Deadline-
- 15 November 2013 (electronic version of the prototype)
- 31 October 2013 (31 October 2013)
Participants around the globe are invited to take part in Records for Life contest organized by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal of this contest is to improve the child health record, thereby improving information systems and empowering health workers and families to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases. Participants will have the opportunity to win grand prize of up to $50,000.
Objectives-
- improve the child health record
- strengthen information systems
- empower health workers and families to protect children from vaccine-preventable diseases and ultimately save lives
Eligibility & Criteria-
- The contest is open to all individuals from all sectors (for-profits, Non-Governmental Organizations, governments, universities, etc.) and all levels of expertise (students, professors, frontline workers, CEOs, etc.). Submissions can come from individuals or teams of individuals.
- Submissions must include a cover letter, a prototype of the redesigned child health record and an accompanying narrative that articulates how the prototype design would help ensure that the child health record.
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