The case topic of the 2015 Global Health Case Competition was “Nigerian Population Growth: Addressing Extreme Poverty through Family Planning."
The participants of the 2015 Global Health Case Competition were prompted to develop a strategy to help Niger manage population growth by decreasing the birth rate through family planning. The strategy should consider issues involving health, economics, education, religion, culture, and politics, as well as the potential impacts that your strategy will have on these areas. The participants were given a grant of $25 million USD in seed funding to be spent over a five-year period. The teams' plans must have demonstrated self-sustainability after the five years. Successful projects included male head of households and involved local tribal and religious leaders.