A5072504006- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Community Health and Development
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Open Source Software Innovations
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
2022-2024
Kamuzu Central Hospital
2022-2024
University of Malawi
2020-2023
Abstract Background In seeking the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), there has been a renewed emphasis on role communities. This article focuses social innovation and whether this concept holds promise to enhance equity in health services achieve UHC serve as process community engagement, participation, agency. Methods A cross-country case study methodology was adopted analyze three innovations low- middle-income countries (LMICs): Philippines, Malawi, Colombia. Qualitative...
Malawi, like many other countries, faces challenges in providing accessible, affordable, and quality health services to all people. The Malawian policy framework recognizes the value of communities citizens, as co-creators leaders localized innovative initiatives, such social innovations.Social innovations involve include well bring about changes institutions responsible for care delivery. In this article, we describe institutionalization process a citizen-initiated primary innovation, named...
Abstract Background Crowdsourcing is a distributed problem-solving and production mechanism that leverages the collective intelligence of non-expert individuals networked communities for specific goals. Social innovation (SI) initiatives aim to address health challenges in sustainable manner, with potential strengthen systems. They are developed by actors from different backgrounds disciplines. This paper describes application crowdsourcing as research method explore SI health. Methods The...
Objectives Development of a Community Engagement Package composed (1) database community engagement (CE) experiences from different contexts, (2) CE learning package lessons and tools presented as online modules, (3) workshop for identifying to enrich the ensure regular update resources. The aims guide practitioners promote local action enhance skills CE. Setting participants packages were co-created with diverse teams WHO, Social Innovation in Health Initiative, UNICEF, practitioners, other...
Governments worldwide are increasingly interested in scaling up effective public health innovations, but it is not always easy to institutionalize arising outside the system, as a part of national delivery. Evidence on how country governments can practically achieve this limited. This article describes institutionalization Chipatala Cha Pa Foni (CCPF, Health Center by Phone) social innovation into Malawian health, and identifies positive institutional practices that local actors drew this.