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HEALTHY FUTURES GLOBAL

STARTED: Incubation Program February-March 2023

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SEED GRANT: $190,000

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Keyur Doolabh

Co-founder

MONEY FUNDRAISED TO DATE (Aug 2023): $190

TEAM SIZE (Aug 2023): 2 FT, potentially growing to 3 by end of year

WEBSITE: www.healthyfutures.global

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Nils Voelker

Co-founder

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Preventing mother-to-child transmission of syphilis through testing and treatment

CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:

  • 150,000 - 300,000 DALYs averted in the first country, Philippines

COST-EFFECTIVENESS:

  • Potentially below 80 USD / DALY

SIGNIFICANT UPDATES: 

  • HFG conducted 2 months of country scoping visits in Tanzania and the Philippines

  • They are prioritising the Philippines, as only 20% of pregnant women are screened for syphilis, compared to 65% in Tanzania. Hence, they expect a higher (counterfactual) impact in the Philippines. 

  • There is a significant burden of antenatal syphilis in the Philippines, with HFG estimates indicating between 10,000 to 50,000 cases each year of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis. This is between 0.5% and 2.5% of the global disease burden (WHO, 2016). 

  • Currently, HFG is working with the Department of Health in designing a pilot of dual HIV/syphilis testing for pregnant women, as a precursor for a nationwide roll-out.

  • HFG second priority is scoping out the potential impact organization can have in supporting Zanzibar (Tanzania) in bridging the current funding and supply gap of dual HIV/syphilis tests until March 2024. 

  • Third, HFG will research the feasibility of working on dual testing in the DRC, since its high burden of syphilis makes it a promising option to achieve scale in the long term.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

  • HFG met with +25 stakeholders in both the Philippines and Tanzania. Stakeholders included department heads of the ministries of health, global organizations such as WHO and UNICEF, and local NGOs working on maternal health. 

  • They visited +8 healthcare centres in each country to interview healthcare staff, lab technicians, and a few patients in order to understand the situation “on the ground.”

  • The Philippines’ Department of Health has asked HFG to design and run a pilot of their intervention

  • HFG has also received data on the scale of the problem that they most likely couldn’t have accessed without being there 

  • HFG identified around 3 potential high-quality hires and organizations that could support the organization in the Philippines.

IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS:

ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING IN 2023:

  • We are currently not seeking additional funds. We first want to claim major wins, such as, kicking off and receiving results from a pilot study. Fundraising will become important once scale, tractability and neglectedness are more strongly confirmed.

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