHI Key Partners
Academia
Key Contributions:
Project Coordination, New Technology, Market Research and Product Development, Field Experience
Current Partners:
McCormick School of Engineering – Center for Innovation in Global Health Technology (CIGHT)
Kellogg School of Management – Global Health Initiative (GHI)
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Program of African Studies
University of Wisconsin
Donor
Key Contributions:
Funding, Mission, Field Experience
Current Partners:
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Industry
Key Contributions:
Technology, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Distribution, Manufacturing
Current Partners:
Abbott
Inverness
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