Innovation is a vital driver of development. It involves the
creation of novel ideas, processes and products and their
application to deliver practical solutions. In the health
field, it encompasses not only technological inventions of
products such as drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, but also
innovations in the environmental, economic, political and
social fields that can impact on the capacity to deliver health
products and services and health protection and promotion
messages and that can influence the broader determinants of
health.