IGHI’s monthly Global Health Forums provide a platform to bring together Imperial researchers, students, and staff from across all of Imperial’s Faculties to highlight, discuss and disseminate findings on current research and innovations on relevant global health topics. The Forums encourage interdisciplinary discussions with the intention that they will foster inter-Faculty research initiatives and leverage the immense strengths of Imperial College to resolve global health priorities of the early 21st Century.
Increasingly, high-income health systems are looking to other countries, including resource-poor ones, for frugal innovations suitable for adoption into their own healthcare systems. The Global Health Forum this month will have a specific focus on Frugal Innovations, what are they, how can they be identified, and what are the barriers to adopting them from other countries.
Agenda
15.00: Dr Yasser Bhatti, Research Fellow in Frugal Innovation, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; ‘What are Frugal Innovations?’
15.15: Mr. Matt Prime, PhD Student in Frugal Innovation and Orthopedic Surgeon, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; ‘Frugal Innovations in Healthcare: A toolkit for innovators’
15.30: Dr Matthew Harris, Senior Policy Fellow in Public Health, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; ‘Diffusion of Frugal Innovations; Is it a Level Playing Field?’
15.45: Maja Kecman, Lead Designer, HELIX Centre, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London; ‘Innovations in Practice – showcasing the work of the HELIX Centre’
16.00: Panel discussion and Q&A
16.30: Tea/Coffee
17.00: Close