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Africa takes a big step forward with new Digital Trade Protocol (By Chris LeGrand)

The Protocol is intended to support continent-wide digital trade and help both individual African countries, and the continent as a whole, participate fully in the digital economy of the future by harmonizing rules, standards, and practices

By Chris LeGrand, CEO, BroadReach Group (https://BroadReachCorporation.com). Earlier this year African heads of state, gathered for the annual African Union summit and approved the new Protocol on Digital Trade (the “Digital Protocol”) under the auspices of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).  Approval of the AfCFTA’s Digital Protocol is a…

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BroadReach Group and BAO Systems partner to drive better health outcomes through Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven technology

The partners will use AI-powered DHIS2 to support the performance of healthcare operations and the health workforce to be more efficient and effective

BroadReach Group (https://BroadreachCorporation.com/) and Washington-based BAO Systems have entered into a collaboration agreement that will advance how patients can benefit from ethical healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) across continents. BroadReach (https://BroadreachCorporation.com/) and BAO are collaborating on the enablement of DHIS2 (https://DHIS2.org/), powered by AI from Vantage Health Technologies, part of BroadReach Group.…

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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good Health: The New Frontier in Social Innovation to accelerate progress toward Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3)

1 in 4 Social innovators are deploying AI to advance Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-being

In the evolving landscape of global health, digital innovation emerges as a beacon of hope, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in healthcare access, quality, and affordability. A recent white paper by the World Economic Forum, produced in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, EY, and Microsoft,…

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Health experts launch Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered partnership to boost Kenyan health system

Healthcare leaders gather in Kenya to address critical health issues at a roundtable discussion

Kenya’s over-burdened health system is getting a major boost through a new international health partnership bridging proven Africa-led AI technology and deep local contextual knowledge. Leaders in healthcare gathered in Nairobi on 22 February 2024 to join forces to address critical health outcomes and improve programme performance. Titled “Technology-enabled Health…

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    • BroadReach Group CEO, Chris LeGrand introduces Ambassador Dr Deborah Birx at an event in Washington, DC on Tuesday 12 September 2023
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    • Panellists at an event hosted by the BroadReach Group in Washington, D.C. discuss the importance of PEPFAR reauthorisation. Speakers (from left - right): Chris Collins: President and CEO, Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Dr. Rebecca Bunnell: Principal Deputy Coordinator PEPFAR (acting), Global Health Security and Diplomacy Bureau, State Department; Han Kang: Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Global Health, USAID; Dr. Angeli Achrekar: Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director, Programme of UNAIDS; and Dr. Bill Weeks: Director, AI for Health, Microsoft
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South African-led health organisations rally Washington, D.C. to reauthorise the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and end HIV as a public health threat by 2030

Top opinion leaders, civil society groups and politicians gather to celebrate PEPFAR’s achievements over the past 20 years and to advocate for its reauthorisation

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - the largest and most successful commitment by any nation to address a single disease in history – must be allowed to continue to empower local partners in Africa, and especially South Africa as the global epicenter of HIV, if the epidemic…

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GenAI can revolutionise public healthcare but ‘guardrails by design’ are needed to protect patients

GenAI provides hope for an equitable healthcare revolution, but advances in technology must never come at the cost of patient rights

The next generation of ethical Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) provides new hope for an equitable healthcare revolution - but advances in technology must never come at the cost of patient rights.  This was the consensus amongst top African and American health AI experts who participated in a webinar (https://apo-opa.info/3O1seIV) about…

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International partnership combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) with real-world experience to boost the Nigerian health system

Harnessing the power of AI and in-country experience to boost Nigeria’s overburdened public health system

Nigeria’s overburdened health system is getting a major boost from powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology through a new international health partnership.  Vantage Health Technologies (https://apo-opa.info/3qJ1Tax), an international health technology provider – part of the BroadReach Group - is teaming up with Nigeria’s Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) (http://NHED.org.Ng/), a public…

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United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) updated aid strategy brings localisation of African healthcare development into renewed focus

BroadReach Group hosts webinar with USAID and partner organisations to unpack localisation as a key to achieving impact at scale

While localisation of foreign aid has been a priority for the US government since former President Barack Obama’s time in office, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has renewed this prioritisation, sparking conversation within the development community about the evolution of locally lead capacity-building to improve grassroots public health…

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Africa can overcome HIV by 2030 if we prioritise most vulnerable groups, experts agree ahead of World AIDS Day 2022

For society to achieve epidemic control, priority must be given to key populations including men who avoid seeking medical help

This World AIDS Day, the international community is focusing on how to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030. Experts believe it can be done by overcoming barriers to HIV care and treatment through focusing on priority populations and supporting them through lifelong treatment. The focus must be on identifying the…

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Health data privacy and data sharing are possible in Africa

Broadreach Group panel discussion with the Africa CDC and Palladium Group unpacks the risks and responsibilities for health data protection and sharing in Africa

When it comes to the protection of personal health data in Africa, governments and regions have a clear responsibility to protect their citizens. Especially in the era of rapidly proliferating personal data and nefarious actors wanting to access it. However, this must be balanced against the importance and value of…