INITIATE2 Infectious Disease Treatment Module

Brindisi, Italy

The World Health Organization and World Food Programme's INITIATE2 Infectious Disease Treatment Module is the first project in a five-year initiative to develop innovative and standardized solutions that support readiness and response capabilities for health emergencies worldwide. The project objective is to allow stakeholders to rapidly deploy, set up, and run field treatment centres when an outbreak first emerges. With the rising threat of infectious diseases, ensuring operational readiness and timely response is of paramount importance. HH Angus was involved through the International Federation of Healthcare Engineers as a Téchne member, volunteering engineering and design services for the development of the pilot project.

This highly impactful project demonstrates how engineering innovation can directly support global health. The modular design shows strong potential to enable safe, high-quality infectious disease treatment in crisis settings. Its thoughtful stakeholder engagement and replicable approach positions it as an extraordinary example of humanitarian engineering with life-saving implications.

This project has won an additional award, the Ambassador Award. Hear what the Jury Chair had to say about this project.