Join PATH at GITEX Africa 2024 and World Future Health Africa in Morocco
PATH is honored to co-sponsor and join global leaders and innovators at GITEX Africa 2024—Africa’s leading tech and startup event. The event will be held concurrently with World Future Health Africa from May 28 to 31 in Marrakech, Morocco.
As an integral part of GITEX Africa 2024, the World Future Health Africa event is a pivotal platform that brings together ICT, health, and corporate leaders to discuss and agree on strategies to foster transformative funding that will advance health care across the continent.
PATH's participation in these events highlights our contribution and leadership in digital health, and our dedication to improving health care accessibility and efficacy through technological advancements.
Investment in digital health is critical for developing health care programs throughout Africa, and PATH and partners are spearheading this transformation. We adopt a systematic approach to digital transformation and data utilization, supporting countries in strengthening digital health leadership, governance, strategy, investment, and systems architecture.
This method has led to an evolution from isolated digital tools to unified health information systems at country levels and ultimately, to digitally-enabled health care systems.
Furthermore, GITEX Africa 2024 presents a unique opportunity for PATH to connect with global health and ICT visionaries, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers. This platform will help PATH and other stakeholders expound on technology's impact on health care, and foster discussions on collaborative solutions to the health challenges in the Africa region.
PATH will engage in crucial dialogues on health care financing and innovation strategies throughout these events. We will showcase how our collaborative efforts with governments on economic assessments and evidence-based planning have resulted in enhanced spending efficiency and precise resource allocation, tackling the most urgent community needs.
At World Future Health Africa, we will elucidate our expertise in mobilizing resources for primary health care (PHC), an essential component for attaining universal health coverage (UHC).
We invite you to join us at GITEX Africa 2024 as we affirm our commitment to championing health equity and digital transformation throughout Africa.
The PATH delegation at GITEX Africa 2024 and World Future Health Africa are available for media interviews, speaking engagements, and panel discussions. Email us at media@path.org.
Below are more details about PATH sessions, events, and engagements at the conference:
- Tuesday, 28 May 2024
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Ministerial panel
Catalyzing digital health transformation in Africa: Strategies for investment and innovation.
Speakers:
- Hon. Halima Alima Daud, Malawi Deputy Minister of Health
- Mr. Jean Serge Dimitri Ouattara, Head of Informatic System, Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso
- Dr. Nanthalile Mugala, Chief of Africa Region, PATH
- Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Africa CDC,
- Dr. Olivia Velez, Director of Technical Services, Center of Digital and Data Excellence, PATH
- Moderator: Fatou Fall, Regional Director of Digital Health, Center of Digital and Data Excellence, PATH
Time: 14.00 – 16.00 GMT+1
Venue: The Mandarin Oriental, Rte Golf Royal, Marrakech
This event will unite stakeholders from across the health care spectrum to discuss and expedite the digital health transformation in Africa. Participants will gain invaluable insights into the role of digital health, AI, and robust data management in health care delivery.
These technologies are pivotal in enhancing decision-making, diagnostic accuracy, predicting disease outbreaks, and personalizing patient care from the community to the health facility and vice versa.
This side event is not just a forum for discussion but a nexus for action, where collective wisdom and experience will continue to shape the future of digital health and AI in health care in Africa.
- Wednesday, 29 May 2024
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World Future Health Africa Congress | Opening keynote
Primary health care: Pathway to realizing health equity in Africa
Speaker: Dr Nanthalile Mugala, Chief of Africa Region, PATH
Time: 14.10 – 14.20 GMT+1
Venue: Healthcare Stage, Hall 17
Panel session
Healthcare Investment Forum: Leveraging digital health to strengthen primary health care- The gateway to universal health coverage in Africa
This session will explore the importance of leveraging digital health to strengthen primary health care and attain UHC in Africa.
It will highlight the importance of leveraging digital health to enhance health system resilience, inform governmental and funder priorities in PHC investments, shape policies that meet community health needs, and foster digital health integration to overcome barriers to UHC.
Speakers:
- Fatou Fall, Regional Director of Digital Health, Center of Digital and Data Excellence, PATH
- Olivier Habumugisha, Jhpiego, Rwanda.
Time: 16:50 – 17:10 GMT+1
Venue: Healthcare Stage, Hall 17
- Thursday, 30 May 2024
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Thought-leaders panel
Transitioning from aid dependency to self-reliance
Speakers:
- Akin Abayomi, Honourable Commissioner, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Nigeria
- Nanthalile Mugala, Chief of the Africa Region, PATH, Zambia
- Saskia Steinacker, Senior Vice President, Global Head Strategy and Digital Transformation, Bayer, USA
- His Excellency Dr. Ahmed El Sobky, Chairman, Egypt Healthcare Authority, Egypt
- Moderator: Wilfred Njagi, Villgro Africa, Kenya
Time: 11:30 – 12:10 GMT+1
Venue: Health Stage, Hall 17
The United Nations identifies a staggering funding gap of approximately USD 200 billion annually for Africa to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Notably, digital health innovation and expansion face significant funding shortfalls.
This session explores alternative strategies beyond donor funding, focusing on mobilizing local capital to foster indigenous solutions.
What will drive global investors to participate in Africa's digital health development, and how can the continent move from donor reliance to self-sustainability?
- Friday, 31 May 2024
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PATH-led AI workshop I Health care ecosystem exchange hub
The role of AI in driving change in global health leadership.
Facilitators:
- Olivia Velez, Director of Technical Services, Center of Digital and Data Excellence, PATH; and
- Fatou Fall, Regional Director of Digital Health, Center of Digital and Data Excellence, PATH
Time: 12:00 – 14:00 GMT+1
Venue: TBC
AI has the potential to improve health outcomes, enhance health systems, and address health inequities. Its integration into global health presents opportunities to improve disease diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance.
However, AI also poses significant challenges and risks, such as ethical, legal, social, and technical issues that need to be carefully considered and addressed by health leaders.
Global health leaders who are responsible for setting health policies, strategies, and priorities at the programmatic, regional, and global levels, need to have an understanding of AI and its implications on health.
The Africa CDC Digital Health Leadership Forum
Time: 09.30 – 17.00 GMT+1
Venue: Healthcare Stage, Hall 17
PATH is a collaborating partner to the Africa CDC, and will join others at the Africa Digital Health Leadership Forum at GITEX Africa. This unique gathering will bring together the continent's most influential health and ICT leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers to explore the transformative power of technology in shaping the future of health care in Africa.
As Africa embraces the digital revolution, digital health has emerged as a critical catalyst for innovation and progress in the health sector. This forum will delve into the exciting opportunities and pressing challenges that lie ahead, fostering meaningful dialogue and collaboration among key stakeholders.
It will provide an exclusive space for African governments, especially key stakeholders, to connect, collaborate, and share experiences and best practices.