Engage HCD (Human-Centered Design)

EngageHCD is a contracting vehicle available to USAID's Bureau for Global Health and Missions to procure state-of-the-art human-centered design services.

Design is a methodology that places people and other critical stakeholders at the center of the design and implementation process. The design methodology s approach to problem solving is iterative, measurable, results-driven, and interdisciplinary.

It can help find solutions to issues that are ingrained in global health, such as (i) complexity of navigating and coordinating stakeholder ecosystems, (ii) difficulty in changing user behaviors, (iii) barriers to scaling compelling solutions, (iv) introducing new capabilities and collaboration models through co-creation, and (v) strengthening strategy and implementation planning.

Design can drive impact and serve as a complement to our existing programs and partners through accelerating human-centered innovation.

For more information on the use of design in global health, see http://www.engagehcd.com/ and https://www.designforhealth.org/.

The implementing partners of this mechanism are a consortium of Lunar, Veryday, Matchboxology, PATH, and McKinsey Digital Labs. These partners bring impressive expertise across the intersection of design and global health.

Lunar, McKinsey Digital Labs, and Veryday are design studios within McKinsey&Company, and together, constitute one of the largest design firms globally.

Matchboxology is Africa s first design firm with over a decade of public health and development experience in the continent. PATH is a trusted partner of governments and communities in 50+countries with a wealth of global health-centric design.

This consortium represents a cross-disciplinary team including anthropologists, designers, human-factor engineers, business-model designers, digital experts, and behavior change experts. The mechanism is available for both headquarter and mission buy-in. We encourage proposals and look forward to working with both our Washingt