Innovation in UNICEF: April 2013
At UNICEF Innovation, we develop and support solutions that are transformative – at scale – for the world’s most vulnerable children. Where we are today UNICEF Innovation is supporting new […]
Category Archives: Technology
Integrating appropriate and sustainable technology into systems helps UNICEF overcome barriers of time, distance and lack of information.
UNICEF Staffers Make TIME 100 List of “World’s Most Influential People”
We are very honored to have made the TIME 100 List of the “World’s Most Influential People” in 2013. This is fantastic recognition for our global team’s work in harnessing […]
“We’re All U-Reporters Now” #uinnovate
A guest post by Lex Paulson A dusty youth-center basketball court. A Member of Parliament’s office. A wire-strewn nerve center in UNICEF headquarters. Three places which would be unlikely to host […]
The New York Times profiles Mwana and mHealth
Tina Rosenberg of the The New York Times today wrote a piece on mHealth: The Benefits of Mobile Health, On Hold. The piece describes the ubiquity of the mobile phone, […]
Burundi Lab co-Lead Alfred Talks About Tech (#uinnovate day 5)
I captured 45 seconds of Alfred Mukasa , Technology Specialist and co-Lead of UNICEF Burundi Innovation Lab giving a reaction to our visit to the feeding centre. Sorry that the sound is […]
The UNICEF Innovation Lab Website
A few months ago, we published a DIY guide to creating your own Innovation Lab. Of course, it was a PDF – because we wanted to be able to print […]
UNICEF Innovation Unit Predictions for 2013
Part of our work in UNICEF’s Innovation Unit is looking 3-5 years into the future and getting a sense of trends that will be important for the organization in new […]
Skoll World Forum Op-ed – mHealth: Moving Beyond Pilots to Scale and Impact
I was recently asked to contribute to the Skoll World Forum ‘Up for Debate’ series on ‘How Do We Cure mHealth Pilotitis’. The article looks at what makes mobiles so […]
How Do You Scale Social Innovation Startups?
UNICEF Tech Innovation co-lead Erica Kochi writes a guest post for TechCrunch on how to scale your social innovation startup. You’re a social entrepreneur wanting to change the world, but are having a […]
Design to Eliminate Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
by John Ryan (UNICEF Fellow) and Erica Kochi Today at the mHealth Summit, UNICEF, frog and partners (Johnson & Johnson, Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundations and the mHealth Alliance) launched the report on mHealth strategies […]
