Crazy how some randos from the otherside of the world convinced an Australian doctor and a German consultant who don’t know each other to ditch their jobs and instead prevent Syphilis transmission to newborns, reduce stillbirths, and lower newborn death in a foreign country.
Then in just 3 years they did the following: - Get enough Rapid Syphilis/HIV dual tests to cover over 1⁄3 of all pregnant women in the 13th most populous country - Make such tests 2-3x cheaper— Expand to Angola
I’m grateful for Keyur & Nils for making a risky jump in their career then working like hell to improve the lives of my people now and the million others to come. I’m grateful for the brilliant people at CE for finding cause areas like these by also researching like hell and putting together an effective team to tackle it. You all made this possible now. Insane stuff.
Mind boggling details below from their newsletter: Philippines Supply
Government approval: Dual HIV/syphilis tests received Health Technology Assessment (HTA) approval for government procurement—a critical regulatory milestone
Budget for 2026: The Department of Health (DOH) will procure 800,000 dual tests in 2026 (compared to zero in previous years),covering approximately 35% of pregnant women.
Better prices: A new procurement law is expected to make tests 2-3x cheaper, by allowing the government to procure internationally.
Empower
Updated guidelines: Our recommendations were incorporated into the updated Omnibus Health Guidelines, which will be published in the new edition.
Shaping national strategy: We were invited to the Joint Program Review and consulted on EMTCT (Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission) guidelines, forming the foundation of the next 5-year HIV/STI strategy.
Train
Setting up for scale: the Department of Health requested our training materials. We are in discussions about official certification and supporting DOH in building a Training of Trainers curriculum and cascade.
Angola
Country expansion launched: Identified Angola as our second country following country visits to South Africa and Angola.
Team expanded: Grew our local team by two to support Angola operations.
Pilot partnership established: Ministry of Health has requested a pilot program, which we are preparing with implementation partner PSI.
Healthy Futures Global
by Keyur & Nils from Charity Entrepreneurship
Crazy how some randos from the otherside of the world convinced an Australian doctor and a German consultant who don’t know each other to ditch their jobs and instead prevent Syphilis transmission to newborns, reduce stillbirths, and lower newborn death in a foreign country.
Then in just 3 years they did the following:
- Get enough Rapid Syphilis/HIV dual tests to cover over 1⁄3 of all pregnant women in the 13th most populous country
- Make such tests 2-3x cheaper—
Expand to Angola
I’m grateful for Keyur & Nils for making a risky jump in their career then working like hell to improve the lives of my people now and the million others to come. I’m grateful for the brilliant people at CE for finding cause areas like these by also researching like hell and putting together an effective team to tackle it. You all made this possible now. Insane stuff.
Mind boggling details below from their newsletter:
Philippines
Supply
Government approval: Dual HIV/syphilis tests received Health Technology Assessment (HTA) approval for government procurement—a critical regulatory milestone
Budget for 2026: The Department of Health (DOH) will procure 800,000 dual tests in 2026 (compared to zero in previous years), covering approximately 35% of pregnant women.
Better prices: A new procurement law is expected to make tests 2-3x cheaper, by allowing the government to procure internationally.
Empower
Updated guidelines: Our recommendations were incorporated into the updated Omnibus Health Guidelines, which will be published in the new edition.
Shaping national strategy: We were invited to the Joint Program Review and consulted on EMTCT (Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission) guidelines, forming the foundation of the next 5-year HIV/STI strategy.
Train
Setting up for scale: the Department of Health requested our training materials. We are in discussions about official certification and supporting DOH in building a Training of Trainers curriculum and cascade.
Angola
Country expansion launched: Identified Angola as our second country following country visits to South Africa and Angola.
Team expanded: Grew our local team by two to support Angola operations.
Pilot partnership established: Ministry of Health has requested a pilot program, which we are preparing with implementation partner PSI.