Please note that this initiative, including all supporting research and documentation, took place between June 2021-February 2022. The library contains promising practices identified during that time, but may not reflect current data or outcomes from these efforts. If you have questions or would like further information, please contact us.

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Technological Innovations for COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic requires innovation and collaboration across all sectors. Technological breakthroughs have equipped stakeholders to better track, manage, and control the spread of the disease. The following promising practices highlight inventive and resourceful ways in which people were able to leverage technology. Have other examples? Comment on any case study to share! Interested in replicating these promising practices for your own setting? Reach out to learn more. 

Key Learnings

Overall

  1. Investing in and supporting technological tools and community-led initiatives augmented health systems infrastructure.

Digital Health Solutions

  1. Using technology to link individuals to public health and social safety nets: Leveraging digital tools to engage volunteers and provide time information
  2. Adopting a need-based, agile approach for technology development

Engineering Solutions

  1. Mass producing indigenous-developed COVID-19 diagnostic kits enabled mass testing
  2. Incentives to promote manufacturing to support Indian manufacturers that had the capacity to produce large-scale diagnostics devices and kits

Andhra Pradesh: A Frontrunner in Adopting Telemedicine

Burari COVID-19 Center: Created Within a Week to Deliver Quality Care in a Low-Cost Setting

C-CAMP COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator: Spotting Promising Innovations and Getting Them Ready for the Market

COVA App: Technology-Based Response for COVID-19 Management in Punjab

Home Isolation Tracking (HIT) Covid App: Technological Innovation by Bihar Government

Indigenisation of Diagnostics (InDx): How a Partnership between Academic Institutions, Private Enterprises, and Philanthropic Organisations Helped Solve India’s COVID-19 Testing Crisis

Leveraging Business Capabilities for Innovation: Home-Isolation Tracking by Intugine Technologies

Made in India: The Government’s Role in Supporting Industries to Tackle the Ventilator Crisis

MillionICU: Government Hospitals Leverage Deep-Tech Solutions to Reduce Burden on Health Workers

MissionICU and 10BedICU: Rapidly Strengthening ICU Capacity in Towns and Rural Areas

PATH’s Systemic Approach for Creating Sustainable Oxygen Supply and Improving Oxygen Access During India’s COVID-19 Crisis

Project StepOne: a Volunteer-Driven Public Telemedicine System in India

Project Swaraksha: Leveraging Digital Runners to Facilitate Vaccination in Rural Areas

SNEHA: Leveraging Technology for a Community-Led COVID-19 Response

Swasth: Building a Consortium for COVID-19 Technology Solutions

Explore Other Themes

Ensuring Successful COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns

Ensuring Successful COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns
Rational and Evidence-based Patient Management

Rational and Evidence-based Patient Management
Operational Excellence in COVID-19 Management

Operational Excellence in COVID-19 Management
Cross-Sectoral Collaboration for COVID-19 Response

Cross-Sectoral Collaboration for COVID-19 Response

Learn more & replicate a promising practice

We hope to enable peer-to-peer learning and adaptation of positive outlier practices to appropriate settings. If you are interested in connecting with the experts responsible for these promising practices so that you can adapt them in your own setting, or for any additional questions, please contact us at IndiaCOVIDBrightSpots@gmail.com.  

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