GOAL 3

What does the future of healthcare in low-resource settings look like? 📈 🎙️Our CEO Niek Versteegde met with Samuel Oji Oti on the final episode of MedxTek Africa Podcast to dive deep into: ➡️ The history and mission of GOAL 3 ➡️ Niek’s personal founding story ➡️ What the IMPALA System is and how it is changing the healthcare landscape ➡️ The importance of GOAL 3’s service and implementation model ➡️ What a world could be like where innovation is embraced ➡️ Challenges GOAL 3 has faced ➡️ GOAL 3’s vision for the future 💡As we continue to grow in Sub-Saharan Africa, we are increasingly excited about the opportunities that await us and the people and organizations that we will collaborate with. We look forward to what lays ahead. 👏A big thanks to Samuel Oji Oti for having Niek on this very special final episode. 📢 Check out the full podcast episode: https://lnkd.in/e3MSrfPf Would you like to stay up to date with the work GOAL 3 is doing? Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn 👍

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢? 📈🇲🇼 📅 Last week, our Business Developer Janharmen Drost, along with Bart Bierling and Alice Likumbo from our Malawi team, visited Lilongwe and Mchinji to explore this question with the Ministry of Health and key stakeholders. It was an inspiring and productive week, filled with meetings with NGOs, funders, and government officials. 📊 Our research on how IMPALA helps lower pediatric and neonatal mortality rates, while reducing the workload on healthcare staff, was well-received. We’re excited by the Ministry’s support, the enthusiasm from hospitals to improve care, and the strong interest from funders to invest in scaling IMPALA across the country. 📌 There’s still work to do, but this trip was a big step toward our goal of bringing real-time patient monitoring and better healthcare outcomes to every hospital in Malawi. 📷 Thank you, Anda Nindi and Pacharo Matchere from Seed Global Health—it was great connecting and sharing our shared missions! #HealthcareInnovation #MedTech #SDG3 #MalawiHealthcare #GOAL3 #IMPALA #HealthcareTransformation

IMPALA’s impact felt immediately in Rwanda! 🙌 Read the story below. 👩🏽🔬🧑🏾🔬In August GOAL 3 received full regulatory approval to operate in Rwanda. By the beginning of September our team members Eline Pieck-KleinJan and Kayumba Darius were in Rwanda implementing 32 new IMPALA monitors in multiple hospitals. 🏥 And by mid-end September the IMPALA system was being used in full operation. Just over one month from approval to full operation in hospitals – and the impact of the IMPALA system in action was felt immediately! Here is a story from Rwamagana Hospital in Rwanda just days after installation: 👶🏽 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮: 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺. 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦." 💪🏾 We are proud to share stories like these, showing the impact that the IMPALA system is having in empowering health workers to save real human lives. This is just one of the many stories that we hear from the field every year. If you would like to know more about the impact GOAL 3 is having, make sure to follow us on LinkedIn. 👍

🚨𝐉𝐎𝐁 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐑𝐓🚨  𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭🌟 🚀 Are you, or do you know someone who is passionate about development? Do you want to make a real impact on global healthcare? 🌍 GOAL 3 is looking for a student with a technical or biomedical background to join our team in ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands as Student Service Support Assistant. As part of our mission to make quality healthcare fair and accessible, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the excellence of our IMPALA patient monitoring system.   📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: ‘s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands & remote 🕒 𝐀𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: ~8hrs/week. 🔍 Ready to make a difference in global healthcare? Apply now and join us in our mission! See the full job description below. #Studentjob #HealthcareInnovation #JoinOurTeam #MedicalDevices #GlobalHealth #JobOpening 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 GOAL 3 is looking for a student service support assistant! This job is perfect for a student who is passionate about R&D, has a technical or biomedical background and wants to make a difference in global health! Could that be you? 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋 3 GOAL 3 is a growing social enterprise that focuses on technical solutions for healthcare in low-and-middle-income countries. We developed the IMPALA System, an end-to-end patient monitoring and decision support system that allows healthcare workers to work more efficiently and improve care by acting faster when patients deteriorate. We employ people from different backgrounds from across the Netherlands. 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 → Improving demo/test setup, and support in testing → Assembling kits (hardware),  → Updating routers and servers with the latest software versions, → Receiving and preparing shipments  → Writing work instructions (e.g., for updates or installations) → Office administration 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 Currently completing a BSc/MSc in software engineering, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or other technical/medical fields; or equivalent experience. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 → Affinity with Data Analysis → Thorough and observant with an eye for detail → Conscientious and responsible → A results driven approach → A mission driven mentality → Fluent in both Dutch and English 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 → A seat at the table of a highly skilled team that has a lot of fun together. → A chance to make an impact by working within a social enterprise that is dedicated to revolutionise healthcare in low and middle income countries. → A chance to develop your skills in a dynamic and challenging environment. → Salary of €15/hour → ~8hrs/week → Primary working location is in Den Bosch, but working from home also possible. Are you interested in applying? Then send your CV and motivation letter to francien.mels@goal3.org

