Doha: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), will present its Global Diffusion of Healthcare Innovation (GDHI) research to stakeholders at the Global Forum 2015 on Research and Innovation for Health to be held from August 24 to 27 in the Philippine capital of Manila.
Through its participation in the forum, WISH aims to inspire and diffuse healthcare innovation and best practice, remaining aligned to QF vision and mission to unlock human potential and serve to underscore Qatar’s pioneering role as an emerging centre for healthcare innovation.
Organised by Council on Health Research for Development, in partnership with the Philippine’s Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Health and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, the forum will provide a platform for low- and middle-income countries to play an active role in defining the global health research agenda, presenting solutions and creating partnerships for action.
The meeting will bring together stakeholders playing a role in making research and innovation benefit health, equity and development, including high-level representatives from governments, businesses, non-profits, international organisations, academic and research institutions and social entrepreneurs.
The forum will use informative and interactive discussions, workshops, networking sessions and activities to allow participants to interact, inspire, learn, and partner to increase their impact.
Professor Lord Darzi of Denham, Executive Chair, WISH, and Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, said: “WISH is delighted to be a content partner for the forum, a key gathering that will highlight the need for research and innovation in healthcare. By sharing our content and expertise in global health innovation, we hope to inspire policymakers and healthcare leaders around the world to adopt and diffuse innovations more rapidly to help them overcome the most pressing healthcare challenges.”
WISH will present GDHI research in a session titled ‘From evidence to policy — thinking outside the box’ to highlight the need for innovation and research to improve economies and population health.
GDHI is an assessment of how healthcare systems around the world adopt new innovations and spread them successfully, to inspire countries to implement the best methods and ideas.
Through interviews and surveys with experts in each country, including policymakers and healthcare professionals, GDHI research focuses on factors and key enablers that allow selected countries and systems to take up new health innovations, including funding for research and their relationships with other sectors.
This year’s report, published at the second WISH summit in Doha in February, identifies critical factors needed to ensure new health innovations, including technology, policies, and practices are quickly and effectively adopted across a country’s health system.
Through in-depth case studies, the report offers guidance for healthcare systems looking to diffuse innovation by examining how innovators harnessed factors and behaviours that ensured success. The report’s key findings and recommendations will be presented at the forum.
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