CALL FOR SOLUTIONS
Looking for health solutions for UGANDA
Apply by 30 MAY 2024!
ARE YOU OR DO YOU KNOW OF ANY PERSON, ORGANISATION, OR COMMUNITY THAT IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING A COMMUNITY BASED SOLUTION TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF UGANDANS?
We are looking for innovative community-based health solutions that are being implemented to address access to and quality of healthcare, and sexual and reproductive health services in Uganda.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Whether you are a health worker, a community member, an entrepreneur, a student, a public health worker, a government worker, or from a private, public or not-for-profit organization, we want to learn from your solution!
Solutions could be a new service, a new practice or process, or a new technology.
You may not think your work is innovative, but if it is providing a creative approach to an existing problem, it likely is. Tell us about it!
Your solution is eligible if it meets the following conditions:
Focus of the solution
Improving access to healthcare services
Improving the quality of healthcare services in Uganda
Improving access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health services, especially among vulnerable groups
Country of implementation
Uganda
Duration of implementation
A minimum of 2-years of implementation and currently being implemented
Social innovations
We are looking for solutions created with people and implemented with their participation. These solutions must increase the capacity of the community or participants. We are not looking for scientific solutions such as drugs or advanced medical devices.
Timely completion of application form
Applications will only be considered where the application form has been completed in its entirety and submitted before the due date.
TIMELINE & PROCESS
15th April
Launch Nomination
30th May
Submission Deadline
30th June
External panel review and select high impact solutions
15th July
Announcement of Winners
HOW YOU CAN BENEFIT
We are looking to learn from your solution, So that these lessons can be shared with other countries in Africa, but also globally.
You can benefit in several ways:
Opportunity to learn and share - We will share your work through our SIHI network. You will also have an opportunity to share your work with multiple stakeholders.
Participation in our capacity building training program – SIHI Uganda Hub will offer different courses in which you will have the opportunity to participate.
Publication of your solution online or in scientific journals.
Membership - Join our Community of Stakeholders in Social Innovation in Health in Africa. This community is a space for interaction and connection with other innovators and actors in the region.
Recognition by the Social Innovation in Health Initiative’s Uganda hub (SIHI Uganda), the Uganda Ministry of Health, and TDR, the special programme for research and training in Tropical Diseases.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Each solution will be reviewed by at least two of the experts on the selection panel according to the following criteria.
Appropriateness of the solution to the need/call
The solution addresses the social innovation call priority area(s) and a perceived need in the community
Degree of innovativeness
The solution presents a creative, unconventional or new approach as compared to the status quo.
Inclusiveness
The solution has the potential to enhance equity and access in health, especially for the most excluded or marginalized.
Affordability
The solution is affordable to those in the local context and presents a more cost-effective alternative as compared to the status quo.
Effectiveness
The solution has the potential to achieve a positive outcome on the health of the local population AND enhances the capacities of the local population.
Scalability
Feasibility for the solution to be applied, replicated and scaled-up to other communities with similar problems.
Sustainability
The solution has the possibility to be sustained and has demonstrated sustainability has been considered.
Participation and co-creation
A participatory approach is evident in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the solution (i.e. contributions from various stakeholders: the patients/families, local health personnel, local leaders.)
Systems-change
The solution has the potential to bring transformation within the health or social system.
HOW TO APPLY
DOWNLOAD THE FORM
Follow the link below, download the form, fill it out and email it to us at: uganda@socialinnovationinhealth.org
Country: Uganda
City: Kampala
Organisation: Social Innovation in Health Initiative, Uganda Hub
Contact Details
Makerere University School of Public Health, Mulago Hospital Hill, Kampala, Uganda
Only solutions submitted using the form on the dates specified in this call will be considered.
GET IN TOUCH
Makerere University School of Public Health, Mulago Hospital Hill, Kampala, Uganda
Only proposals submitted using the form on the dates specified in this call will be considered.
