4/30/2018
MNCH Discovery & Treatment Digest
In October 2017, the START Center launched the MNCH Discovery & Treatment Digest to support the Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases and Discovery team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
START Center Global Program
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.
Global Program Featured Projects
2/16/2024
Reframing the HPV Vaccine
The START Center performed literature reviews to understand the underlying barriers to parental acceptance of the HPV vaccine for their adolescent daughters aged 9-14 years, assess the relationship between HPV vaccination and increased sexual activity in adolescence, and understand if parental amenability to the HPV vaccine for their daughters changed if the vaccine was aligned with cervical cancer prevention rather than with sexual and reproductive health.
12/9/2015
Performance Management and Accountability
To inform a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Working Group’s understanding of the field of performance management in health delivery, the START team conducted a comprehensive evidence review of literature from the fields of management, healthcare administration, and global health, identifying gaps in evidence and areas for future exploration.