Sixteen selected innovations
| Innovation | Source | Health need | |
| 1 | ART Adherence Clubs, South Africa | CHMI | Self-management for people living with HIV by using clubs to provide support and education to promote patients’ adherence to antiretroviral therapy. |
| 2 | Reproductive Health Vouchers Programme, Bangladesh | CHMI | Maternal health programme which provides vouchers to pregnant women to cover transport to antenatal care, delivery and postnatal care and for purchasing medicines. |
| 3 | Mobile Early Detection and Prevention of Oral Cancer (mEDPOC), India | CHMI | Project aims to screen oral cancer by early detection and prevention of oral lesions at the community level. |
| 4 | Family Health Strategy, Brazil | TTWUD | National community health worker programme to meet the medical needs of specific neighbourhoods and communities through task-shift and coordination with other health services. |
| 5 | CARE Hospitals, India | Access | Hospital operating model revolves around strategic cost control, enabling it to perform advanced procedures at a fraction of international costs. |
| 6 | GeriCare@North, Singapore | Access | Telemedicine solution that involves a hospital-based specialist physician examining patients in nursing homes with the assistance of a specially trained geriatric nurse on site. |
| 7 | GlicOnLine, Brazil | CHMI | Service to support the treatment of all types of diabetes by empowering patients to correctly follow treatment plans through digital alarm reminders and improved data collection through any Android mobile phone device or via the Internet. |
| 8 | i-calQ/Smartphone Thyroid Disease Management, multicountry | CHMI | Turns an ordinary smartphone into a portable diagnostic laboratory combined with medical decision support algorithms to provide a comprehensive disease management solution. |
| 9 | LifeNet International, Burundi and Uganda | CHMI | Partners with churches and faith-based healthcare delivery organisations to serve the primary care needs of their communities. |
| 10 | MedicMobile, multicountry | GSMA | Provides mobile phone tools to strengthen the connection between last-mile communities and health facilities. |
| 11 | Mobidawa and WelTel, Kenya and Cameroon | GSMA | Both use mobile phone technologies to disseminate information to the population at large and to send targeted messages to patients. |
| 12 | PEEK Vision, multicountry | WISH | Makes eye tests affordable and easy anywhere in the world by leveraging smartphones with specialist adapters and smart software. |
| 13 | Programme for Screening, Diagnosis and Comprehensive Treatment of Depression, Chile | TTWUD | Provides effective treatment for people with depressive disorders by integrating detection and treatment into primary care throughout Chile. |
| 14 | ReMeDi: Medical Data Acquisition Unit, India | CHMI | Provides Electronic Medical Records including; images, various health parameters as well as audio-video conferencing at very low bandwidth for remote healthcare delivery. |
| 15 | Saúde Criança, Brazil | Access | Posthospitalisation Family Action Plan developed by a multidisciplinary team that addresses different determinants of health such as health, housing, income generation, education and citizenship. |
| 16 | World Wide Hearing Foundation International, multicountry | GSBI | Builds local capacity of communities to manage hearing loss by providing a trained cadre of audio technicians and basic diagnostic kits. |
Source: ACCESS, Access Health International; CHMI, Centre for Health Market Innovations; GSBI, Global Social Business Incubator; GSMA, Groupe Spécial Mobile Association; TTWUD, Turning the World Upside Down; WISH, World Innovation Summit on Healthcare.