Check out this year’s featured Side Events!
Women in Digital Health
Leadership Workshop
Tuesday, 3 December
10:00AM - 5:00PM EAT
As we seek to drive digital transformation of the global health sector, we need strong leadership to address issues of equity and gender bias.
At the leadership level, women must have representation in governing bodies, strategy development, implementation, and evaluation of digital health initiatives to ensure that women’s needs and experiences inform and shape investment and implementation decisions that can support equitable digital health transformation.
This 1-day workshop will convene 30 women leaders and 30 early-career women working in global digital health to build community while, at the same time, providing opportunities for mentorship, skills building, and networking. Over the course of the day, members will engage with questions that will help build their capacity to express their career vision with clarity and authenticity, approach challenges with new perspectives, network with peers, and commit to their own career journey.
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Smart Health, Smart Choices: Leveraging AI for Behaviour Change in Global Health Discussion Series
Tuesday, 3 December
6:30 - 8:00PM EAT
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we interact with technology, bringing consumers closer together and enabling more personalized and impactful digital health interventions. At this upcoming event, we will explore how AI can drive social behaviour change in health, leveraging its evolving capabilities to foster healthier communities and improve overall well-being. Come join the discussion!
The Alliance, supported by Population Services International, is organizing the fourth and final session in our 2024 AI and Global Health Discussion Series, “Smart Health, Smart Choices: Leveraging AI for Behavior Change in Global Health,” which will take place on December 3rd, 6:30–8:00 PM GMT+3 virtually on Microsoft Teams. The hybrid session, being held as a precursor to the Global Digital Health Forum, will explore how AI is being deployed to support health behaviour change. We are grateful to Pfizer for their support of our AI and Global Health series.
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AI and Machine Learning: Achieving Public Health Outcomes through Innovative Tech
Thursday, 5 December
6PM - 8PM EAT
Villa Rosa Kempinski, Chiromo Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
This drinks reception, held as a side event to the Global Digital Health Forum, will convene leading figures from Africa’s digital health sector to explore the transformative role of AI and machine learning in delivering and scaling impact. Hosted by Tiko, the session will feature insights from tech innovators, implementers, funders and policymakers, providing a comprehensive look at AI and machine learning in practice. With a focus on open dialogue and audience engagement, this session will explore the opportunities and challenges of scaling digital health solutions, focusing on the practicalities of implementing these tech approaches in urban, peri-urban and rural public health contexts across Africa. Please note this event is invite-only, all invitation requests must be submitted to sophie@tiko.org.
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Women in Digital Health & AI Cocktail Event
Thursday, 5 December
6:30PM - 8:30PM EAT
Are you an advocate of gender equity who sees the valuer in greater female representation in digital health and AI? If so, health.enabledHealth Enabled, Speak Up Africa and JSI invite you to an evening cocktail event.to explore strategies to empower women in digital health and AI through dynamic discussions, meaningful networking, and a spirit of camaraderie. Join us following Day 2 of the GDHF program to connect, share, and inspire lasting change. Don’t miss this chance to be part of the conversation! Space is limited - sign up to join the invitation list!
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Digital Health: Planning National Systems Alumni Event
Thursday, 5 December
5:30PM - 7:00PM EAT
JW Marriott Hotel Nairobi
Come connect in-person with your fellow Digital Health: Planning National Systems course (DH:PNS) alumni and trainers at a GDHF side-event on Thursday, Dec 5th from 5:30-7pm with tea and snacks! We will explore any additional asks and offers you might have of your DH:PNS Community of Practice, and most excitingly, mix and mingle as we play a more advanced version of the infamous Architects of Digital Health board game led by Merrick Schaefer, Director of USAID's Center for Innovation and Impact (CII) in the Global Health Bureau.
For those of you interested in DH:PNS who have not taken the course but would like to get a taste of what it would be like and what you might learn with a future cohort, you are welcome to join and play the traditional version of the Architects of Digital Health board game and get advice from our incredible alums / digital health champions.
If you are a DH:PNS alum and attending GDHF in-person, you will take priority in attendance! So please register your interest here. If you are not a DH:PNS alum but interested in joining and playing with us, add your name to the google form as well. If we cannot accommodate you, we will let you know by Dec 1.
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Partnering for Progress: Digital Solutions and the Future of Community Health in Africa
Wednesday, 4 December
6:30PM - 8:30PM EAT
Villa Rosa Kempinski, Chiromo Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
This invite-only event will spotlight the progress made in transforming community health systems through digital innovation. With a focus on policy advancements and partnerships with Ministries of Health, we aim to share our insights, align on shared priorities, and strengthen support for scaling digital health innovations to enhance community health systems and improve maternal and child health outcomes across Africa.
The evening will feature a high-level panel discussion and a sit-down dinner, bringing together leaders and allies dedicated to these shared goals. Registration will close on December 3, 2024, or once we reach capacity. If maximum attendance is reached, you will have the option to join a waitlist.
Please note this event is invite-only, all invitation requests must be submitted to: globaladvocacy@livinggoods.org.
