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

Chipo Nancy Ngongoni, William Wasswa, Lindiwe Makubalo, Matshidiso Moeti and Moredreck Chibi ()
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Chipo Nancy Ngongoni: World Health Organization African Region, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo
William Wasswa: World Health Organization African Region, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo
Lindiwe Makubalo: World Health Organization African Region, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo
Matshidiso Moeti: World Health Organization African Region, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo
Moredreck Chibi: World Health Organization African Region, Brazzaville P.O. Box 06, Congo

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-16

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: innovation intermediary; innovation ecosystem; innovators; ecosystem management; healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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