Published: 26 Mar 2020 1,520 views
The World Health Organization (WHO), supported by the UN Office of Information and Communications Technology (UN-OICT), UNAIDS, the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF, challenge you to use your bright minds and entrepreneurial skills to address one of the of urgent health challenges for the next decade : Keeping young people safe.
The range of possible health innovation solutions that may be submitted include:
with a view to keeping young people safe across the world.
Health innovations are defined here as the creation or improvement of virtual, physical or digital products, services, processes, or systems to improve public health.
Think about the potential for innovations to flow across the world. Perhaps an innovation in a low-income country can have an impact in a high-income country. Learning has no boundaries.
Please help think out of the box!
Application Deadline | January 1, 1970 |
Funding Type | Fully Funded |
Country to study | Switzerland |
Type | Contest |
Sponsor | World Health Organisation (WHO) |
Gender | Men and Women |
The winners and their proposals will be invited to an award ceremony at WHO’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2020 (date TBC), as part of a one week program with the Department for Digital Health and Innovation, and mentioned on the WHO public website.
A maximum of 20 submissions will be shortlisted for review by a panel. Submissions will be shortlisted having regard to public feedback on the Unite Ideas platform and the extent to which the proposals meet the evaluation criteria. Submissions may also be shortlisted, where WHO considers, in its sole discretion, that it is of outstanding technical competence.
Shortlisted solutions will be evaluated by a panel composed of representatives of WHO, UNAIDS, WFP, UNICEF and UN-OICT. The panel will review proposals against the below criteria:
Criteria to be applied in first review round (identifying the top 20 proposals from the total pool of submissions):
Additional criteria to be applied in the second review round (identifying up to three (3) winning proposals among the top 20 submissions):
Will I own my solution after I submit it?
You remain the owner of any solution or content you submit. However, all the inputs and outputs of this project are required to be covered by recognized open-source and creative commons licenses. This means that other people will be able to use your solution as per the conditions specified on the open-source license you choose. You will be asked to accept terms and conditions and Application Rules prior to submitting any content. Read terms and conditions and Application Rules.
Your submission to this challenge must include:
Whatever your solution, it needs to be your original work.
Submissions are allowed in any of the six official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish).
To submit your idea, register to the Unite Ideas website, and click on “Post Idea”. You will be able to edit your idea until the final submission deadline.
Before you get started, please read the Application Rules carefully. It has important information about the Challenge such as the eligibility criteria and acceptable submissions.
For more details, visit UN-WHO website