The Social Innovation in Health Initiative (SIHI) is a vibrant global network dedicated to accelerating universal health coverage through social innovation, community engagement, and social justice in low- and middle-income countries. Since its inception in 2014, the SIHI Network has continuously expanded, bringing together a diverse group of passionate individuals, organizations, and institutions who share a common goal.
Our vision is to catalyse research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to foster and advance community-engaged social innovations that have the power to transform healthcare delivery systems and accelerate universal health coverage.
2024 marks our 10-year milestone, and we invite you to join us in our mission to transform healthcare through social innovation.
THE SIHI HUB NETWORK
13 SIHI hubs, coordinated by the SIHI Secretariat based in the Philippines.
SIHI country hubs have been established worldwide to advance social innovation through the following key strategies:
fostering research (facilitating the integration of research in the field of social innovation), capacity strengthening (providing learning resources, opportunities, and programmes), and advocacy (offering evidence-based insights on effective strategies).
Strategically situated within academic and research institutions, SIHI hubs serve as convening platforms for fostering collaboration and uniting social innovators, community members, healthcare system stakeholders, and donors. These hubs play a pivotal role by rigorously identifying and selecting promising social innovations, offering them essential research grants and technical support, and orchestrating comprehensive impact monitoring and evaluation research to ensure their efficacy and sustainability.
IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIAL INNOVATIONS IN HEALTH ACROSS THE GLOBAL SOUTH
To date, we have conducted 30 public crowdsourcing innovation calls and have identified over 600 eligible innovative projects. LEARN MORE about our innovation calls and whether you could be a SIHI innovator.Follow us on social media to be notified of our next call.
RESEARCH & ADVOCACY
Learn from our 40+ documented case studies on social innovations in health from across 17 countries.
We visually tell the stories of pioneering social innovators from all walks of life.
We seek to convene, connect and build new relationships to foster a global culture change. Read about the insights from our most recent convening.
SIHI PARTNER NETWORK
SIHI is supported by TDR and additional funding is provided by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).