The START Center Global Program was launched in 2011 with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Initially, the Program was designed to support research and analysis for program teams at the Gates Foundation. Since that time, The START Center Global Program has expanded and now provides high-quality research and analytic support for a number of additional clients.
2/16/2016
The objective of this project was to review the literature on area-based teamwork for maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) or inter-facility collaboration, and to identify critical gaps in the literature to better understand the potential for impact to help shape future investments in this area.
6/13/2025
The START team was tasked to provide the Gates Foundation Vaccine Development team with recommendations, particularly for study design and sample size, for a longitudinal observational study that could identify correlates of protection for multiple pathogens.
12/20/2019
START conducted a two-part systematic literature review to (1) better understand the relationship between the presence of pathogens and the occurrence of diarrhea and (2) to estimate case fatality risks (CFRs) associated with specific enteric pathogens stratified by country, region, or setting.