IntroductionAre you a digital innovator with a current or candidate global good? In response to community feedback, Digital Square at PATH is refreshing its global good list, including the digital tools that will be featured in its Global Goods Guidebook (version 4 to be published in 2023). We are looking for innovative companies interested in working with us to increase the availability, adaptability, and maturity of high-quality digital health tools to address country-driven health needs. Successful applicants to this call will join the global goods community, receive funding to attend the 2023 Global Good Innovators Meeting, and a fixed award of up to $25,000 to support the publication of data on the impact and/or scale of the candidate global good. This call seeks to support the discoverability, accessibility, and promotion of global goods, which are crucial for saving lives and improving health around the world. At Digital Square, global goods are digital health tools that are free, open source, impactful, scalable, and adaptable to different countries and contexts. These free and open source digital health tools look to reduce fragmentation and duplication to accelerate scale and health impact. NOTE/ATTENTION: We encourage all existing global goods, as well as new tools, to apply to these notices to ensure that tools are re-evaluated for representation in the upcoming Global Goods Guidebook. Digital Square global goodsDigital Square global goods are health-focused tools that are impactful, scalable, and adaptable to different countries and contexts. In addition, they have an active focus on becoming more interoperable, deployable, and better serving of low-middle-income country (LMIC) strategies. The following are the attributes of global goods:
Notice G0: Software Global GoodsThis call focuses on the identification of software global goods for health which are currently in use on a global scale. SoftwareA mature digital health software global good is software that is free and open source, is supported by a strong community, has a clear governance structure, is funded by multiple sources, has been deployed at a significant scale, is used across multiple countries, has demonstrated effectiveness, is designed to be interoperable, and is an emergent standard application. Summary definition of a software global good:
Examples of types of tools may include, but are not limited to:
For additional examples, please review the current Global Goods Guidebook. Who can apply?Digital Square accepts submissions from various applicators, independently or in partnership with others, including research institutes and institutions of higher education, non-governmental organizations, and private, for-profit companies. Digital Square also accepts applications for funding from innovators, digital entrepreneurs, and researchers of all nationalities based in all geographies. Benefits of applyingSuccessful candidates and awards: Digital Square will evaluate all applicants in terms of their inclusion as a global good. Currently, Digital Square has obtained funding to support at least 20 global goods innovators to attend the Digital Square Global Good Innovators Meeting (projected for March 2023), which will be hosted in Africa. In addition, select awardees will receive up to US$25,000 in funding to support the development of impact and scale documentation to showcase the value and reach of their global good. Recognition as a global good: Successful applications will be recognized as a Digital Square approved global good and will gain an approved status, which can be used to garner donor support. They will also form part of the broader Digital Square global goods community and have access to Digital Square's basket of services, plus further benefits associated with being an approved global good. The global goods community: All successful global goods will be invited to attend the 2023 Global Good Innovators Meeting, hosted on the African continent, which serves as an opportunity to connect, learn, and gain insights from the broader global community. Select successful applicants will receive sponsorship to attend the event. This event offers unique opportunities of engaging directly with a range of donors and endorsers of the global goods guidebook and concept at large, as well as key ministries leveraging global goods, and countries interested in global goods. Global visibility: All successfully classified global goods will be featured in the next version of the Global Goods Guidebook. This key reference catalogue forms part of the recommended guidance in selecting digital health solutions for country adoption by donors. It is endorsed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA), German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), US Agency for International Development (USAID), and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Cloud computing credits: All approved awardees will be eligible for one year of cloud hosting credits from Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of the AWS Health Equity Initiative. AWS’s support is part of a $40 million global program, launched in late 2021, to enhance health and reduce inequities in healthcare. Approved applicants will work directly with AWS to facilitate execution of the credits. Eligibility criteriaProposals are required to meet a set of minimum eligibility criteria to be considered for evaluation. The eligibility criteria are as follows:
Full ApplicationPlease download the full application for more information on evaluation criteria, data fields expected and more information on the full call. Download Full Application (PDF)
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Application Download Application PDF: Application Portal (submissions closed): Notice G Webinar Recording and Slides: Notice G0 Questions and Answers: Timeline Open Date: August 29, 2022 Webinar: Wednesday, August 31, at 9:00 a.m. ET/3:00 p.m. CEST Questions Due: September 17, 2022, by 5:00 p.m. (CEST) Question Response: by September 24, 2022 Close date: October 14, 2022 Quick Links Digital Public Goods (DPG) Standard World Health Organization’s “Classification of digital health interventions v1.0” |