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. 2022 Nov 23;19(23):15515.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315515.

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

Chipo Nancy Ngongoni  1 , William Wasswa  1 , Lindiwe Makubalo  1 , Matshidiso Moeti  1 , Moredreck Chibi  1
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Towards a Healthcare Innovation Scaling Framework-The Voice of the Innovator

Chipo Nancy Ngongoni et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

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: ecosystem management; healthcare; innovation ecosystem; innovation intermediary; innovators.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Innovator profiles from the 2018 Innovation Challenge.
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Survey responses as innovation descriptions and development stages.
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Ecosystem framework foundational pillars. These pillars were derived from the survey responses as key recurring themes and what they mean for the ecosystem.
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