# GSK and Save the Children announce $1 million Healthcare Innovation Award winners

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/29/gsk-save-the-children-announce-1m-healthcare-innovation-award-winners/
- Published: 2016-02-29T09:00:36+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**GSK and Save the Children have announced the recipients of their third annual 
$1 million Healthcare Innovation Award.**

The award recognises innovations from developing countries that are helping to reduce
deaths among children under five. This year, the award is shared by four innovations:
a paperless immunisation records system in Vietnam won the largest share of the 
award, followed by a foil pouch for accurately giving HIV medicines to newborns 
in Ecuador; an integrated care package for mothers and newborns in Kenya; and a 
tool for better understanding child deaths in South Africa.

The award is a major initiative of GSK and Save the Children’s five-year partnership,
through which the two organisations are combining their resources, voice and expertise
with the aim of saving one million children’s lives. Since the partnership launched
in 2013, the awards have recognised more than a dozen projects.

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PATH, Vietnam received $400,000 for Immreg, a system which gives health workers 
in the Ben Tre province a computer or smartphone to monitor vaccine stocks; register
pregnant women and newborns; track the vaccines they have received, and remind mothers
via text to get vaccinations for them or their child.

Fundación VIHDA, Ecuador received $226,600 for the ‘Pratt Pouch’: a foil pouch similar
to a fast-food ketchup sachet that helps mothers give accurate doses of HIV medicines
to their newborns.

2020 MicroClinic Initiative, Kenya (pictured) received $176,600 for Operation Karibu:
its ‘welcome programme’ of care for new mothers, which encourages pregnant women
to seek medical care before, during and after birth to improve newborn survival 
rates.

SA MRC Maternal and Infant Health Care, South Africa received $176,600 for ‘Child
PIP’, an audit tool for the review of infant and child deaths in South African hospitals
that helps local healthcare teams understand the causes of child mortality in their
area and improve care.

Lisa Bonadonna, head of the GSK-Save the Children partnership, said:

> “When we embarked on our partnership – and the Healthcare Innovation Award – we
> set out to identify brilliant ideas, born in developing countries, which are helping
> to save children’s lives. These latest inspiring innovations are strengthening
> healthcare systems and improving access to healthcare for mothers and children
> in some of the most underserved communities. We look forward to seeing them scale
> up and share their ideas, as previous winners have already gone on to do.”

More information on the partnership, the award, and criteria for entry can be found
here: [http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/about-us/corporate-partnerships/save-the-children-partnership/#past-healthcare-innovation-award-winners](http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/about-us/corporate-partnerships/save-the-children-partnership/#past-healthcare-innovation-award-winners)

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