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I-LEAD is an immersive, problem-solving set of interactive activities that engages participants in generating and sharing knowledge and developing skills needed to facilitate the successful implementation of an effective and sustainable national digital health ecosystem. The I-LEAD workshop facilitates the initial phases of a multistakeholder, multisectoral, and enterprise approach to the ongoing operationalization of effective and sustainable national digital health systems. I-LEAD enhances participants’ capacity to develop strategies and approaches to address essential informatics problems their countries face, related to: 1) effective digital health governance and leadership; 2) development of a skilled informatics workforce; and 3) the meaningful design, development, implementation, and evaluation of health information systems.As PEPFAR transitions its programs to host governments, the I-LEAD program provides a template for countries to systematically and collaboratively address complex program ownership and sustainability challenges.The I-LEAD curriculumThis Adaptable I-LEAD curriculum provides a comprehensive, customizable capacity-strengthening package designed to support governments and implementing partners, including national and regional health informatics associations, in adopting and implementing the I-LEAD program independently. This curriculum is designed to support individual countries in convening the right stakeholders and conducting all necessary preparations for a successful and productive workshop. The curriculum emphasizes not just the activities that happen during the in-person workshop but also the necessary pre-work for all participants to come prepared to collaborate meaningfully and make key decisions.Specifically, the curriculum includes the I-LEAD technical course content, an implementation guide to support the entire process, from initial engagement and workshop logistics to post-course evaluation, as well as facilitation guides aimed at strengthening the capacity of course facilitators. It also includes a localization toolkit to guide national adaptation.

This is a new position paper highlighting three ways that countries and other stakeholders can invest better in NCDs to ensure equitable access to care and commodities, especially during this turbulent time in global health financing.The position piece calls for stakeholders to focus on three priorities:Spend less on products that make us sick and spend more on systems to keep us healthy.Cut out inefficiencies across the supply chain to save lives, money, and time delivering NCD medicines to everyone who needs them.Track NCD spending from budget to real-world benefit to guarantee better decisions and better results.

This fact sheet describes the work and approach of the Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC), a partnership between the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland, the Oxford Vaccine Group at Oxford University, and PATH. TyVAC aims to accelerate the introduction of new typhoid conjugate vaccines as part of an integrated approach to reduce the burden of typhoid.

Purpose and objectivesThis playbook provides a methodology for applying human-centered design (HCD) to develop locally relevant datasets for training and evaluating medical large language models (LLMs). The objectives of this playbook are to:Establish processes for gathering contextually appropriate medical scenarios from frontline health care workers (FLWs).Ensure artificial intelligence (AI) benefits reach underrepresented populationsAddress bias in existing LLMs by incorporating diverse medical knowledgeCreate frameworks for ongoing dataset improvementEmpower local stakeholders to shape AI tools reflecting their needsHow to use this playbookUse this resource as:A guide for creating inclusive medical datasetsA complement to evaluation frameworksA roadmap for replicating methodologies across contexts

In January 2024, PATH and Ghana Health Services (GHS), with support from the Bainum Family Foundation, entered into a partnership to develop and test strategies to support early childhood development centers in providing better health and nutrition services. This brief details the background, activities, initial results, and next steps.