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Institutionalisation of social innovation in health research: the Philippine Gelia Castillo Award

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Initiative Philippines codeveloped the Gelia Castillo Award for Research on Social Innovations in Health (GCARSIH).GCARSIH is a national award that aims to recognise social innovations that address persistent and systemic health challenges in the Philippines and support these innovations for further development through research.⇒ In its inaugural run in 2020, GCARSIH received 53 eligible entries from across the country.The top three innovations presented unique solutions to the specific health needs and challenges they aimed to address.As part of the incentives for GCARSIH, winners were given a training package for research proposal writing and eligibility for an implementation research and development grant.⇒ This presents an example of how the identification of and research on social innovations in health can be institutionalised into national systems and sustained through strategic engagement.

Source: BMJ Innovations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2021-000888