Innovation in health systems in low- and middle-income countries

Innovation in health systems in low- and middle-income countries

Edited by  Abbas Bhuiya, Gerald Bloom, Annie Wilkinson

There is a growing interest in new technologies and innovative organizational arrangements as a means to improve a health system’s performance. However, only a small proportion of the many investments in innovations have been shown to have an impact on health system performance at scale. The papers in this series, published in Globalization and Health, analyze the factors that enable and constrain the emergence and diffusion of health system innovations. They bring alternative perspectives to this issue, based on diverse local contexts and different types of innovation. The aim is to provide a stronger basis for the formulation of strategies for managing health system change in low- and middle-income countries.

Publication charges for this collection were funded by the Institute of Development Studies.  Articles have undergone the journal’s standard peer-review process overseen by the Guest Editor, who declares no competing interests.

1. Content Type:Editorial

   Health system innovations: adapting to rapid change

   This paper introduces the Thematic Issue on Innovation in Health Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

   Authors:Gerald Bloom, Annie Wilkinson and Abbas Bhuiya

   Citation:Globalization and Health 2018 14:29

   Published on: 9 March 2018

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2. Content Type:Review

   ICTs and the challenge of health system transition in low and middle-income countries

   The aim of this paper is to contribute to debates about how governments and other stakeholders can influence the application of ICTs to increase access to safe, effective and affordable treatment of common ill...

   Authors:Gerald Bloom, Evangelia Berdou, Hilary Standing, Zhilei Guo and Alain Labrique

   Citation:Globalization and Health 2017 13:56

   Published on: 7 August 2017

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3. Content Type:Review

   Policy experimentation and innovation as a response to complexity in China’s management of health reforms

   There are increasing criticisms of dominant models for scaling up health systems in developing countries and a recognition that approaches are needed that better take into account the complexity of health inte...

   Authors:Lewis Husain

   Citation:Globalization and Health 2017 13:54

   Published on: 3 August 2017

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4. Content Type:Review

   Beyond pilotitis: taking digital health interventions to the national level in China and Uganda

   Innovation theory has focused on the adoption of new products or services by individuals and their market-driven diffusion to the population at large. However, major health sector innovations typically emerge fro...

   Authors:Fei Huang, Sean Blaschke and Henry Lucas

   Citation:Globalization and Health 2017 13:49

   Published on: 31 July 2017

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