Integrating Human-Centered Design to Advance Global Health: Lessons From 3 Programs

Lessons from 3 global health programs indicate that human-centered design (HCD) holds great potential for developing more tailored, impactful, and sustainable products and services to improve health and well-being. However, to take advantage of the full benefits of HCD, global health practitioners need to intentionally design and implement programs differently from typical health programs that do not incorporate design.

Authors: Emily Blynn, Emily Harris, Melanie Wendland, Courtney Chang, Dyness Kasungami, Monisha Ashok and Metsehate Ayenekulu