Abt was a proud sponsor of the 2023 Global Digital Health Forum, the leading global public health industry networking and relationship-building opportunity for technology vendors, donors, researchers, government representatives, and implementing organizations working in low- and middle-income countries.
Our global digital health experts participated in in-person and virtual sessions covering topics such as interoperability, health information system strengthening, digital equity, digital health and climate change, and digital transformation for health facility electrification.
We were also honored to host the Women Leaders in Global Digital Health Workshop at our Rockville office. The Workshop brought together women in mid to senior leadership positions in digital health together for a day-long workshop that offered a variety of immersive and experiential activities.
Couldn't make it to the Forum? Catch some of our sessions below.
PRESENTATIONS
Online Panel: The Tajikistan Experience: Digital Equity and Overcoming the Digital Divide at the Community Level
Panelists: Yuliya Mamedova, Digital Program Manager, Abt Global, Dr. Tahmina Jaborova, Technical Lead, Abt Global, Saidmumin Davlyatov, Digital Health Specialist, Abt Global, Farmon Hakimov, Tajikistan Republican Center for Medical Statistics and Information
Lightning Talk: A Digital Inequity Exacerbator? Maybe Not! How Digital Tools Can Help Overcome the Digital Divide
Yuliya Mamedova, Digital Program Manager, Abt Global
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In-Person Individual Presentation: Do Digital Tools Help or Exacerbate the Digital Divide and Equity?
Yuliya Mamedova, Digital Program Manager, Abt Global
In-Person Individual Presentation: Fortalecimiento del Talento Humano en Salud en regiones apartadas, mediante Tele-Apoyo en: salud mental, rehabilitación y cuidados críticos para pacientes con COVID-19/Using Telehealth to strengthen the capacity of healthcare workers who provide mental health services, rehabilitation, and critical care in remote areas
Presenter: Jonathan Cali, Senior Project Manager, Abt Global
In-Person Panel: It’s Not You, Its Us: Primes vs Local Innovators - Exploring the Tensions, Incentives and Successes of North-South Digital Health Collaborations
Panelists: Carlos Yerena, Head of Partnerships & Growth , Praekelt.org; Luke Shankland, Chief Operations Officer, Aviro Health; Carl Fourie, Deputy Director of Global Goods, Digital Square/PATH; Erica Troncoso, Digital Solutions Strategist, Abt Global
Online Panel: Use of Geospatial Data and Digital Tools to Conduct a Larval Source Management Feasibility Study in Zambia
Panelists: Mohamed Bayoh, Entomologist, PMI Evolve Zambia, Abt Global; Kelvin Mwenya, MEL Database Manager, PMI Evolve Zambia, Abt Global; Reuben Zulu, Vector Control Lead, National Malaria Elimination Programme; Alex Chilabi, LSM Lead, National Malaria Elimination Programme
Online Panel: Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery: Transformative Impact of ZanEMR Implementation in Zanzibar Health Facilities
Panelists: Desderi Wengaa, Senior Technical Director for Information systems and HR systems, Abt Global (additional panelists to be announced)
Virtual Plenary: Digital Inclusion, Meet Energy Access: Integrated Partnerships for Healthier People and a Healthier Climate
Panelists: Joan Chahenza, Acting HETA Project Director, Abt Global; Leland Smith, Digital Development Advisor, Abt Global; Gina Cady, Technical Advisor, USAID/Power Africa; Ibrahim Mudathiru, Tanzania Country Manager, Maisha Meds
In-Person Panel: Merging Climate and Health: Data Innovations for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Panelists: Lucien de Voux, Co-founder, Palindrome Data; Erica Troncoso, Digital Solutions Strategist, Abt Global; Olga Faktorovich Allen, Senior Director, Climate Integration and Sustainability, Abt Global
Moderator: Kristin Heck, Director of Global Digital Solutions, Abt Global
Additional Resources
Digital Health Improves Odds for TB Treatment in Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, an Abt-managed USAID project has trained doctors to use digital health to improve follow-up treatment for TB patients.
HETA: Powering Health with Clean Energy in Africa
Across sub-Saharan Africa, at least 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections. This gap threatens health when clinics can’t keep the lights on for nighttime services or reliably provide patients with oxygen…
Climate Change, Malaria, & Data: Getting Ahead of the Spread
Abt’s Caroline Staub and Matt Kirby discuss how climatological data can be used to help combat the spread of malaria resulting from climate change.
Telemedicine: A Lifeline for Ukraine's Health System Amidst War
The Abt-led USAID Local Health System Sustainability Project is helping Ukraine adopt telemedicine to connect people to healthcare during the war with Russia.
PMI Evolve: Evolving Vector Control to Fight Malaria
The World Health Organization estimates that about 608,000 people died from malaria in 2022, a slight decrease from the prior year, but still higher than before the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Young children and pregnant women are among the…
PMI VectorLink Zambia is Named a Winner of the USAID 2022 Digital Development Award
Tanzania: Improving Access to Health Commodities Through a Stronger Health System
Through GHSC TA-TZ and PS3+, Abt is helping Tanzania develop an efficient, sustainable system to procure, pay for, and deliver health commodities.