Digital Square at PATH

🌟 Enhancing Data Management & Security With Dimagi & Digital Square – Join Us Jan 23rd! 📊 Learn how Dimagi’s Data Management & Security Playbook addresses critical challenges in data management. This playbook, created with support from Digital Square, consolidates Dimagi’s expertise in secure data practices into an easy-to-use guide, empowering your organization to manage the complete data lifecycle effectively.    Why Attend?    Elevate your data practices: Discover strategies for securely managing data that enhances program impact.  Practical tools: Gain access to tools and insights for improving data security and management.  Engage with experts: Join discussions on data security essentials and participate in a Q&A with Dimagi’s experts.    Ready to enhance your data management?    REGISTER NOW: https://lnkd.in/eCYQM_j6

Are you familiar with data engineering? 🔢 🔧 The Geshiyaro project is a prime example of how strong data engineering can strengthen public health initiatives. By engineering (i.e., organizing, cleaning, standardizing, and improving the accessibility of) health data to ensure clarity and actionability, PATH enabled the Ethiopian government and its partners to make better-informed decisions, optimize interventions, and improve health outcomes. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e-d3gbHb #digitalhealth #data #Ethiopia #NTDs Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

In November 2024, our team conducted a field visit to Ghana as part of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH-funded Digital Innovation in Pandemic Control (DIPC) project. Over the course of the week, our team engaged directly with health workers - such as nurse Eunice Fumador, shown below with the PATH team in Central Tongu - and regional health leaders to assess enhancements in the new child health module in the DHIS2 E-Tracker system. Key takeaways include: 👩🏿⚕️ Health worker insights: Health workers praised the child health module for speeding up registration, improving vaccine tracking, enhancing reporting efficiency, streamlining workflows, and boosting productivity. They also identified bugs in the system, such as issues with data input prompts, which were communicated to the developers and resolved quickly. 🤝🏾 Stronger collaboration: Government coordination was clearly demonstrated throughout the assessment, with active engagement from the Ghana Health Service ensuring alignment with national health priorities. Support from regional and district health authorities underscored the government's commitment to scaling the system and addressing challenges. 🛑 Challenges identified: Limited tablet availability and unreliable network connectivity continue to pose challenges. Despite these hurdles, health workers are committed to finding innovative solutions. For example, while the child health module does have offline functionality, health workers transport tablets to areas with better network coverage to sync data, ensuring that data are updated even in the face of unreliable connectivity at health facilities. This visit highlighted the power and importance of creating user feedback loops to identify, understand, and address challenges in real time. By working closely with health workers, we can better ensure that technology is tailored to meet their needs and drive better outcomes for children and families. 📈 The future of digital health in Ghana is bright! #DigitalHealth #ChildHealth #Innovation #FeedbackMatters #Immunization Kenzie Tynuv, MPH, PMP Gideon Sarpong Nyamekye 

The application deadline for RFA-2024-076: Enhancing Decision Support Systems has been extended to January 17, 2025. 🗓️ Don’t miss this opportunity to submit your innovative proposals! Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/dba4nyYn #DigitalHealth

In 2024, AI frequently made headlines as the technology became more accessible and more integrated into everyday tasks.   But what does the explosion of AI tools mean for the health care sector? At #GDHF2024 we asked some of our colleagues and partners to reflect on how #AI is already changing health care delivery on the African continent and what the global health community can do in the coming year to help ensure AI tools are safe, effective, and accessible for African health care settings.      What key actions do you think are needed to accelerate the effective use of AI-enabled tools for health in 2025?   Dino Rech Anne Stake Wilkister Musau Nneka Mobisson Ambrose Agweyu Alain Labrique Melissa Miles

Across the globe, digital tools and #data are reshaping the way healthcare is delivered, bringing better access and equity to even the most remote areas. At Digital Square at @PATH, we’re paving the way for sustainable solutions that empower communities and strengthen health systems through collaborative efforts and cutting-edge #technology.   👉 Join us in advancing a future where partnerships, digital innovation and data drive better health for all. Explore our work at digitalsquare.org.   #DigitalTransformation #GlobalHealth #Innovation #Impact #PATH

As #digitalhealth matures and becomes more widely implemented, a stubborn gap remains: evidence. Are the interventions improving health outcomes? Which are the most cost-effective? A new opinion in Devex by our PATH team members Tara Herrick, Peder D., and Laura Edison Kallen, MPH explores these questions and provides an overview of a new Digital Square at PATH research supplement on the impact, costs, and cost-effectiveness of digital health interventions in Oxford Open Digital Health. 📰 Read the op-ed: https://lnkd.in/eVb39J-s

From December 4–6, the Digital Square team joined the vibrant community of digital health leaders at the Global Digital Health Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. It was inspiring to see the event hosted in Africa for the first time, showcasing the region's innovative leadership in digital health transformation. Through engaging sessions and conversations, we explored topics like building climate resilience, AI for inclusive health, and how coordinated investments in digital public infrastructure can help health systems adapt to the challenges of today and tomorrow. We asked five of our colleagues to reflect on their experience at the forum and suggest actions they hope the digital health community will take in 2025. As we reflect on the rich insights from #GDHF2024, we’re energized to continue driving collaboration and innovation in digital health. Resham Sethi, Sam Wambugu, Anzél Schönfeldt, Amos Mugisha, Vivian Korir

Integrating health and climate data is an essential step in building climate resilience. We're excited to partner with these brilliant organizations on this important issue.

At #GDHF2024 last week, the Digital Square at PATH team led a session on localizing and managing immunization system and user requirements documents (SURDs) using the WHO DAK. The session was based on the team's experience customizing SURDs for #Malawi, #Ghana, and #Tanzania under the Digital Innovation for Pandemic Control (DIPC) project. Facilitators guided participants through key aspects of the localization process, focusing on adapting two key DAK components: user personas and business process flows. Participants then engaged in group exercises and discussions, sharing their experiences and enhancing their practical understanding of the importance of strong requirements. Thanks to everyone who joined us and made for such an engaging session! Learn more about our DIPC SURD localization process here: https://lnkd.in/e4S72Hzk Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Linda Taylor luciana rajula ISAAC A. SAHERA Joseph Mtenje #digitalhealth