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.
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.
4/17/2018
The START Center conducted a landscape analysis for the Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation team on available technologies to track trucks, quantify volumes of fecal sludge, and quantify solid composition of fecal sludge using peer reviewed literature, gray literature, product catalogs, and key informant interviews.
6/26/2020
START conducted a landscape analysis to identify existing health systems-related insights relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak, synthesize what is known about how individuals, communities, and systems react, and identify potential opportunities that will better prepare health systems to respond.