Social Innovation in Health Initiative 2020

SIHI Nigeria, the Social Innovation in Health Initiative at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, in collaboration with Anambra State Ministry of Health (MOH) and TDR, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease (TDR) is looking for health solutions that are supporting/contributing to the achievement of health-related SDGs in Nigeria.

We want to recognise creative solutions that improve access and quality of healthcare delivery for Nigerians and improve the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of infectious diseases in Nigeria.

We are looking for individuals – health workers, students, citizens, entrepreneurs – or organisations – NGOs, companies, universities, hospitals, government departments who have developed a creative solution to a problem in healthcare delivery.

The solution could be a new service, product, practice, process and policy.

You may not think your work is innovative, but if it is addressing a problem differently and making an impact, then your solution is innovative!

Your solution is eligible if it meets the following conditions:

FOCUS OF THE SOLUTION

Improving access to health care
Improving quality of health care
Improving the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of infectious diseases

How you can benefit

Your solution can help improve the healthcare system in Nigeria and other nations. Imagine what we can achieve together.

You can benefit in several ways:

Recognition – (by Nnamdi Azikiwe University, the Anambra State Ministry of Health and TDR, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Disease – hosted at the World Health Organization).

Documentation – Your solution will be studied by researchers and they will produce a case study

Sharing – (We will share your solution across Nigeria as well as internationally through the SIHI Partner Network).

Learning – You will be invited to attend various workshops and learning sessions for innovators.

Community – You will become part of the growing SIHI community of innovators.

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Selection Criteria

All eligible solutions will be submitted to the expert review panel and each solution will be reviewed by at least two members of the panel according to the following criteria:

APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SOLUTION TO THE NEED

The approach addresses a healthcare delivery challenge that specifically deals with an infectious disease of poverty or could be applicable to this disease group.