Another major milestone!  The Tanzania Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (TMDA) has approved the IMPALA system! 🎉 📜 We recently received the official certificate from the TMDA approving the IMPALA system for commercial use in Tanzania! This was just weeks after we received it in Rwanda. With full certification to operate in Rwanda and Tanzania, GOAL 3 is now primed and ready to scale up in these countries. 👩🏾⚕️ Back in the beginning of June we presented GOAL 3 at the World Health Assembly side event where the the Tanzanian 🇹🇿 Minister of Health was present. Recognizing the potential of GOAL 3’s IMPALA system, GOAL 3 was invited to scale up in Tanzania. 🥳 And now that invite can turn into a reality. 💡 We are so excited to continue to grow within Tanzania, the country where our CEO and co-founder Niek Versteegde first came up with the initial ideas for GOAL 3 while working there as a Tropical Doctor. 🏥 We are so proud of our team, and everyone involved in the IMPALA project for all the work it took to make this happen. Now let’s see IMPALA continue to help save lives across Sub-Saharan Africa!

GOAL 3 received a 260K grant from Founders Pledge and its community for potential exceptional cost effectiveness! 🎉 💰 Founders Pledge is an organization that works with entrepreneurs who ‘pledge’ a certain amount of their shares and/or profit to high-impact organizations. 🔬 Because giving to impactful organizations is at the core of what they do, Founders Pledge performs a thorough research and vetting process for all organizations they support, only donating to organizations with (the potential of) immense impact, and well, GOAL 3 fit the description. 👶🏽 Our early results show a 42% reduction in child mortality compared to the same period a year before implementation of the IMPALA System. Based on these pilot results, IMPALA has a cost effectiveness of approximately $208 per life saved, making it potentially up to 20x more cost effective than leading global health interventions like anti-malaria nets and vitamin A supplements! 👩🏽🔬 We will use the grant to perform further research in Rwanda and Malawi to further strengthen the evidence of IMPALA’s impact, accelerating the scale-up of the IMPALA System across Africa. 🏥 We are exceptionally grateful to Founders Pledge and its community for their trust and for awarding  us this grant, and we know that with it, many more health workers will be empowered, and lives will be saved. Would you like to stay up to date with the work GOAL 3 is doing? Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn 👍 P.S. Check out the full story on our website (linked in the comments). P.P.S. You can also find our cost-effectiveness calculations on the impact page of our website.

WOOHOO! 🎉 GOAL 3 is celebrating its 5th year! 🥳 🎂 This past week GOAL 3 turned 5 years old! In that time GOAL 3 has done a lot. From our humble beginnings as a tiny startup, to the growth and explosion of saving hundreds of lives and being one of the most cost-effective solutions in the world. 👶🏽 It has been a wild ride, one that has been characterized by a grit and determination to empower health workers and put an end to the nearly 5 million preventable child deaths that occur every year. Some highlights of our first 5 years: ➡️ A massive crowdfunding campaign that kickstarted the development of IMPALA. ➡️ Appearing on TV in Dragons Den in the Netherlands with 1 million+ viewers. ➡️ Winning the EU EDCTP Grant that kicked off Project IMPALA with our partners. ➡️ Patient zero of IMPALA in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Malawi. ➡️ The release of an updated IMPALA System with partner ManGo Product Design. ➡️ Our first implementation outside of a research context in St Luke's Hospital, Malawi. ➡️ Achieving amazing pilot results showing a 42% reduction in patient mortality, and a reduction in admission time. ➡️ Winning various grants and awards like the EU humanitarian and IF Design Award. ➡️ Seeing our team grow to more than 20 staff, and tackle the challenges that have been placed before them. 👩🏾⚕️We are incredibly proud of all we have accomplished, but we know that this is only the tip of the iceberg. There are so many more healthcare facilities to reach, so many more healthcare workers to empower, and so many more patients in need of high quality care. 👏We thank you for supporting us through our first five years and we look forward to what the next 5 years and more will bring! P.S Not yet following us on LinkedIn? Be sure to follow our page to stay up to date with all GOAL 3 is doing. 👍 P.P.S. We have gotten more than a few grey hairs since we took this team photo a few years back. 😉

