Social Innovations and Knowledge Exchange

OPHID is committed to developing locally relevant innovations and program solutions that improve health and wellbeing of the communities and households where we work.  Our Social Innovations and Knowledge Exchange initiatives seek to foster and build collaborative communities of practice, improve operational efficiencies, share lessons and improve the impact of our own work and that of other local organizations.

To improve operational efficiencies, cost-effectiveness, and ensure all OPHID team members are engaged in continuous professional development, OPHID has developed a large number of digital and social innovations.  These home-grown solutions have seen OPHID go virtually paperless over the past 5 years, and been shared with other local organisations to strengthen financial reporting and compliance, staff awareness of organizational policies and procedures, improve use of real-time data for decision-making.  OPHID Social and Digital Innovations include electronic human resource, finance, transport, policy and e-learning systems.  OPHID data systems employ machine learning and automated advances that have been adopted by Ministry of Health, donors, implementing partners and been recognized through local and international awards.

To further cascade on local knowledge-based practice, OPHID conceptualized and initiated the Ilima/Jakwara: Health and Development Knowledge Exchange fora. Ilima or Jakwara is a traditional Zimbabwean practice of working together as a community to help each other in daily tasks such as harvesting, weeding fields, constructing a house or such other tasks. The practice promotes knowledge sharing, peer learning, and emphasizes practical application of skills.

Learn more about OPHID’s social innovations and knowledge exchange platforms here

Knowledge exchangeSocial & digital innovation – products and services to enhance impact