Our Projects
Since 2008, the Groundwork Initiative has completed over 60 projects for more than 40 host organizations in 13 countries. We're currently building a knowledge base of practical solutions to help many more. Browse our project portfolio below, or learn more about the types of projects we select.
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Reaching New Patient Segments with Urban Clinics
Meridian Medical Centres offered middle-income patients modern, fully equipped medical facilities. 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
Business Models for Rural Nurse Cellphone Consultation
ClickDiagnostics, a mobile medical diagnostics start-up originally developed in MIT’s Media Lab, created a remote diagnosis and treatment technology in order to enable better access to healthcare in the developing world. Read more
Designing an Ambulance Service to Serve the Working Poor
As East Africa’s largest international call center, KenCall’s services included customer support, telesales, financial analysis, competitive research, and database management. Read more
Bringing Business Tools to a Growing Urban Clinic
The Kampala Family Clinic (KFC) is a private practice offering family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, HIV services, physiotherapy, and laboratory services. Read more
Multifaceted Service Delivery Improvements for a Pediatric Clinic
Muthaiga Paediatrics Clinic was a small, private facility that aimed to deliver the highest quality of care by providing a personalized, family-friendly experience. 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
Drawing Lessons from Business for Healthcare Delivery in Ghana
The Ghana refining and marketing branch subsidiary of Total, a French-based multinational energy company, operated 212 service stations in the country’s ten regions Read more
Drawing Lessons from Business for Healthcare Delivery in Kenya
The Kenya subsidiary of Total, a French-based multinational energy company, encompassed both refining and marketing , with over 100 service stations, oil and liquefied petroleum gas depots, and a lubricant plant in Mombasa. Read more
Staffing and Financial Planning for a Busy Public Hospital
With 137 beds, Warmbaths Hospital provided level-one clinical care to the town of Bela Bela and its surrounding community. 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