WHAT IS SOCIAL

INNOVATION IN
HEALTH (SIH)?

SIHI Film:
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=Ncu8NEzKVQU
 1 in 5
births are
delivered
at home,
putting
mothers
and
babies at
PSA, 2018
risk.

Estimated 10% of
the population of Basic vaccination
the Philippines coverage
(around 10M) are declined to
living in GIDA 70% in 2017
PNHRS, 2016 PSA, 2018 Around 1M
Filipinos are
Why SIH? expected to have
TB, and may or
The Need for Socially may not even
know it.
Innovative Solutions NTPS, 2016
Social Innovation in Health
(WHO, 2017)

“A solution (process, product, practice, market mechanism)

implemented through diverse organisational models. The solution
has been developed by a range of actors in response to a systemic
health challenge within a geographic context. It profoundly
challenges the current system status quo and has enabled healthcare
to be more inclusive, effective and affordable.”

(https://socialinnovationinhealth.org/about/)
CHARACTERISTICS of SOCIAL
INNOVATION

STIMULUS ACTORS
- Social problems faced by individuals - Social actors, organizations and
and communities institutions

PROCESS SECTORS
- Inclusive participation, - Interplay across technical, social,
collaboration, coordination in economic and political dimensions
design and decision making
- Multi-level and collaborative
governance

Dr. Lindi van Niekerk, Social Innovation in Health – why, what is it, what is it not?
CHARACTERISTICS of SOCIAL
INNOVATION

QUALITIES OUTPUTS
- Solutions that are more effective, - New initiatives, services,
efficient, sustainable or just than processes, programmes, products
existing solutions - Socially creative strategy
- New social relationships,
collaborations, capabilities
OUTCOMES
- Institutional or systems change
- Changes in social relations and IMPACT
social practices - To improve quality of life, well being
- Empowerment: enhanced society and value to society as a whole
capacity to act

Dr. Lindi van Niekerk, Social Innovation in Health – why, what is it, what is it not?
Social Innovation in Health – Actors and
Process
SIH is people-
centered and a
product of the
entire community
other than just by
health
professionals

Photo Credits: Cordero, 2018

Social Innovation in Health – Actors
and Process
Is never an
invention or
intervention
developed by
just one person,
institution, or
organization. It
is cross-sectoral.

Photo Credits: Cordero, 2018

Social Innovation in Health - Outputs
(Gabriel, Stanley, & Saunders, 2017)

• Clinical pathways
Product • Surgical
• Education • Drugs procedures
• Technology • System reforms

Process Practice
Social Innovation in Health -
Outcomes
Photo Credits: Wong, 2018
Social innovation
results in the
implementation of
new solutions that
enable greater
equity, affordability
and sustainability of
health care services
for all
Van Niekerk, L (2014), Social innovation identification, SIHI
Criteria

B. Selection. The shortlisted, eligible entries will be reviewed by an

external selection panel based on the following selection criteria

Selection Criteria Description Weight

The innovation provides a novel approach to address a systemic 25%
Degree of innovativeness
health challenge within the context. It provides an alternative to
the status quo
The innovation addresses a health priority of the Philippines (as 15%
Significance - Based on
defined by the National and/or Regional Unified Health Research
Priority Health Need Agenda), or a priority in a more localized level such as prevalent yet
neglected health problem in a town or a marginalized group/ethnic
group.
Participatory approach is evident in the development, 15%
Participatory & Co-owned
implementation, and evaluation of the innovation (i.e. contributions
from various stakeholders: the patients/families, local health
personnel, local leaders, other sectors).
Criteria

Selection Criteria Description Weight

There are clear plans for further research and development of the 15%
Potential for Further
innovation. The innovation shows feasibility to be applied, replicated
Research/Integration/Scale and scaled-up to other communities with similar problems, or
integrated into the broader health system.
The innovation has the potential to be used by a large number of 10%
Inclusiveness
people, enhancing equity and access.

The innovation has a demonstrated positive outcome on the health 10%

Effectiveness
challenge it is addressing.

The innovation is affordable to the poor who are otherwise 10%

Affordability
excluded in the local context or the solution is more cost-effective
than the status quo.
FILIPINO
EXAMPLES OF
SIH
Cases of Social Innovations in Health

Watch the following case videos:

Inter-Island Health Referral System Strengthening through One
Facility, One Health Service Boat Project
• https://youtu.be/_ntAA9_Rstc

P6.60 Kada Araw na Hulog Para sa Kalusugan ng Pamilya (P6.60

Everyday Family Health Plan)
• https://youtu.be/qt4Ky3wQhvA

National Telehealth System (NTS)

• https://youtu.be/KNQT-Blu27Y

Seal of Health Governance

• https://youtu.be/V23p8_hTheU
SIH IDENTIFICATION in the PHILIPPINES
1. Inter-Island Health Service Boat Project
An integrated boat referral system that connects remote
village health centers to the municipality’s main birthing
facility.
SIH IDENTIFICATION in the PHILIPPINES
2. National Telehealth System (NTS)
A telemedicine platform that aims to improve access to specialist
care among patients in geographically isolated and
disadvantaged areas.
SIH IDENTIFICATION in the PHILIPPINES
3. P6.60 Everyday Family Health Plan
A savings mobilization scheme initiated by the Local Insurance
Office in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan to expand coverage of
households whose heads are employed in the informal working
sector.
SIH IDENTIFICATION in the PHILIPPINES
4. Seal of Health Governance (SOHG)
A health leadership program that encourages village leaders to be
actively engaged in addressing their community’s health
concerns through open-participatory competition. It fosters
accountability, proactivity and community empowerment in the
smallest political unit of the country.
AVAILABLE ONLINE
www.socialinnovationinhealth.org
THANK YOU
MAIN REFERENCES

• Social Innovation in Health Initiative:

socialinnovationinhealth.org
• Gabriel, M., Stanley, I., & Saunders, T. (2017). Open
Innovation in Health. London: NESTA.
• Murray, R., Caulier-Grice, J., & Mulgan, G. (2010).
The Open Book of Social Innovation. London: The
Young Foundation.
• Social Innovation in Health Initiative. (2016). What If
Community-Based Social Innovations can have a
Large-Scale Impact. Capetown: Social Innovation in
Health Initiative.
• Zuellig Family Foundation. (2018). Human-Centered
Design Worksheet