Ripple Women’s Digital Health Challenge 2025
The Women’s Digital Health Challenge 2025 is an innovation programme under the Ripple initiative. Delivery partners include Cogniss, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Health Innovation Network, which is the innovation arm of the NHS.
This Challenge aims to accelerate the development of impactful, scalable digital health solutions that address urgent priorities in women’s health, an area long under-researched, under-funded and underserved. It seeks impactful solutions that improve access to care, promote prevention and self-management and harness digital tools to deliver personalised support across key stages of women’s lives.
Ripple is now seeking partners, funders and advocates who are committed to women’s health. Whether you’re a health system, research group, NGO, clinician network or corporate sponsor, join us in amplifying this initiative and lead meaningful change.
Delivery partners
Cogniss is a no-code ecosystem that enables healthcare experts and organsations to create advanced patient-facing digital health apps. No coding or design skills required. Its unique point-and-click interface empowers health innovators to build tailored apps, at a fraction of the time and cost required by code-based development.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the trusted technology and innovation partner to the global healthcare and life sciences industry, providing unmatched reliability, security, and data privacy. AWS for Healthcare & Life Sciences provides an offering of AWS services and AWS Partner solutions used by thousands of customers globally.
Health Innovation Network (HIN) is the innovation arm of the NHS, dedicated to improving health outcomes by accelerating the adoption of proven innovations. With deep expertise in evaluation, pathways and health system integration, HIN supports innovators to pilot and scale, and embed solutions into real-world care.
Who should apply and why?
This Challenge welcomes innovators of all backgrounds, irrespective of gender, whose expertise lies in women’s health, technology or care delivery. You may be a researcher, clinician, entrepreneur, digital health team, non-profit, or health system leader with a strong proposal for impact in women’s health.
At this stage, as we gather partners, our aim is to help the most promising projects become pilot-ready apps. Our committed delivery partners will provide the tools and support you need to get there:
Cogniss will take innovators through a structured, 12-month programme to build scalable apps on its no-code platform.
Health Innovation Network will connect teams with pilot sites, evaluation support and adoption pathways into the NHS.
AWS will provide the secure, reliable technology backbone to power scalable solutions.
Amplification partners and the Challenge Panel will help the best solutions reach patients and their stories reach more global audiences.
Together, this support will help innovators not only build solutions but also take them to women who need them most.
Challenge focus areas
Ripple Women’s Digital Health Challenge 2025 is seeking patient-centred digital solutions, i.e. tools that directly reach women and communities, addressing needs that current systems struggle to meet.
These could include solutions that support early diagnosis, educational and informational resources, self-help and preventative tools, delivery of tailored interventions, or ongoing support between appointments and during recovery or rehabilitation.
We welcome innovations addressing, but not limited to, the following areas:
Menstrual and gynaecological health
Menopause and perimenopause
Maternal and perinatal health
Gynaecological cancers
Mental health of women
Fertility and reproductive health
Pelvic health
Cardiovascular and metabolic health
Musculoskeletal and bone health
Health equity and access
We recognise that individuals who need women’s healthcare do not all identify as women or girls. Some trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth may also require access to these services. Apps developed through this Challenge should be designed with inclusivity and sensitivity to individual needs.