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

Context Despite emerging data of cost savings under palliative care in various regions, no
such data have been generated in response to the high burden of terminal illness in Africa …

Background In seeking the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), there has been
a renewed emphasis on the role of communities. This article focuses on social innovation …

Objectives. To assess the need for palliative care among inpatients occupying acute beds in
the public sector hospitals of the Cape Town Metropole. Methods. A cross-sectional …

Malawi, like many other countries, faces challenges in providing accessible, affordable, and
quality health services to all people. The Malawian policy framework recognizes the value of …

Background Despite efforts to extend Universal Health Coverage in Colombia, rural and
remote populations still face significant challenges in accessing equitable health services …

Background Crowdsourcing is a distributed problem-solving and production mechanism that
leverages the collective intelligence of non-expert individuals and networked communities …

The pursuit of health equity and social justice are often-stated core goals of global health
practitioners, organizations and networks. However, the dynamic landscape of global health …

Background Social innovation (SI) in health holds potential to contribute to health systems
strengthening and universal health coverage (UHC). The role of universities in SI has been …

Background Lengthy waiting times are problematic for patients and health-care workers
alike. In clinics and hospitals across Africa, persistently long wait times have been linked to …