Call for experts: WHO Technical Advisory Group on AI for Health (TAG-AI) (opens the official page)
WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
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A collaborative publication and resource hub for people shaping health systems across Africa and beyond. Read the editions, find what you need, and bring your own work to the community.
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Why the Digest exists
The Digest is where the people building health systems across Africa share what works, what fails and why. Every claim links to a source. Every guest piece passes an editor. Every opportunity is checked before it goes up.
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The Need for Co-created Digital Health Capacity Building and Policy Implementation Across Africa
Why capacity building and policy for digital health work best when African institutions shape them from the start.
En brefPourquoi le renforcement des capacités et les politiques de santé numérique fonctionnent mieux quand les institutions africaines les conçoivent dès le départ.
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Inside the Global Push to Make FHIR the Universal Language of Health Data Exchange
Three years ago, asking whether FHIR would become the dominant health data exchange standard was a legitimate debate.
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Africa's AI Diagnostics Gap Is Not a Technology Problem. It Is a Data Sovereignty Problem.
African clinicians are already using AI tools built in the US and Europe.
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Why Digital Health Pilots Fail (and What We Must Do Differently)
Across our continent, digital health innovation is everywhere.
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Inside the Global Push to Make FHIR the Universal Language of Health Data Exchange
Africa's next health workforce crisis is already here
Africa's AI Diagnostics Gap Is Not a Technology Problem. It Is a Data Sovereignty Problem.
Why Digital Health Pilots Fail (and What We Must Do Differently)
Connecting People, Animals, and Planet through Digital Health
Doc, Can My Chatbot Handle That?
What AI Means for Health in Africa
Digital Logistics as Critical Infrastructure for Medicines and Vaccines
The "Pill Problem": Why Half the World Takes Meds Wrong, and How Tech is Fixing It
Is "Fake" Data the Secret Ingredient to a Healthier Future?
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Call for papers: Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) 2027, Tallinn (opens the official page)
European Federation for Medical Informatics
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NIH Fogarty Emerging Global Leader Award (K43, PAR-24-296) (opens the official page)
NIH Fogarty International Center
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- Public Health Informatics Fellow, Africa CDC
- Digital Health Advisor, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia
- Founder and Editor, Digital Health Digest
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