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.
3/8/2016
The START team worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's family planning team to outline an overview (best practices, lessons learned, way forward) of past and present programs that have used mobile platforms as a way to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviors and outcomes.
5/28/2024
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Polio team enlisted the University of Washington's Strategic Analysis, Research & Training (START) Center to execute a literature review to identify and describe gender-related factors affecting vaccine demand and healthcare seeking behavior in Nigeria to inform the creation of study instruments being designed for research on polio in Northern Nigeria.
6/30/2024
The Women's Health Innovation team at the Gates Foundation enlisted the START Center to conduct a literature review to understand the effect of menstrual health product use on infectious outcomes (sexually transmitted infections, urogenital infections, & bacterial vaginosis), and identify corresponding gaps in the literature.