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Familiarizes students with policy analysis tools to help position innovation of technologies or institutions for transformative potential. Demonstrates the application of principles of design guided by public policy and public health concerns to adapt such innovation in resource-limited settings. Considers technologies that are potentially transformative for improving health and narrowing disparities—making water potable, cook stoves more efficient and less polluting, and point-of-care diagnostics more available in local clinics. Examines the context of what makes innovation potentially transformative. Enables students to apply key policy tools such as stakeholder, value chain and market analyses as well as systems thinking, and consider how to structure and critique prize competitions, innovative financing approaches, and public-private partnerships.