Challenge 2020 Health Security & Pandemics

How can communities around the world prepare for, detect, and respond to emerging pandemics and health security threats?

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Timeline

  • Applications Open

    March 5, 2020 9:00am EST
  • Solution Deadline

    June 18, 2020 11:59pm EDT
  • Judging Round 1

    June 28, 2020 5:54pm EDT
  • Judging Round 2

    July 19, 2020 11:59pm EDT
  • Judging Round 3

    August 6, 2020 2:52pm EDT
  • Technical Round

    September 5, 2020 11:59pm EDT
  • Solve Challenge Finals

    September 29, 2020 12:00pm EDT

Judging Criteria

  • Alignment: The solution uses technology to address one of Solve's Global Challenges.
  • Potential for Impact: The planned solution implementation has the potential to impact lives.
  • Feasibility: Solution implementation is feasible, and the team has a plan for financial sustainability.
  • Innovative Approach: The solution includes a new technology, a new application of technology, a new business model, or a new process for solving the Challenge.
  • Scalability: The solution can be scaled to affect the lives of more people.
  • Partnership Potential: The applicant clearly explains how the solution would benefit from the broad range of resources that the Solve community is positioned to provide.

Solutions

Selected

PODD

By Patipat Susumpow
Patipat Susumpow Matt Parker
Selected

PENSA *660#

By Valter Cumbi
Valter Cumbi
Selected

Mosquito borne disease prevention

By Satish Cherukumalli
Satish Cherukumalli
Selected

MapSights / Kepler

By Aditya Sharma
Aditya  Sharma Debanshu Roy
Selected

Jute-based biodegradable PPE

By Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz
Mehjabin Tishan Mahfuz
Selected

Biometrics for vaccine delivery

By Alexandra Grigore
Alexandra Grigore Krathika Parchani
Selected

AHSA® platform

By Bramuel Mwalo
Bramuel Mwalo Sonia Mfasoni Kevin Waki Neelofer Shariff Wambui Karobia
Finalist

One-Minute N95 Decontamination

By Jacob Scott
Jacob Scott Ian  Charnas
Finalist

Aspire breathing tube

By Benjamin Richard Wang
Benjamin Richard Wang
Finalist

Brownsville Sentiment: Equity Project

By Michael Lenihan
Michael Lenihan
Finalist

Vaxiglobal

By Tsitsi Sifiyali
Tsitsi Sifiyali
Finalist

Global 911

By Ndiko Mwaura
Ndiko Mwaura Caitlin Dolkart Laura Farren
Finalist

Digitally Enabled CHWs Combat COVID-19

By Sheila Kioko
Sheila Kioko Anina Tweed
Finalist

Phages for Global Health

By Tobi Nagel
Tobi Nagel
Finalist

Nanotech Covid19 Sensor

By Amani Salim
Amani Salim Piravin Raj Barthasarathy Uswah Solehah Shohibuddin Iqbal Shamsul Mohd Hamzah Mohd Nasir Izzat Suffian Firdaus Abd Wahab Abdelmohsen Benoudjit Azzmer Azzar Abdul Hamid

Challenge Leadership Group

Melissa   Menke

Melissa Menke

Access Afya, Founder
Jonathan Jackson

Jonathan Jackson

Dimagi, Chief Executive Officer
Marijke Wijnroks

Marijke Wijnroks

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chief of Staff
Vanessa Kerry

Vanessa Kerry

World Health Organization, Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health
Douglas  Hansen-Luke

Douglas Hansen-Luke

Future Planet Capital || Judge for the Future Planet Capital Prize, Executive Chairman
Tolullah Oni

Tolullah Oni

Global Diet and Activity Research Group, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Co-Director
Narges Baniasadi

Narges Baniasadi

Oxford Sciences Innovation || Judge for The AI for Humanity Prize, Health Technology Entrepreneur and Investor
Ramesh Raskar

Ramesh Raskar

MIT Media Lab, Associate Professor
Suzanne Miller

Suzanne Miller

Ventec Life Systems, Chief Medical Officer
John Nkengasong

John Nkengasong

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Director
K Srinath Reddy

K Srinath Reddy

Public Health Foundation of India, Founder and President
Julius O. Akinyemi

Julius O. Akinyemi

Entrepreneur In Residence, MIT Media Lab, Founder/CEO of UWINCorp and The Mobile Commodity Exchange
Danielle Capalino

Danielle Capalino

J. Gurwin Foundation, Trustee
Irene Bosch

Irene Bosch

E25Bio, CEO and Founder