Dr. 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 …
Category: Disruptive technology
Business unusual — innovating for health systems of the future
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Shared ValueOp-Ed DevEx On Dec. 12, 2012, the United Nations unanimously endorsed a historic resolution urging all countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage — a critical priority for international development. UHC Day has been celebrated each year since on that day and spurs advocacy for the right of “all humans to have access to the …
Why & How Technology Will Power SDG Success
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Shared Value, Sustainable DevelopmentOp-Ed DevEx Humanity simply can’t afford to wait another 15 years for partial progress. World leaders launched the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 to address inequities in human rights, but after 15 years and only partial progress achieved, an even larger group of global leaders launched an even more ambitious set of objectives to reach …
Q&A with Microsoft EVP Worldwide Commercial Business, Judson Althoff
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Emerging economies, Health, Sustainable DevelopmentDevelopment budgets in jeopardy — time to embrace digital transformation Public and private organizations working in emerging markets face intense and unrelenting pressure to radically boost efficiency and create sustainable outcomes as public funding, previously earmarked for development, declines. Judson Althoff, executive vice president of worldwide commercial business at Microsoft, believes that digital technology could play …
Healthy citizens, healthy economies
Africa, Big Data, BroadReach, Disruptive technology, Health, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development5 ways to leverage technology for inclusive growth Inclusive growth for all citizens of the African continent is the rallying point for the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa. To that end, we challenge leaders convening in Durban, South Africa, to embrace the multi-faceted definition of human health captured in the opening principle of the constitution …
Pivoting from Slow Start to Strong Finish
Africa, Analytics, Big Data, BroadReach, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable DevelopmentHow Data-Driven Solutions Can Transform the SDGs “Slow Start Towards Sustainable Development Goals” – that’s hardly the headline conclusion the global development community was hoping to read in the recent survey of 500 professionals across six sectors and seventy-four countries, titled “Evaluating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals,” conducted by GlobalScan and SustainAbility. The Sustainable …
Advocating for harnessing the disruptive power of technology
Big Data, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, UncategorizedThanks to Katherine Milligan for highlighting how technology catalyzes behavior change that improves impact on a scale that matters. Three ways to harness the disruptive power of technology Harness social entrepreneurs as source of disruption Procurement is power Overhaul the way we see data “…much of public sector not aware of all disruptive technologies & …