African Young Innovators for Health Award
The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award is the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and Speak Up Africa‘s flagship program focused on supporting young health entrepreneurs across the African continent by providing them with the necessary tools to advance their promising healthcare solutions for the betterment of their communities.
For aspiring health innovators, safeguarding their groundbreaking ideas is essential. As a proud supporter and sponsor of these awards, Adams & Adams provides expert guidance and advice to all the winners, with a specific focus on how to protect their valuable IP.
The focus of the 1st edition of the Awards, was on finding solutions that supported, equipped, protected, and trained healthcare workers working tirelessly to protect and treat the public amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the 2nd edition of the Awards, IFPMA was looking to find and nurture health innovations that would help them get closer to the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), i.e., to ensure that everyone has access to good quality healthcare services without the risk of financial hardship (WHO 2007).
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