At the fifth Forbes Africa Future of Health Summit held in Sandton, Dr Ernest Darkoh, the co-Founder and co-CEO of BroadReach spoke to CNBC Africa’s Jill de Villiers about how technologies are set to improve healthcare on the continent, and the technological innovation spearheaded on the continent itself. To listen to the interview, click here. …
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Tackling HIV with AI
Africa, Analytics, Big Data, Disruptive technology, MediaTwo Balliol alums are achieving startling success tackling HIV in South Africa and beyond. Dr John Sargent and Dr Ernest Darkoh speak warmly of their time at Balliol as Fulbright scholars, John matriculating in 1993 and Ernest in1999, but they met properly at Harvard Medical School and have since built a joint career as co-founders …
4IR Technology Holds Key To Better Healthcare In Africa
Africa, Analytics, Emerging economiesThe rapidly rising population in Africa and the lack of appropriate resources are just some of the challenges obstructing the delivery of quality healthcare on the continent. Governments and legacy healthcare systems are struggling to address basic healthcare needs in the face of increasing levels of disease and health problems as the population, now at …
Podcast: Digital Health Today: Ending the HIV Epidemic with Digital Health
Health, Media, Social EntrepreneursOur Co-founder John Sargent, together with Kaakpema Yelpaala, founder of partners access.mobile, discusses digital health as a solution to ending the HIV epidemic. Listen here, or below:
Interview: 9th SA AIDS Conference in Durban
Africa, BroadReach, Health, Media, Sustainable DevelopmentDr Ernest Darkoh, one of our Co-founders, was interviewed live on ENCA to talk about the SA AIDS Conference: Unprecedented Innovations and Technologies which took place from 11 – 14 June in Durban, South Africa. Organized by The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), this conference is the second largest HIV conference in the world, and …
A landscape analysis: building off a legacy
Africa, Emerging economies, Shared ValueKyle is a Senior Business Analyst at BroadReach Consulting specialising in the implementation of data, analytics and technology solutions that drive improvements in health outcomes and impact. He has a background in health with a particular passion for improving access to care for underserved populations. There is an African Proverb that asks, how do you …
Data is the new oil
Analytics, Disruptive technology, HealthDr. Uchenna currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Party at BroadReach for the Regional Action through Data (RAD) program and has worked in the development and health space for the past 26 years. His multi-faceted career spans global public health, clinical medicine, communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as public sector health program management …
$500,000 to improve the lives of people in Yarrabah
UncategorizedThe Morrison Government has committed $500,000 for a feasibility study of a project that aims to improve living standards and community wellbeing in Yarrabah, Queensland. The Yarrabah Initiative is proposed by a consortium comprising of the Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council and the Yarrabah Leaders Forum, Melbourne Business School, Murra Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program and Asia Pacific …
A paradigm shift: less is more
Analytics, Big Data, BroadReachAlan is an analytic leader and management professional with more than 25 years of experience working directly for major healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations, and consulting with clients across the globe. Alan heads up BroadReach Consulting’s commercial business and is responsible for ensuring that the organization connects intimately with its client needs and implements effective solutions …
The next frontier for intelligent health technology
BroadReach, HealthThe availability of mobile technology, acceleration of computing power, and advances in analytic techniques in recent years have boosted optimism in the quest to help the 3.6 billion or more people worldwide who lack access to essential health services. The central question is how we create learning systems and use technology to harness medical knowledge …
We can end HIV/AIDS in our lifetime
Big Data, BroadReachIt starts with data, but it ends with tools that empower action and change lives. By Dr. Ernest Darkoh, BroadReach Co-Founder and Co-CEO/Country Director, PEPFAR South Africa Dr Ernest Darkoh is an internationally renowned expert in strategic planning, systems and large-scale public health program management and implementation. He is passionate about using new cutting- edge …
We’ve got this
Big Data, HealthI wake up every morning passionate about the work I get to contribute to, work that is inspired by my formative experience in the health care system. For a numbers guy like myself, there has never been a better time to be in digital health. We are just at the beginning of an incredible journey …
Operational Management: It’s a zoo out there
BroadReach, Shared ValueMandy Dube: BroadReach, Program Director of Integrated Decisions and Analytics Support (IDeAS) Mandy Dube is the Program Director of the Integrated Decisions and Analytics Support (IDeAS) program based at BroadReach’s Lusaka, Zambia office. Mandy is a public health professional, and is part of a growing group of women leading major technology transformations. She is breaking down …
Unlocking the secret of success in public health systems
Africa, BroadReach, HealthBy Louise Allen, BroadReach: Vice President, Client Success Louise is responsible for formulating and delivering the solutions that solve our clients’ critical problems, where people, data and expertise intersect. She brings more than two decades of healthcare experience, in both the public and private sectors, and is deeply committed to improving health outcomes in under-served …
Testing new approaches to simplify patients’ access to HIV treatment
Africa, Analytics, Health, USAIDDr Dvora Joseph Davey has more than two decades of experience in the development, management and evaluation of HIV prevention and treatment programs in Africa. She presented a research poster titled “Uptake of HIV differentiated care models for patients on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa” at the 22nd Annual International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam. Conferences …
How To Build And Grow Sustainable And Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: The Three Pillars Of Success
UncategorizedDr John Sargent, Co-Founder of BroadReach, with Dr. Ann Aerts, Head of the Novartis Foundation and Fred Werneck, Co-Founder and Advisor to Clarmondial Our world is facing real challenges: conflict, inequitable access to resources, healthcare and services, climate change, disease outbreaks and droughts and famines. Many of these challenges are interconnected, and no one government, …