BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/rianjs/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 4.0//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Andaman7 offers step change for digital health in Africa\n\nRo undtable Webinar: Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Digital Health in Africa - 29th June 2021\n\nBelgium\, 17 June 2021 - With Africa emerging as the new breeding ground for innovative digital health solutions\,[1] an expe rt panel of global development and digital health leaders\, including Vin cent Keunen\, Founder and CEO of Belgian American ehealth company Andaman 7\, will deliver a webinar roundtable to look at the digital healthcare c hallenges and opportunities in Africa. Hosted by African Sustainable Deve lopment Advisors Inc. (Afrisda\, Inc.)\, “Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Digital Health in Africa”\, will take place on Tuesday\, June 29\, at 1pm ET. As a surviving cancer patient\, digital health influencer and founde r of a disruptive technology start-up\, Vincent Keunen will present the p atient perspective in digital health.\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has highli ghted the need for global health solutions to benefit all nations. With A frica’s vast population mass bearing the world’s greatest disease inciden ce and significant healthcare shortages\, the challenge and opportunity t o increase the use of digital health solutions to benefit local populatio ns\, as well as increase real world evidence and data related to diverse populations for global therapy developments\, makes this a key discussion .\n\nDigital technologies have already formed a vital part of the COVID-1 9 response worldwide\, offering case identification\, contact tracing and evaluation. These rapid responses leverage billions of mobile phones\, o nline datasets\, low-cost computing resources and advances in machine lea rning and natural language processing. However\, more needs to be done\, not only to address existing challenges but to maintain momentum beyond t he pandemic.\n\nDr Djo Matangwa\, Co-founder and CEO of Afrisda Inc.\, ex plains:\n\n“In addition to raising awareness around the future of digital health in Africa to encourage donors and investors to support African go vernments and organizations\, as well as private sectors working in Afric a\, this webinar also seeks to support African health authorities to desi gn laws and policies that will strengthen Africa's health system as a key element in innovation and technology adoption. This event also marks an important collaboration between Andaman7 and Afrisda\, Inc. who have sign ed a partnership agreement to support digital health implementation in Af rica.\n\nDiscussing his presentation entitled: Can Africa Leapfrog Other Nations by Focussing on Patients in Digital Healthcare’\, Keunen explains :\n\n“COVID-19 has highlighted potential digital health roadblocks but th is pressure on digitalization should be seen as an opportunity – not just for governments\, but for innovators\, donors and local organizations to provide essential health services that are affordable\, reliable and tai lored to local needs. There is already precedent for this. In telecommuni cations\, many African countries skipped the classic landline step and we nt straight from no communications to mobile communications. The same was seen in the banking industry.\n\n“In places where there is limited elect ricity and internet\, innovations such as Andaman7 can make a huge differ ence because the solutions work offline. Someone could travel to a big ci ty to charge their phone and connect to the internet and then use the app offline for a week. Looking beyond the patient\, there is a huge opportu nity to harness the power of decentralized trials\, involving previously under-served demographics to improve research and treatments for all.”\n\ nAs all United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve univer sal health coverage by 2030\, African leaders have been taking bold steps to improve healthcare systems and acknowledge the potential of digital h ealth. Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Digital Health in Africa is part of Afrisda\, Inc.’s workstream based on Collaboration\, Partnership\, Knowl edge transfer and Partners’ Ownership.\n\nWebinar details:\n\nBeyond COVI D-19: The Future of Digital Health in Africa brings together a panel of e xperts to discuss relevant and sustainable solutions to strengthen the he alth system in this digital health era.\n\n· \; \; \; \;& nbsp\; \; \; \; When:  \; \; \; \; \;&nbs p\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;  \; Tuesday\, June 29\, 2021 - 1pm ET\, [7pm CET\; 6pm BST (5pm GMT)] .\n\n· \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Where: &nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ; \; \; \; \; Zoom Webinar registration here: http://bit. ly/Beyondconvid19-Fofdhia\n\n· \; \; \; \; \; \;& nbsp\; \; Panel:  \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&nb sp\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \ ;\n\no \; \; Dr. Djo Matangwa\, Co-founder and CEO Afrisda Inc. T oronto\, Canada\n\no \; \; Guest Speaker\, Her Excellency Kilumba Nkulu\, Vice-Minister of Public Health\, DRC\n\no \; \; Vincent Keunen\, Founder and CEO Andaman7\, Liege\, Belgium\n\no \; \; Da niel Messer\, Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Digital He alth &\; Technical Integration Population Services International\, Was hington DC\, USA\n\no \; \; Rosine G. Assamoi\, Co-founder and Ex ecutive Vice President Afrisda Inc. Toronto\, Canada\n\no \; \; E ric Mutonj\, Consultant ANICiis\, Ministry of Health DRC\n\no \;  \; Dr. Amer Sattar\, Director and Consultant in Public Health\, Guinea Co nakry\n\no \; \; Dr. Mamello Muhanuuzi\, Group Head of Medical Se rvices &\; Quality Assurance\, International Medical Group\, Uganda\n\ no \; \; Jan Kennis\, Digital for Development Lead Expert\, Enabe l\, Antwerp\, Belgium\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[1] [1] https://www.thelancet.com/jour nals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30027-3/fulltext\n\n \;\n DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210629 DTSTAMP:20260512T232624Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210629 LOCATION:\, SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Andaman7 offers step change for digital health in Africa\nRoundtab le Webinar: Beyond COVID-19: The Future of Digital Health in Africa - 29t h June 2... UID:a5032ea9-7d6d-48f7-bdf8-fcd74f5ad195 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR