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Digital Health Week Champion: Steve Ollis, Senior Digital Transformation Advisor, JSI
Month: November 2024
Digital Health Week Champion: Stephanie Watson-Grant, Project Director, JSI (CHISU)
Digital Health Week Champion: Nnenna Nwakanma, Senior Advisor, Transform Health
Digital Health Week Champion: Vilas Dhar, President and Trustee, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
Article: Scaling digital health innovations to improve healthcare access
Shared by the Movement Health Foundation. Read the article. Every two minutes, a woman dies from cervical cancer – a preventable tragedy that disproportionately affects low- or middle-income countries. Movement Health and local partners work on this challenge by leveraging local resources and technologies to improve patient experiences with sustainable and scalable solutions. This innovative […]
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Project: Artificial Intelligence for Development in the Middle East and North Africa (AI4D-MENA)
Shared by the Global Health Institute at the American University of Beirut. The AI4D-MENA, led by the E-Sahha/ Digital Health Program at AUB GHI, aims to promote the scalability and sustainability of responsible AI innovations within the low- and middle-income countries in the region. The project’s general objective is to enhance responsible AI-based digital health […]
Blog: DHIS2: Bridging Digital Health and Climate Change Impact
Shared by DHIS2. Access the blog here. DHIS2 is a free, open-source, web-based platform used by over 80 countries to manage data on health, education, logistics, climate, and more. Incorporating climate, weather, and environmental data into DHIS2 can help to close the data gap between climate and health and deploy sustainable digital systems that address […]
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Blog: How Africa’s fintech boom can boost inclusive healthcare
Shared by PharmAccess. Access the blog here. Innovative, Africa-made fintech solutions are advancing financial inclusion for previously unbankable populations, including the poor, youth, and women. Despite these strides, Africa lags in Universal Health Coverage (UHC) targets, with approximately 43% of the population lacking access to basic healthcare. This gap results in about 11 million people […]
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Blog: Digital health, big tech and your privacy
Shared by Privacy International. Access the blog here. In a follow up to our introduction to digital health and what it means for your rights and freedoms, Privacy International will be publishing a long read on Big Tech’s involvement in digital health. This will provide a resource for those looking to catalogue the various ways […]
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Blog: Youth Leading the Way: Radical Change in Public Health through Innovation
Shared by Ne Taba International. Blog available 7 November. Join Ne Taba International for an insightful exploration into how youth can lead radical change in public health, especially in the digital age. This article delves into the pivotal role young people play in shaping a more inclusive and equitable digital health landscape. By empowering youth […]
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