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This September will mark the end of the U.N.Millennium Development Goals and the beginning ofthe Sustainable Development Goals. One of theproposed 17 goals calls for ensuring healthy livesand promoting wellbeing for all. One NGO saidachieving that will require innovation.
The international non-profit organization PATH has released its Innovation Countdown 2030report. PATH Senior Program Officer Claudia Harner-Jay said the report highlights proven orpromising medical technologies.
“It is a PATH-led initiative that’s working to create a platform to identify and assess and thenshowcase high-impact innovations that can accelerate progress towards these new globalhealth goals that are included in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.”
The technologies include drugs, devices, vaccines and diagnostics.
“Are we talking big money? Well, we’re talking, I think, big innovations. I think it really dependson where they are in the stage of development. So, there are vaccines that are showcased, forexample, that still need a lot of development dollars to move forward. There are also later stageinnovations that still have challenges in really getting out there for true impact,” she said.
Harner-Jay said one of the technologies featured in the report is a small-scale water treatmentdevice.
“There’s an innovation that’s highlighted there called the Zimba, which is an automated batchchlorinator that was actually developed in India. And it’s a rugged device that sits directly on ahand pump or community tap that than can automatically chlorinate water.”
There are 30 innovations listed in the PATH report, such as neonatal resuscitators to helpnewborns breathe better; hand-held blood pressure devices to detect possible complicationswhen a woman gives birth; and new formulations of the powerful pain medication oxytocin tocontrol bleeding after childbirth.
She said, “We conducted health impact modeling for a select number of innovations in thematernal and child, newborn health space this year. And we used key model drivers, likecoverage, and the availability and use of an innovation in a given setting – and then alsoeffectiveness. And then we also estimated the lives saved based on a number of assumptionsthat again relate to how an individual seeks care, obtains that health care innovation and soon.”
PATH also highlighted HIV, malaria and TB vaccine candidates; rapid TB diagnosis tests;training lower-level health workers to diagnose and treat diabetes and portable andaffordable screening for such eye problems as cataracts and glaucoma. There’s also somethingcalled a uterine balloon tamponade.
Harner-Jay said, “That is a simple low cost kit that consists of a condom that’s tied to acatheter and then it’s inflated with clean water through a syringe and a one-way valve. Andthat again is used to manage post-partum hemorrhage, which is the leading cause of maternaldeath.”
The U.N. Summit to adopt the post-2015 development agenda will be held from September25th through the 27th.
“We actually look at innovations that can accelerate progress towards the SustainableDevelopment Goal number three, ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all ages.And then the very specific health targets are pretty much mortality end points. So, theyinclude things like reducing global maternal mortality by less than 70 deaths per 100,000 livebirths – or ending preventable deaths of newborns and children under five,” she said.
Harner-Jay said PATH is engaging entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and experts to raiseawareness about health innovations and get them on the market. She said while 30innovations are highlighted in the report, many others were submitted to PATH. Theorganization intends to feature them through what’s called an Internet data visualization tool toallow the public to see them and understand how they work.
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