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Neonatal Resusitation Device, IDDS Aarogyam

  • Presentations & Reports

IDDS  Aarogyam participants and community members from the Helping Babies Breathe group designed a low-cost  and easy-to-use prototype of a new infant resusistator complete with heart-rate monitor and positioning pillow.   For more information about this project,  see contact details on the final page of the report.

This report was written and filed by a team of participants at the International Development Design Summit focusing on good health (Aarogyam) in Chennai, India. It is not final or comprehensive, but seeks to share information and knowledge gleaned from the team’s work during the summit.

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Safety Harness Vest Project Report, IDDS Aarogyam

  • Presentations & Reports

IDDS  Aarogyam participants and community members from the ELAI group created a low cost vest protoype to protect child motorcycle passengers in areas with high road traffic accident risk rates.   For more information about this project,  see contact details on the final page of the report.

This report was written and filed by a team of participants at the International Development Design Summit focusing on good health (Aarogyam) in Chennai, India. It is not final or comprehensive, but seeks to share information and knowledge gleaned from the team’s work during the summit.

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Meet the International Development Innovation Network

  • Media

Meet the International Development Innovation Network, a group of nearly 500 innovators from around the world designing, developing, and disseminating low-cost technologies to improve the lives of people living in poverty. 

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Idea to Impact: A Guide to Introduction and Scale of Global Health Innovations

  • What We're Reading

This is a great new guide and toolkit for introducing and scaling global health innovations. 

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Apply to Host a Summit in 2016!

  • IDIN Communications

These are the full instructions to apply to host an International Development Design Summit in 2016. 

If you have any questions about the process, please send them to the IDIN Tender Committee (idin.summits.tender@mit.edu) by January 23.  We will answer all questions together at once by January 30. If you want to hear about people’s past experience organizing a summit, feel free to contact our IDIN Summits Advisory Committee (idin-summits-committee@mit.edu) or send an email to the listserv of all past IDDS organizers at idds.organizers@mit.edu.

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Lean Research Framework

  • Research

The Lean Research Framework is a guide to principles for human-centered field research developed by researchers at MIT D-Lab, the Feinstein International Center, and the Fletcher School for International Diplomacy at Tufts University. 

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A Look into IDDS Tanzania

  • Media

At the International Development Design Summit in Tanzania, the avocado and coffee processing teams work hand-in-hand with farmers in Leguruki to improve agricultural practices.

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IDIN Program Overview

  • IDIN Communications

This document is an overview of the International Development Innovation Network, its work, and partners.

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IDIN Results Framework

  • IDIN Communications

The IDIN Results Framework illustrates the goals of the IDIN program. It organizes IDIN's activities into three main objectives: (1) to co-create effective solutions, (2) to build local capacity for innovation and design, and (3) to generate knowledge and spread the approach.

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IDDS Design Notebook

  • Curriculum

The IDDS Design Notebook is used to teach the design process during International Development Design Summits.

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