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Digital Health & Technology
This committee aims at exploring how digital tools, data analytics, and technology can support infectious disease prevention and control. It serves as a highly relevant space for knowledge exchange on innovations in health tech, data systems, and digital health platforms.
Members share among each other tech solutions, partner on pilot projects, and explore digital platforms for disease surveillance, diagnostics, and health education.
Objectives
Strengthen Digital Health Systems
Promote effective, equitable, and sustainable use of digital technologies to strengthen health systems and improve access to care.
Advance Digital Innovation
Support the development and responsible adoption of innovative digital tools and technologies for infectious disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance.
Promote Data and Interoperability
Advocate for interoperable, secure, and accessible health data systems that enable better decision-making and continuity of care.
Improve digital health access for underserved populations.
Identify and address barriers to digital health access, particularly among underserved and vulnerable populations.
Strengthen Digital Health Governance
Promote evidence-informed policies, ethical standards, privacy, security, and responsible governance of digital health technologies.
Build Digital Health Partnerships
Facilitate collaboration among civil society, technology developers, researchers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers to advance digital health solutions.
Members
Nyombi Erusaniya Elijah
Co-Founder & Director
MUJHU Care Limited
Kamaldeen Habib
Malaria Program Manager
Speak Up Africa
Andra Blaj
Co-Executive Director
Medic
Christopher Sengoga
Health & Human Advisor
Rwanda NGOs Forum
Peter Femi Babatunde
Senior Research Officer
NBRDA
Andra Blaj
Co-Executive Director
Medic (Andra Blaj)
Špela Oberstar
Senior AMR Educator
NES Scotland
Rebecca Potter
Public Health Specialist
HISP Centre / DHIS2
Dykki Settle
Board Member
Medic
Dr. Al Ozonoff
Senior Advisor
Broad Institute
Prof. Friday Okonofua
Professor of Obstetrics
University of Benin
Max Krafft
DHIS2 Training Lead
DHIS2 / HISP Network
Lillian Kreppel
CEO & Co-Founder
HPV Cancers Alliance
Kelvin Saungweme
Founder
Nourasense Private Limited
Ardalan Shariat
Digital Health Professor
Tehran University
David Akpan
Deputy Director
eHealth Africa
Emmanuel Osei
Public Health Professional
Total Family Health
Patryk Kot
Senior Business Manager
Infection Innovation Consortium
Varaidzo Joyline Mukwekwe
Health Data Science Intern
LifeArc
Yolanda Paul
EDI Manager
West Indies University
Laétitia Sadiya Badolo
Policy Analyst
NIYEL
Ernest Amoabeng Ortsin
President
GHANET
Katherine Crothers
Perinatal Systems Coordinator
State of Maine
Robin Montgomery
Independent Policy Consultant
Robin K Montgomery Consulting
Gloria Ohiyole Adoyi
Public Health Specialist
Save the Children
Andrea Thomas
Head of Epidemiology
BlueDot
Guests
Javier Aquiles Hidalgo Acosta
Specialist in critical medicine
Independent
Leadership
Emily Smith
Committee Manager
Digital Health
Priorities
Strengthen Digital Disease Surveillance
Improve Data Interoperability
Advance Responsible AI in Health
Strengthen Digital Health Governance
Close the Digital Health Divide
Scale Digital Health Innovation
Facts
Digital health needs national strategy and interoperability
WHO calls for national digital health strategies and interoperable health information systems.
AI is transforming disease surveillance
AI and digital technologies are increasingly used for surveillance, outbreak detection, and decision-making.
Digital innovation must be equitable
Digital health must address access, ethics, governance, and communities at risk of exclusion.
Data can turn innovation into action
Digital health can connect surveillance, diagnostics, analytics, and health information systems.
Events
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There are currently no events scheduled for this committee. Please check back for future updates.