Towards a Healthcare Innovation Scaling Framework-The Voice of the Innovator

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 23; p. 15515
• Main Authors: Ngongoni, Chipo Nancy, Wasswa, William, Makubalo, Lindiwe, Moeti, Matshidiso, Chibi, Moredreck
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23-11-2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Creativity; Delivery of Health Care; Diffusion of Innovation; Ecosystem; Ecosystem management; Government Programs; Health care; Infectious diseases; Information systems; Innovations; Life expectancy; Organizational Innovation; Strategic management; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Technological change; United States > US; South Africa; Africa; innovation intermediary; innovators; innovation ecosystem; ecosystem management; healthcare
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192315515

This paper investigates the systemic challenges that African healthcare innovators experience in the quest to scale their innovations. The aim is to aggregate insights and to conceptualize a foundation towards building a framework that can be used as a guide by intermediary organizations and global partners to support collaborative innovation in African countries. These insights were gained from analyzing a dataset of survey responses obtained from a follow-up on 230 innovators who took part in the inaugural WHO Africa Innovation Challenge that was held in 2018. The insights led to the identification of 10 key foundational blocks that assist in ecosystem management in a bid to strengthen national health innovation ecosystems and to improve the sustainability and integration of innovations in the health system.