Access to Innovation

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Key takeaways

• Innovation should be seen as a 360 solution to integrated health systems as it can play a role in all the different aspects from the prevention, management, healthcare services, access to treatments, etc... - There is a need to have in Africa a clear definition to know what we're looking at & what we're talking about when it comes to innovation - We often think of in terms of technical innovation and new products, but innovation should be considered also in terms of process innovation, organization innovation, and marketing innovation
• To enable good access to innovation, African countries must put in place a holistic approach. When looking at healthcare, this sector has to be seen as well as a priority to make sure that the right budget and the right infrastructure exist - Ensuring access to innovation in healthcare is an opportunity for the governments to provide even greater access to healthcare to their population and answer to their needs - Governments need to balance both access to innovative treatment for their population catering to their health need and basic minimum packages to universal healthcare coverage. - Innovation tend to be more expensive, see how the countries can have access and provide access to innovation to their population for balancing their budgets - Countries have to consider as well the valorization of endogenous resources, therapies that can be issued from the pharmacopeia of African countries - The pandemic with the issue of vaccines, which can be considered as an innovation, is a clear example and for which there are provisions to facilitate their use in the response strategy to Covid -19