GOAL 3 is expanding its impact in Rwanda! 🎉We are implementing the IMPALA System in 3 hospitals! 🥳 🔬 Eline Pieck-KleinJan is in Rwanda for 3 weeks working alongside our study coordinator Kayumba Darius and our partners Rwanda Pediatric Association to implement IMPALA in 3 hospitals – Nyamata, Rwamagana, and CHUK.    👩🏾⚕️The implementations are already underway with the first two training groups at the Nyamata hospital complete. The staff are very enthusiastic about IMPALA and immediately see its application. As one health worker put it: “𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘔𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘈 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 [𝘯𝘰𝘸] 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴." 👶🏽 The implementation of IMPALA in these hospitals will not only help with continuous monitoring, but will also provide a history of vital signs for patients. This enables the healthcare workers to not only respond to emergencies, but also to spot and act upon deteriorating trends in the vital signs over time. 🏥 It is amazing to experience the excitement the health workers have for the technology and the eagerness they have to improve the quality of care within their hospitals. It really brings to life our mission: To enable and empower health workers to improve access to high quality of care. Would you like to stay up to date with the work GOAL 3 is doing? Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn 👍

See the IMPALA System in action in Malawi! 📹 👶🏽 Our partners Amref Malawi made a documentary about the implementation of the IMPALA System in Mchinji District, Malawi. Together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Amref Health Africa in Malawi, and local partner Elite Biomedical Engineering Limited 23 patient monitors were installed in Kapiri and Mchinji hospitals in early spring.  More than 3,600 babies are expected to receive improved care as a result of this implementation. 👩🏾⚕️ In this short 6.5 minute documentary you get to witness the GOAL 3 IMPALA Monitors in daily use, and meet empowered health workers and thankful patients whose lives the IMPALA System has changed. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘳𝘦𝘧 [𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘖𝘈𝘓 3] 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 [𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺] 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.” - 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘔𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰, 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 (𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺) 🏥 It really is outstanding to watch this documentary and see the huge impact the IMPALA System is having in Malawi. Great work on the film Amref Health Africa in Malawi Watch the documentary here: https://lnkd.in/ebYmP4a4 P.S. Be sure to follow GOAL 3 on LinkedIn if you haven't already. 👍

Our impact in Malawi is growing! 🎉 We are implementing the IMPALA System in another hospital! 🥳 🏥 This week our GOAL 3 Malawi team are at Thyolo District Hospital in Malawi, installing 15 new monitors! 👩🏾⚕️ Our team is helping train 75 health workers on the system, and by the end of the week, the staff will be fully equipped to begin saving lives using the IMPALA System. The monitors will be installed in various wards including: ➡️ 10 in the pediatric ward ➡️ 3 in the main HDU ➡️ 1 in the male ward ➡️ 1 in the female ward 👩🏿💻 The health workers will also receive two tablets, providing a central overview of the wards and helping them be more proactive in their care. These will be placed in the pediatric ward and the HDU. Our implementation manager Alice Likumbo reported: “[𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨] 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘔𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘈 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘺𝘰𝘭𝘰” 🏥 It is amazing to continue to expand the impact of the IMPALA System across Malawi and we look forward to the many more installations of IMPALA to come.  We are thankful to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation for choosing us to be their partner in this project. If you would like to stay updated on our progress please follow GOAL 3 on LinkedIn👍