Invitation to The Health Workforce Summit at The AHTS in Kigali: The Africa CDC Digital Health Capacity Flagship

30 October, 2024

Greetings HIFA Members! If you are going to attend the  Africa Health Tech Summit (AHTS), we are happy to share with you that the Africa CDC's Workforce Flagship will host The Digital Health Workforce Summit as a thematic component of the AHTS next week at the Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali.

Lead Partners: Population Services International (PSI), AMREF and the West African Institute of Public Health (WAIPH)

Three insightful sessions have been designed to cover Digital Health Workforce Capacity Development over the 3-days as described below:

- Day 1, October 29 th Plenary

- Session title:  Enhancing Digital Capacity in the Health Workforce for a Digital WorldIn this session, we will explore the critical aspects of digital capacity development within the health workforce, discussing the current needs, challenges, and strategies for effective capacity building. We aim to provide a roadmap for building a resilient, future-ready healthcare workforce capable of meeting the demands of a technologically advanced health sector.

- Day 2, October 30 th Roundtable Discussion

- Discussion title: Resourcing Strategies to Accelerate Digital Health Workforce Development

In this session, we will discuss strategies for mobilizing, pooling, and targeting resources to support digital health workforce development. The Flagship goal is to generate valuable inputs for a White Paper aimed at influencing approaches to resourcing for workforce development. We believe your insights and expertise will be valuable as we ideate together on these critical topics.

- Day 3, October 31 st Panel

- Session title: Smarter Approaches to Capacity Building the Workforce on Digital Health at ScaleThis session will explore innovative strategies to enhance digital health workforce capacity across Africa, focusing on scalable and efficient approaches. Key stakeholders will engage in collaborative discussions to share best practices and propose new models, including the potential establishment of a Digital Health Academy for Africa.

We cordially invite you to attend and participate in these IN-PERSON discussions that the Flagship shall hold together with other key stakeholders. They will be high-octane, don't miss them!For more information, please contact: Sheila Mutheu smutheu@psi.org  

---Francis Ohanyido  

HIFA profile: Francis Ohanyido is a Harvard postgraduate alumnus, Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (UK), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (UK). He is a seasoned Public Health Physician with a Health System Strengthening, Project Management, Malaria and Reproductive Health background. He has been a Visiting Associate Professor of Public Health and now and i-Novate 2100 Adjunct Professor of Project Management, and has worked at various times with WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, USAID, Avallain | Google and so forth. He served as rapporteur for the UN Professional Support Group for MDGs in Africa a non-state Think-Tank. He has also been a pioneer advocate for Health Information Technology use in Africa, and was part of the core team that institutionalised the Pan-African Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth (PACTe). He holds advocacy positions as a Facilitator on the National Health Sector Reform Coalition (NHSRC) in Nigeria, Country Representative of HIFA, Chair of the International Public Health Forum (IPHF), and member of the Core Technical Committee of the national level of the Integrated Maternal Newborn and Child Health (IMNCH) partnership chaired by FMoH. In the past, he had served as Special Advisor to the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and Advisor to the Senate Committee on Health. He currently heads Synergy PMP a for-profit development-oriented project, information and knowledge management organisation as the Chief of Party /Team Leader, Nigeria. http://www.synergypmp.org.ngohanyido AT doctor.com He is a HIFA Country Representative http://www.hifa.org/support/members/francis