The Policy Program Introduction
The Policy Program is one of the five pillars of the HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA), designed to support the development of forward-looking
policies to accelerate the mainstreaming of innovative HealthTech solutions improving public health equity and access across Africa.
The Policy Program achieves this in 3 ways :
The Policy Program is one of the five pillars of the HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA), designed to support the development of forward-looking
policies to accelerate the mainstreaming of innovative HealthTech solutions improving public health equity and access across Africa.
1. Facilitating Dialogue
Connect startups and policymakers to address gaps and create opportunities for scaling and strengthening innovations within African health systems.
2. Influencing Policy:
Influence both in-country and global health
policy by capturing real world insights and
opportunities from identified policy and
regulation gaps in Africa.
3. Translating Insights into Action:
Translate insights into action to achieve tangible population health impact.
Desired Outcomes
Strengthened partnerships between HealthTech innovators and policymakers across Africa Sustained political will for HealthTech innovation across Africa to:
Desired Outcomes
Increase use of data to inform policy dialogues at PanAfrica and country levels
Provide a platform to support HealthTech startups and scaleups
Package and disseminate Africa HealthTech best practices
Components of the Policy Program
Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG)
The Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) is an integral component of the Policy Program, aimed at fostering sustained intergovernmental relations and political commitment.
Goals of the IWG
The overall goal of the HTHA IWG is to foster sustained intergovernmental relations, political commitment, and an enabling working environment between Africa health technologists/ innovators and country governments, aligned Africa regional bodies, and global platforms and partners to accelerate the realization of high-quality universal healthcare delivery in Africa
IWG Objectives
Mobilize, Position, and Sustain Effective Africa Health Innovation Ecosystems:
Cultivate sustained political will, decrease policy barriers, and increase the importance of health innovations among policymakers.
Amplify Voices from the Innovators and Foster Partnerships with Governments:
Guide and support Africa health innovators and governments to better partner, nurturing new and scaling up impactful innovations among national governments and aligned regional international agencies.
Sustain and Di use Learnings and Best Practices:
Guide Policy Blueprint and sustainability strategy development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation supported by the HTHA technical secretariat.
IWG Structure and Roles
The IWG operates on a two-tier structure to manage health tech policies and innovations effectively:
Pan-African IWG: Composed of high-level ministers who provide strategic oversight and support for the implementation of the HTHA Policy Blueprint. This tier is responsible for ratifying, approving, and committing countries to the policy framework.
In-Country IWG: Made up of technical focal points from relevant ministries, this tier focuses on developing and steering coordination frameworks, contributing to the Policy Blueprint, facilitating partnerships, and ensuring sustainability and best practices at the country level. It will have three subcommittees: Data, Licensing, and Public-Private Initiatives (PPI).
The Policy Blueprint
The Policy Blueprint is a playbook for innovation in public health policymaking designed for government decision-makers. It aims to fast-track health tech innovation across Africa by facilitating dialogue between startups and policymakers, addressing gaps, and providing opportunities for scaling innovations to strengthen African health systems.
The Policy Blueprint aims to support decision-makers by providing overall policy directions, specific actions and practical examples to complement their efforts to accelerate healthtech in Africa and enable innovation development, testing and sustainability.
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