This paper is about the future role of the commercial sector in global health and health
equity. The discussion is not about the overthrow of capitalism nor a full-throated embrace of …

Background Social innovation has been applied increasingly to achieve social goals,
including improved healthcare delivery, despite a lack of conceptual clarity and consensus …

Background Despite the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa remains racially
and economically segregated. The country is beset by persistent social inequality, poverty …

Introduction: We are trying to create a platform for social innovation to extend life span.
Methods: Since 2005, health data (approximately 3000 items per person as of 2020) of …

This paper explores the microfoundations of the dynamics capabilities (DCs) needed for
social innovation in a humanitarian aid context. We aim to reveal how humanitarian aid …

This paper focuses on the role of actors that operate outside formal health systems, but
nevertheless have a vital, if often under-recognised, role in supporting public health. The …

Mobile health (mHealth) innovations are considered by governments as game changers
toward more sustainable health systems. The existing literature focuses on the clinical …

There are vocal calls to act on the gender-related barriers and inequities in global health.
Still, there are gaps in implementing programmes that address and counter the relevant …

Background Any nation's health policy aims to properly care for its citizens and the society's
quality of life. Since in the healthcare system, the population's health is the essential …

Health innovations are generally oriented on a techno-economic vision. In this perspective,
technologies are seen as an end in themselves, and there is no arrangement between the …