FOCUS AREAS | Health
How might we harness innovation across the interconnected worlds of food, agriculture, cities (and villages), and industries to extend healthspan for all?
Health is shaped by far more than healthcare. What people eat, the air they breathe, how their cities are built, and the industries they work in all determine whether they live long, healthy, productive lives. Understanding and acting on these connections is where the greatest opportunity lies.
Climate change is compounding the challenge. Rising temperatures and shifting disease patterns are placing growing pressure on health systems across Southeast Asia — a reminder that mitigation and adaptation are, ultimately, public health interventions too.
The concept of healthspan -- not just living longer, but living better -- reframes what innovation should aim for. We work across the full spectrum: from advances in agrifood that improve nutrition, to cities and industries that reduce environmental health burdens, to innovations in healthcare delivery. The opportunity is to build proactive, preventative approaches to health and wellbeing that work for everyone.
We support SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
We partner with and support these top organisations to create impact:
Highlights:
Regional Health Innovation Hackathon
SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
Hackathon for 14 teams from healthcare organisation across Asia to tackle impact of climate change on healthcare in their respective home countries
A*STAR
Makeathon
A*STAR
Incubation programme for A*STAR researchers to accelerate their ideas into prototypes for personalised health, community healthcare, and mental health
Decent Rural Living Initiative Designathon
Cargill and Pepsico, under Decent Rural Living Initiative (DRLI)
Hackathon to conceptualise and prototype better Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) solutions for agricultural workers in Asia
SingHealth
Hackathons
SingHealth
Hackathons for healthcare workers and staff to ideate solutions in patient care, community healthcare, and sustainability
Healthcare Open Innovation Challenge
Enterprise Singapore, Ministry of Health, and National Health Innovation Centre, in collaboration with HMI, NHG, NUHS, SingHealth, and St Luke’s
Innovation challenge for startups to collaborate with the three healthcare clusters and other institutions to improve processes and patient engagement, and form a seamless care continuum
CSIRO
Precision Health
CSIRO and A*STAR
Workshop to connect researchers from both countries to collaborate on data-driven food innovation for positive health outcomes