Engineering Global Health

Resources dedicated to global health have increased significantly over the past decade. This growth has created a tremendous opportunity to engineer impactful and sustainable solutions to the most challenging global health problems. Engineering suitable solutions requires a multidisciplinary approach that extends beyond a team of engineers. An ideal team suitable in tackling these global health challenges should at a minimum include individuals with expertise in the technical, health, and business development disciplines. Furthermore, an efficient approach to developing suitable technical solutions to global health challenges should apply several basic tenets to ensure that solutions achieve maximum impact and sustainability. Several of these tenets are discussed in this article, using projects in PATH's product development portfolio as case studies.