Nonprofit
Operations and Finances for a Novel Patient Income Program
SHIP aimed to help patients adhere to treatment and stay healthy by providing practical training in small business entrepreneurship and startup materials to launch household businesses. IN 2010, SHIP enlisted another team of MIT students to assess the feasibility of building a central lemongrass distillery, analyze other household income-generating activities, and recommend a governance structure for […] Read more
Expanding a Pediatric Hospital’s Reach
Nairobi's leading pediatric hospital Gertrude’s Garden sought to increase its reach and asked GlobalHealth Lab to devise a creative growth plan for its satellite clinics for underserved children. Read more
Taking on Obstacles at the Frontier of Service Delivery
Mass Development Association of Dar es Salaam (MAdeA) helped victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through prevention, education, microloan, and training programs. Read more
Deploying Technology to Promote Health Commodities
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) is an association of business people that invests in the working poor through microfinance loans to entrepreneurs, investment in start-up businesses, a service that links small-scale producers with markets, and an advising network. Read more
Innovating Income Strategies for Long-Term Patients
Through an innovative collaboration, the Sustainable Household Income Project (SHIP) drew on Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard University, among others, to provide support to low-income patients affiliated with the Family Treatment Fund and Immune Suppression Syndrome Clinic in the rural environs of Mbarara, Uganda. SHIP aimed to help patients adhere to treatment and stay healthy by providing practical training in small business entrepreneurship and startup materials to launch household businesses. Read more
Developing a Business Model to Scale Up Surgical Services
New-York-based nonprofit Surgeons OverSeas (SOS) aimed to strengthen its collaboration with Sierra Leone’s main referral hospital, Connaught Hospital, by developing a surgical residency program and providing surgical assistance and support. Read more
Financial Management for Field Research
Uganda Research Initiative (URI) was the primary financial, grants, contracts, and human resources management agent for the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard University Mbarara University of Science and Technology Research Collaboration in Uganda. Read more
Countrywide Logistics Dashboarding for Health Commodities
A locally-registered non-governmental organization affiliated with Population Services International, PSI Tanzania was committed to improving the health of vulnerable groups in Tanzania by promoting healthy behavior and delivering quality affordable health products through social marketing. Read more
Financial Sustainability for an HIV Program in Tanzania
Support for International Change (SIC) aimed to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to train future leaders in global health and development. Read more
Expansion Options and Strategy for an HIV Program
Support for International Change (SIC) aimed to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to train future leaders in global health and development. Read more
Strategic Planning Expands a Community Organization
Kyetume Community Based Health Care Programme (KCBHCP) strives to improve the general health of underserved rural people in Mukono District, Uganda. Read more
Better Data, Better Patient Tracking and Product Management
Kyetume Community Based Health Care Programme (KCBHCP) strives to improve the general health of underserved rural people in Mukono District, Uganda. Read more
Leveraging Research and Date for Thought Leadership
loveLife is South Africa’s national HIV prevention initiative for young people ages 12-24. With a network of programs that extended to 900 sites across nine provinces, the nonprofit melded behavior change with clinical services through youth-friendly programs and, in less than a decade, had become an essential part of South African life. Read more
Optimizing Materials Distribution to Reach Underserved Youth
loveLife is South Africa’s national HIV prevention initiative for young people ages 12-24. With a network of programs that extended to 900 sites across nine provinces, the nonprofit melded behavior change with clinical services through youth-friendly programs and, in less than a decade, had become an essential part of South African life. Read more
An Action Plan for a Growing Rural Hospice to Maintain Quality
Living Room International (LRI) provides dignity and quality of life to people in Kenya affected by HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses through home-based and inpatient hospice care and education. Read more