Call for Ideas:
Want to be a driving force in
Shaping the Future of Pediatrics?
You can innovate much better when working within an open ecosystem.
You can innovate much better when working within an open ecosystem.
As Ospedale Bambino Gesu celebrates their 150th year of working to improve the health and lives of children, they invite innovators from around the world to submit creative and innovative ideas for potentially game-changing innovations to Reduce Anxiety or Pain in Hospital Settings for Children and their Families for the Shaping the Future of Pediatrics Start Up Pitch Competition.
The innovator with the best idea will receive a consultancy contract from Ospedale Bambino Gesu in order to partner with doctors, patients, researchers and hospital staff to develop and scale their ideas to bring them to market.
WHAT:
Solutions that:
1) reduce anxiety in children and their families while they are in the hospital
or
2) reduce pain in children during hospital procedures.
WHO: Startups that have developed a concept or a prototype which addresses the above challenges.
HOW: Fill in the questionnaire at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/shaping19 and provide the information required
WHEN: Deadline is September 10th
WHAT NEXT: A jury will select 6 startups that will present their concepts or prototypes during Shaping the Future of Pediatrics on October 4th in Rome.
The winner will be awarded a three-month consultancy contract to co-develop the innovation.
Sepsis in children is a complex syndrome that develops from various infections and results in 15-30% mortality in high-income countries and up to 50% or higher in low-income countries. Worldwide, this represents an annual burden of 30 million cases resulting in 8 million deaths. Not surprisingly, there is a significantly higher burden in low-income countries with children there being 18 times more likely to die before the age of 5 years compared to high-income countries. Factors such as commercial air travel, climate change, and unchecked population growth have contributed to the growing burden of infectious diseases and ensuing sepsis. Improving public awareness of sepsis; increasing access to essential medicines and vaccines; improving use of evidence-based treatment guidelines; raising awareness of antimicrobial resistance, encouraging antibiotic stewardship; and, developing resilient health systems that can cope with health crises are all important challenges. Advocacy in these areas can assist nations in reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) of low rates of neonatal and under-5 mortality.
On May 26, 2017, the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body of the World Health Organization, adopted a resolution proposed by the Global Sepsis Alliance to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis.The resolution highlights sepsis as a global threat and urges the 194 United Nations member states to take specific actions and implement appropriate measures to reduce its human and health economic burden. The resolution is a major step toward achieving the targets outlined by the Sustainable Developmental Goals for decreasing mortality in infants and children, but implementing it will require a concerted global effort.
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