Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev)
Model & Strategy
Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev) serves the population of nearly 4 billion people who live on less than $4/day. Equalize Health aims to improve the lives of the world’s poorest by designing, developing and distributing radically affordable world-class medical products at two-thirds of the cost. In doing this, Equalize Health directly improves the health and productivity of the poor and spurs competitors to introduce more affordable, higher performing products— solving the problem of access to and availability of medical care products at a systems level, on a global scale.
Equalize Health currently has two products in the market: 1) ReMotion Knee – a high-performing knee joint for developing world amputees – and 2) Brilliance – a jaundice treatment device at an affordable price. To meet full market demand, Equalize Health licensed both these products to for-profit distributors in developing countries. Equalize Health’s value add is embedded in both its customer driven search for product solutions and in its commitment to ensuring successful distribution of the products it designs.
For its work to bring a design ethic to third-world healthcare, Equalize Health was named one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies and awarded as a Tech Laureate at the 2013 Tech Awards.
Krista Donaldson, PhD, has driven innovation in product design, engineering and international development for more than 15 years. As D-Rev’s CEO, Krista spearheaded the release of Brilliance, a revolutionary technology treating neonatal jaundice, and the release of ReMotion prosthetic knee. Her leadership has won Krista acclaim as one of Fast Company’s Co.Design 50 Designers Shaping the Future, a TED speaker and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
Prior to D-Rev, Krista was a Diplomacy Fellow in the U.S. Department of State’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she guided economic policy and the reconstruction of Iraq’s electricity sector, earning her recognition for her work’s impact on bilateral relations. From 1998 to 2001, she worked with KickStart International (formerly ApproTEC) in Nairobi, Kenya as a design engineer and researcher, and with the product design firm IDEO.
IMPACT
967,600 patients treated with Equalize Health products
706,500 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) averted
826,900 patients treated who otherwise would not have been
1,287 clinicians trained by Equalize Health ECHO Telementoring
763,000 patients treated by Equalize Health ECHO-trained clinicians
Equalize Health (formerly D-Rev) News
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Why an $80 Artificial Knee Outruns a $1,000 VersionKrista Donaldson, founder and CEO of D-Rev, recently took the stage at Fortune’s Brainstorm Health conference to discuss how D-Rev’s revolutionary $80 artificial knee is making mobility possible…Nov 2016 -
Life-Changing, Low-Cost Artificial Knee Is On The MarketIn low-income countries where injuries from accidents or war often lead to amputation, most people haven’t been able to afford a quality prosthetic in the…Dec 2015 -
Listening for Disruption: Blue Lights and New KneesIn 2012, D-Rev released its first product, Brilliance, a phototherapy lamp to treat neonatal jaundice that sold for $500 — rather than the typical price…Dec 2015
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13 Badass Moms Who Are Saving the WorldTalk about a game changer: Krista designs and brings medical technologies to low income populations—and is saving lives in the process. As CEO of the…Sep 2015
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Historically, technological advancement in neonatal care has been transformative. Survival chances for premature ba… https://t.co/hsaMiUakBe
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Although maternal health has improved in recent decades, prematurity remains a major global health issue. Prematuri… https://t.co/7rudLXdkn6
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Suboptimal use of technology in middle-income settings is increasing the burden of disability among preterm babies… https://t.co/vyyoLfVJS4
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Prematurity is the leading cause of death for under-5-year-olds. Global survival rates are highly unequal. In low-i… https://t.co/O1yKHMZcKS
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Today, the world observes World Prematurity Day, a special occasion to bring attention, give visibility, and raise… https://t.co/OWOFOn3yGd
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Equalizing access to quality healthcare improves not only individual and population-level outcomes, but also has po… https://t.co/aXb0xDU0Ha
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Longstanding health inequities that existed even before the pandemic are now in the spotlight, demonstrating the im… https://t.co/pXr4AuhZvQ
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Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Through #SDG 3… https://t.co/NedHruGE1Z
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RT @UW_EIH: Boston Nyer, interim CEO of @EqualizeHealth, spoke at the Leaders in Health Innovation series about his nonprofit’s mission to…
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RT @kmd_drev: "Public hospitals are strapped." Yassah Lavelah, a nurse from Monrovia is addressing that and help ensure women deliver in ho…
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RT @kmd_drev: C'mon people. It's 2022. 2.2 million U.S. women of childbearing age – 15 to 44 – live in 'maternity care deserts' - where th…
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All babies and mothers are entitled to affordable, high-quality health care before, during and after pregnancy. Une… https://t.co/dZbiqsaZui
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Happening now: @EqualizeHealth shares its impact formula for identifying the most significant need for technologies… https://t.co/E0YoAFoKYs
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RT @paimadhu: Today's global health class will be about health as a human right
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In their “Conversations for Change,” Opportunity Collaboration tackles the topic of the role of philanthropy in pro… https://t.co/kiXKkitWzy
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The vast majority of maternal and neonatal deaths occur in low-resource settings, and many could be avoided if fron… https://t.co/NDWxrfY4Vj
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Ending preventable maternal and neonatal deaths is at the core of the #SDGs third objective of ensuring healthy liv… https://t.co/TFbYuS0CVM
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.@EqualizeHealth through the ECHO telementoring programme is building the capacity of healthcare workers to deliver… https://t.co/tOhEvQ8EyE