Fostering Innovation for Global Health
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Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 5 HealthVolume for onResearch Update Global Forum InnovaƟ on for health is a vital driver of development. Drawing new ideas and discoveries from research, it may cross many sectors and disciplines involved in the development and applicaƟ on of a novel product or process. The Global Forum for Health Research focuses on promoƟ ng an environment that fosters innovaƟ ve soluƟ ons for the health of poor populaƟ ons. In doing so, Fostering innovaƟ on it places parƟ cular emphasis on health equity as the central goal, i.e. reducing health dispariƟ es within and between populaƟ ons. The fi Ō h volume of the Global Forum Update on Research for Health provides insights into the newest thinking on innovaƟ on for global health. Some 30 for global health leading insƟ tuƟ ons and professionals from around the world refl ect on how policy, social, technological and corporate innovaƟ ons can be fostered for global health. Global Forum Update on This volume is produced to coincide with the Global Ministerial Forum on Research for Health, Bamako, which is co-organized by the Global Forum for Research for Health Volume 5 Health Research. Editors Monika Gehner, Susan Jupp and Stephen A Matlin, Global Forum for Health Research Editorial Advisory Board Luis Gabriel Cuervo Pan American Health OrganizaƟ on Andrés de Francisco The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Nirmal Kumar Ganguly NaƟ onal InsƟ tute of Immunology, India Stuart Gillespie Plaƞ orm on Agriculture and Health Research Odile Leroy European Malaria Vaccine IniƟ aƟ ve Judith Sutz Universidad de la República, Uruguay Alfred Watkins World Bank Pro-Brook Derek Yach PepsiCo, Inc. ISBN: 978-2-940401-12-3 www.globalforumhealth.org Cover - Final_layout.indd 1 22/10/08 16:30:41 00-08 Contents GF5:GF5 23/10/08 09:37 Page 1 Fostering innovaƟ on for global health Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 5 www.globalforumhealth.org Pro-Brook Title page.indd 1 23/10/08 09:34:53 00-08 Contents GF5:GF5 23/10/08 09:15 Page 3 Contents Editorial Advisory Board: Luis Gabriel Cuervo Pan American Health Organization Andrés de Francisco The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Nirmal Kumar Ganguly National Institute of Immunology, India Stuart Gillespie Platform on Agriculture and Health Research Odile Leroy European Malaria Vaccine Initiative Judith Sutz Universidad de la República, Uruguay Alfred Watkins World Bank Derek Yach PepsiCo, Inc. 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ISBN 978-2-940401-12-3 First published 2008 Acknowledgements: The Publishers hereby acknowledge the assistance of all the contributors who have helped in the production of the publication and the advertisers who have made the publication possible. e, Southwick, UK Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 5 3 00-08 Contents GF5:GF5 22/10/08 14:06 Page 5 Contents Contents 009 Foreword/Préface Gill Samuels 013 The scope and potential of innovation for health and health equity Stephen A Matlin innovating for health and development 024 Research and innovation in Brazil: the institutional role of the Ministry of Health Suzanne Jacob Serruya with Reinaldo Guimarães, Itajai Oliveira de Albuquerque and Carlos Medicis Morel 030 Health markets and future health systems: innovation for equity Gerald Bloom with Claire Champion, Henry Lucas, M Hafizur Rahman, Abbas Bhuiya, Oladimeji Oladepo and David Peters 036 Strengthening the base: innovation and convergence in climate change and public health Saqib Shahab with Abdul Ghaffar 041 Global health diplomacy – a bridge to innovative collaborative action Thomas E Novotny and Ilona Kickbusch with Hannah Leslie and Vincanne Adams 048 Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Kiyoshi Kurokawa with Tamaki Tsukada and Eri Maeda 054 Health research and innovation: recent Spanish policies Flora de Pablo with Isabel Noguer moting healt 059 The changing landscape of research for health Kirsten Havemann with introduction by Ulla Tørnæs 066 Global health and the foreign policy agenda Jonas Gahr Støre 072 “Policies for innovation”: evidence-based policy innovation – transforming constraints into opportunities Miguel Angel González Block Social innovations 076 Interactions between populations, health workers and health programmes for prevention of malaria: teachings of an analysis “from below” Yannick Jaffré 082 Ethical aspects of innovation in health José Geraldo de Freitas Drumond 088 Ethics, evidence and innovation Kenneth W Goodman 091 Seeding a global movement on neglected diseases Sandeep P Kishore with Pius Mulamira 096 Supporting implementation research partnerships for health systems strengthening: one foundation’s approach in sub-Saharan Africa Elaine K Gallin 099 The practical impact of research in South-East Asia funded by the Wellcome Trust Jimmy Whitworth with Ruth Branston and Michael Chew Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 5 5 00-08 Contents GF5:GF5 22/10/08 14:06 Page 7 Contents 104 Independence and innovation: looking beyond the magic of words Xavier Crombéddressing global challenges 107 Creating incentives to induce behavioural change and improve health: success and limitations of conditional cash transfer programmes Mylene Lagarde with Andy Haines and Natasha Palmer Technological innovations 114 Innovation and access: medicines for the poor – the IGWG strategy and plan of action Bart Wijnberg and Marleen Monster 120 The Noordwijk Medicines Agenda: a model for changing innovation for neglected and emerging infectious diseases Bénédicte Callan with Susanne L Huttner, Iain Gillespie and Barbara Slater 124 Health dynamics, innovation and the slow race to make technology work for the poor Melissa Leach with Ian Scoones H ealth research institutions and g 130 Leapfrog technologies for health and development Harry McConnell with Prita Chathoth, Ashley Pardy, Camille Boostrom, Eugene Boostrom, Koos Louw, Luis Gabriel Cuervo and Sumiko Ogawa 138 The IVI’s innovative approach to closing the gap between vaccines for industrialized and developing countries Denise DeRoeck with Anna Lena Lopez, Rodney Carbis and John D Clemens 143 Commercializing African health research: building life science convergence platforms Peter A Singer and Abdallah S Daar with Sara Al-Bader, Ronak Shah, Ken Simiyu, Ryan E Wiley, Pamela Kanellis, Menaka Pulandiran and Marilyn Heymann Corporate sector-related innovations 152 Making drugs accessible to poor populations: a funding model Paul L Herrling 157 Public-private partnerships drive innovation to improve the health of poor populations Christopher J Elias with Yvette Gerrans and F Marc LaForce 161 Innovations and incentives: why pharmaceutical companies are becoming interested in neglected tropical diseases Arianne Matlin 166 Vision for a venturing ecosystem to generate global health innovation William Rosenzweig 171 Beyond product: the private sector drive to perform with the purpose of alleviating global under-nutrition Dondeena Bradley 174 Innovating against hunger and under-nutrition Josette Sheeran 177 Riders for Health: an award-winning social enterprise ensuring health care delivery across Africa Ngwarati Mashonga 182 UNITAID: innovative financing to scale up access to medicines Jorge Bermudez 186 Threshold of evidence needed for health claims on functional foods Peter J Jones with Stephanie Jew 190 The Lilly MDR-TB Partnership: innovation to fight a disease Patrizia Carlevaro Global Forum Update on Research for Health Volume 5 7 236837a1.indd 1 10/9/08 9:40:12 PM Foreword Foreword Gill Samuels, Chair of the Foundation Council, Global Forum for Health Research, Switzerland nnovation is a vital driver of development. It involves the between policies and actions of global players and national creation of novel ideas, processes and products and their forces shaping country research and innovation systems. Iapplication