Creating tools to improve maternal health in West Africa BroadReach, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be developing a machine learning tool to improve maternal health as part of the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health project. Over the next two years and in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences and the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), BroadReach will use actionable data insights to help improve maternal, neonatal …
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ANNOUNCEMENT: BroadReach achieves Microsoft Gold Partner Status
Announcement, Microsoft partnershipWe are excited to announce that we have officially been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner status, earning the highest level of competence and expertise within Microsoft’s widely recognized partnership program. Backed by innovative thinking and technology, the Microsoft brand has long been associated with credibility and trust, and we are honored to be a part of …
BroadReach urges HIV positive patients to remain on treatment to protect themselves from contracting severe cases of COVID-19
Africa, BroadReach, Covid-19, HIVThe ‘syndemic’ of HIV and other factors and diseases like COVID-19 was a major topic at the International AIDS2020 Conference (8-10 July 2020) as discussed by Ambassador Deborah Birx, US Government AIDS Coordinator and Coranavirus Coordinator for the White House, in her keynote address. BroadReach issued this advice following the release of their observational data …
AIDS2020 Poster Presentations
BroadReach, Conference, Covid-19, HIV, ResearchAIDS2020 went virtual this year. We were there to showcase three e-poster presentations. Learn from our experts: Identifying high risk populations for targeted testing and rapid treatment response from a COVID-19 screening and testing cohort in South Africa: an observational data analysis | Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood Click here to view the e-poster Improving the quality of …
Getting to know: Paul Bhuhi, BroadReach Group Board Advisor: Program Delivery
Leadership, Q&APaul Bhuhi has more than 30 years’ experience in senior executive roles and acts as a coach in helping companies through digital transformation, consulting/advisory, innovation and building effective go-to-market models. He joined BroadReach Group as a Board Advisor with a focus on Go to Market strategies to supercharge the delivery arm of the Consulting business. We sat down with …
JIAS study: Same‐day antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased loss to follow‐up in South African public health facilities: a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with HIV
Health, HIV, Research articleAbstract Introduction South Africa introduced Universal Test and Treat in 2016 including antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on the same‐day as HIV diagnosis. Our study sought to evaluate the impact of same‐day ART initiation on loss to follow‐up (LTFU) and mortality comparing with patients who initiated ART after their HIV diagnosis. Methods We conducted a file …
Opinion: Pandemic Lessons from a Health Solutions Company
Big Data, BroadReach, Global Health, Universal Health CoverageBroadReach has been preparing for this moment in time since our founding. Applying our 17 years of learning and investments, we defined and implemented a COVID-19 pandemic response around two dimensions: demand (screening, testing, contact tracing, and treatment) and supply (the health system, including facilities, workforce, and supply chains). From my own 30+ year journey …
Artificial intelligence unmasks Covid-19 hotspots
Analytics, Big Data, BroadReach, Covid-19, HealthWith Covid-19 cases rapidly spreading across the country, South Africans have been hearing a lot about hotspots, clusters and targeted testing lately. A home-grown cloud-enabled screening and communication app has been helping community health care workers in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal mark hotspots seamlessly by recording live community screening in real time. The Vantage community screening …
ANNOUNCEMENT: 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on Vantage
Announcement, Covid-19, InnovationToday, 20 May 2020, marked a major milestone in our COVID-19 response efforts, as we exceeded 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on the Vantage Community Screening Application. This is a huge achievement across the BroadReach Group from the technology, engineering and delivery teams working remotely all hours of the day and night, to our …
Partner Opinion: Partnerships in Times of Crisis
Africa, Big Data, Covid-19, Microsoft partnershipThe current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need of efficient information management to the need of accurate data gathering for faster medical response. In looking at the role of technology during this period, one area that has stood apart in driving meaningful change is the role of partnerships. Today, more …
Watch: Africa’s response to Covid-19
Africa, BroadReach, Covid-19, Global Health, InnovationErnest Darkoh, BroadReach Group Founding Partner, was interviewed on Deutsche Welle, a top German national network. He gets to the heart of the Africa conundrum,“we cannot treat our way out of Covid in Africa, we must prevent it.” Interview: Covid-19 response in Africa – BroadReach Group
Listen In: Using tech to tackle Covid-19
BroadReach, Covid-19, Health, InnovationAshley Holling, the Program Execution Manager at BroadReach Consulting talks to Cape Talk about how we have partnered with the Department of Health to roll out a COVID-19 community screening mobile app called Vantage across KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in South Africa. To listen to the interview, click here.
Upcoming Covid-19 Webinar: Effective use of technology to flatten the Covid 19 curve in Africa.
Africa, BroadReach, Covid-19, Disruptive technology, Health, Universal Health CoverageDate: Friday, 17 April Time: 4 – 5pm (EAT) Register here: https://bit.ly/2V9WcA6 Our Founding Partner, Dr Ernest Darkoh will be joining the panel to discuss how BroadReach is using Vantage technology in the response to Covid-19 to flatten the curve.
Mpumalanga launches Vantage mobile app to stop Covid-19 spread
Announcement, Covid-19, Health, MediaSouth Africa, 9 April 2020: BroadReach Group is proudly partnering with the Mpumalanga Department of Health to roll out its Covid-19 community screening mobile app, on the Vantage platform, today (9 April). Over the next month, thousands of community healthcare workers are being deployed throughout the province, with a population of 4.5 million, in a …
Opinion: Data science — the new normal in public health management
BroadReach, Global Health, Innovation, private sectorData science has begun to fundamentally change and improve the way many industries operate. This gives those in the global public health and the development sector an opportunity to learn from, adapt, and apply these techniques to address some of the most pressing challenges of our generation. While data has long been a fundamental tool …
Q&A: New BroadReach Group CEO on what it takes to lead
BroadReach, Health, Universal Health CoverageTo achieve universal health coverage, strong leadership is vital, according to Chris LeGrand, new group CEO for the data-driven, technology-enabled BroadReach Group and former president of DAI Global Health and CEO of Futures Group. “My philosophy is that everything starts and ends with leadership, that nothing actually happens without it,” said LeGrand, who has taken over from co-founders …