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Health policy development
Health strategies, policies, governance frameworks, guidelines and SOPs, in digital health, health data, AI in health and primary health care
MoreHealth policy · Digital health · Health AI governance
Policy and governance advice for health systems going digital
Innovation Guru offers policy, governance and technical support to health departments, programmes, funders and implementing partners working with health information, digital systems and artificial intelligence. The advice draws on close to thirty years in public health, from district primary health care services to national HIV and health system programmes. Based in South Africa, we work across southern and east Africa.
- 8
- countries in southern and east Africa
- 2017
- year Innovation Guru was registered
- ~30
- years of public health experience behind the advice
What we do
Six areas of work
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Digital health governance
Decision rights, data governance and oversight for health information systems
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Health AI governance
Rules, risk checks and clinical accountability for health organisations that use, buy or build AI
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Health system strengthening
Technical support for programmes, donor-funded projects and primary health care services
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Monitoring, evaluation and data
M&E frameworks, project evaluations and support for managing programme data
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Social impact bond performance management
Managing delivery performance against contracted outcomes for investors and outcome funders
MoreStand-alone or packaged
Buy one service, or combine several
Every service can be contracted on its own. Where a piece of work runs from policy through to implementation and measurement, services can be packaged into one assignment with a single plan and one point of contact.
Stand-alone
One service with its own scope, deliverable and fee, for example a review of a draft policy, an M&E framework or a health AI use policy
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Policy to practice
A policy drafted, an implementation toolkit for the teams who must apply it, and an M&E framework to track uptake
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Digital health system roll-out
Governance and data rules set up before go-live, implementation support during roll-out, and monitoring afterwards
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Health AI readiness
A health AI use policy, risk assessment of planned AI uses, and practical guidance for staff on day-to-day use
03 Health AI01 Health policy04 Toolkits
Packages are examples. Each is scoped and priced for the client. Roles that must stay independent, such as performance manager and evaluator on the same impact bond, are never combined.
How an engagement works
Clear scope before any work starts
Most requests begin with a short conversation. Some clients need a full policy drafted from a blank page. Others need a critical read of a draft that is already with stakeholders, or a governance model their teams can run on their own once the contract ends.
- Tell us what you need – a few lines in the support request form are enough to start
- Scoping call – we agree the problem, the deliverable, who needs to be consulted and the timeline, and which expertise the assignment needs
- Written proposal – scope, deliverables, timeline and fee, in plain terms
- Delivery and handover – drafts at agreed review points, and a final product your own team can maintain
Who we work with
Public, donor and private sector clients
- National, provincial and district health authorities
- Development partners, funders and their technical support projects
- Implementing organisations and NGOs
- Universities and research institutions
- Technology companies working with the public and private health sector
- Private health providers
Regional experience
Based in South Africa, working across the region
Innovation Guru's project experience covers eight countries in southern and east Africa: Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia
Assignments run on site or remotely, and we take on work beyond the region
Are you a consultant in this field?
Each assignment gets its own team, drawn from independent specialists in health policy, health information systems, data governance, health AI governance and related fields. Registration is open to anyone with relevant experience.