Global Health Product Awards
Reviewers and independence
Assessment depends on relevant expertise and freedom from interests that could affect a particular decision. The programme's reviewer requirements, conflict checks and separation from purchasing apply to every entry.
Expertise matched to the product
Reviewer appointments consider professional experience, knowledge of the product field and the ability to evaluate relevant evidence. For each entry, the two initial reviewers must together cover the technical subject, methods and use context. Reviewers are selected for experience relevant to the product and its supporting evidence.
The review chair checks the application of the criteria and the reasons for the outcome. Specialist advice or a third assessment is obtained when the rules require it.
Interests that must be disclosed
Reviewers disclose current employment, ownership interests and relevant employment, consulting or collaboration in the preceding three years. They also disclose close personal relationships, significant competitive interests, disputes and other circumstances that could reasonably affect impartiality.
An authorised person without the relevant conflict decides whether a reviewer can take the assignment, needs a restriction or must be replaced. Reviewers do not grant themselves an exemption. A new interest discovered during review must be reported promptly.
Independent initial assessments
Reviewers submit their own scores and reasons before seeing the other assessment. The chair records how differences are resolved. Neither the applicant's size nor its association membership provides points or an exemption from an evidence requirement.
Separation from purchases and funding
Reviewers are not shown orders for trophies, printed certificates or labels. Purchasing staff cannot change scores, decisions or register placement. No sponsor may nominate a guaranteed winner, buy a judging outcome or receive confidential applicant material through its support of the programme.
Entry, assessment and standard award materials are free. Optional physical-item purchases are handled separately and give no assessment advantage.
Confidentiality and contact
Reviewers may use the entry materials only for their assigned programme work. They must not disclose it to unauthorised people, use it for their own business or upload confidential material to unauthorised external services.
Questions to applicants go through the awards team. Contact the awards team about a current entry; private approaches to assigned reviewers are not permitted.
Reviewer information and accountability
Reviewer appointments and conflict declarations are held by IAHPM. Applicants can report a concern about the independence of an assessment through the awards team. If you believe a relevant interest has affected a case, provide the entry reference or Award ID and the facts you want considered.
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