Enter: WGH/Novartis Startup Innovation Challenge

Deadline: 23 October, 2020

Women in Global Health (WGH) has announced a call for entries for the Startup Innovation Challenge.

As the world learns to live with the Covid-19 pandemic, this challenge offers a platform for women-led startups to advance gender equity in health security and systems.

Benefits

  • Winner of the challenge will be awarded $10,000 and the runner-up will receive $5,000
  • The winner and the runner-up will receive guidance from an innovation mentor

Eligibility

  • Startups must be owned or co-founded by a woman
  • Startup must be based in a low-middle income country as defined by the World Bank
  • Startup must have a health emergency-focus and idea must support greater gender parity in global health security during Covid-19 and for future pandemic preparedness
  • A team member must be available to pitch during the final in November, 2020.

To enter and for more information, click here.

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