The BroadReach Group are excited to announce the appointment of Dhirisha Naidoo as our new Chief of Party (COP) for our PEPFAR funded USAID APACE program in South Africa. Dhirisha has been an integral part of the BroadReach family for almost 10 years. Most recently, as Deputy Chief of Party, she has played a key …
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BroadReacher Diaries Entry 2: The Art of Candidate Experience
BroadReach Group, Employee blog, ValuesFor those that don’t yet know me, I’ll kick off with a brief introduction. My name is Caitlin van der Merwe and I’m currently a Senior HRBP specializing in talent acquisition (which is a fancy title for a recruiter :P). I joined BroadReach in the midst of our first hard lockdown here in South Africa, …
Why a common purpose and compassion are key during COVID-19
Africa, BroadReach Group, Covid-19, Health Equity, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Sustainable Development, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesWe’re a year into COVID-19. The novelty value has worn off and for many, every day feels like Groundhog Day. As screens have become the window to work, as well as the window to friends and family, we’re spending the best part of our waking days talking to our devices. The likelihood is we’re missing non-verbal, …
BroadReach Co-founders featured in Microsoft’s Humans and AI series
Africa, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Disruptive technology, Global Health, Health Equity, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development, Universal Health Coverage, Vantage Health TechnologiesMicrosoft’s Humans and AI Series focuses on passionate people from around the globe who are putting AI into action in order to transform the world. Our Co-founders, Dr John Sargent and Dr Ernest Darkoh have been featured for the work we are doing at BroadReach to change medical systems and improve care for patients. Click …
BroadReacher Diaries Entry 1: Life advice from a software engineer
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesI’ve often been asked by friends, family, and colleagues – how do you stay so happy and positive? I’ve always said something like “I don’t know… I just do.” But having thought about it, I realised that I have cultivated certain habits or behaviours over the years that keep me in a positive state of …
Global COVID-19 experts see inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy as the key challenges for Africa in 2021
Africa, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Global Health, Health Equity, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vaccines, Vantage Health TechnologiesGlobal and African vaccine experts join BroadReach Group webinar to address mass vaccination rollout concerns and solutions Webinar in summary: Mass immunizations must be treated as a multi-year marathon, and vaccine hesitancy must be addressed before herd immunity can be achieved. – Dr Tim Mastro, chief scientist at FHI 360 Health authorities must share vaccine …
Getting to know: Lauren Haddon, VP Global Business Management
BroadReach Group, Public Health / Public HealthcareLauren Haddon joined BroadReach as vice president of global business management in January this year. Lauren has extensive global health development experience, advanced training in business, finance and in program management, and has also run health programs in Nigeria and South Africa. She has worked across the US, France, South Africa and the UK. Tell …
Coining a phrase: data insight experience
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Decision Support, Digital Healthcare, Future of Work, Future of Work, Guided Workflows, Health Equity, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesA study by McKinsey tells us that less than 1% of data is used to make real business decisions[1]. At the same time, we talk about data being the “new oil”, holding so much intrinsic value. So why is it that just 1% of the total data in the world yields value? We have gone …
Managing Directors of BroadReach Group businesses announced
Africa, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesBroadReach Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Bhuhi and Todd Malone as the Managing Directors of our two newly constituted business units: Vantage Health Technologies and BroadReach Health Development, respectively. BroadReach is a global social impact group whose mission is to harness health technologies and innovation that empower human action. We fulfil …
BroadReach Group announces partnership with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Sustainable Development, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesNovember 2020: BroadReach Group proudly announces its role as partner on the recently launched Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. BroadReach has integrated its cloud platform for population health management – Vantage – with Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare. Vantage provides management decision-support and operational tools to governments and private sector payer and provider organizations enabling them to …
Five minutes from disaster
BroadReach Group, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Social EntrepreneursNOTE TO READER: Adapted from an internal staff blog to colleagues within the BroadReach Group as a reflection on the group’s refreshed Values. I have failed, I have made mistakes, got so many things wrong, I have sat with problems I could not see my way through, and I have felt paralyzed by perfectionism. The …
Getting to know: Todd Malone, Chief of Party, PEPFAR/USAID APACE Program
BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Social EntrepreneursTodd serves as the Chief of Party with BroadReach for the PEPFAR/USAID-funded APACE project. Through APACE, Todd and his team improve and expand comprehensive clinical and non-clinical HIV care and treatment services and accelerate and sustain HIV epidemic control in South Africa. APACE stands for Accelerating Program Achievements to Control the Epidemic. Why does BroadReach mean more? BroadReach means more because we believe that our teams can leverage technology …
Dr Ernest Darkoh appointed to Schwab Foundation Board
BroadReach Group, Global Health, Health Equity, Healthcare Innovation, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable DevelopmentThe Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has announced the appointment of Dr Ernest Darkoh, founding partner of the BroadReach Group, to its Board. As a world renowned thought leader, Dr Darkoh has more than 25 years of experience developing and implementing innovative health interventions at scale. As the sister organization of the World Economic Forum, …
BroadReach wins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funding for the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) project
Africa, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Global Health, Health Equity, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Vantage Health TechnologiesCreating tools to improve maternal health in West Africa BroadReach, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will be developing a machine learning tool to improve maternal health as part of the Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health project. Over the next two years and in collaboration with the African Academy of Sciences and the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO), BroadReach will use actionable data insights to help improve maternal, neonatal …
ANNOUNCEMENT: BroadReach achieves Microsoft Gold Partner Status
AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Future of Work, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Vantage Health TechnologiesWe are excited to announce that we have officially been awarded Microsoft Gold Partner status, earning the highest level of competence and expertise within Microsoft’s widely recognized partnership program. Backed by innovative thinking and technology, the Microsoft brand has long been associated with credibility and trust, and we are honored to be a part of …
AIDS2020 Poster Presentations
Africa, BroadReach Group, BroadReach Health Development, Global Health, HIV, Public Health / Public HealthcareAIDS2020 went virtual this year. We were there to showcase three e-poster presentations. Learn from our experts: Identifying high risk populations for targeted testing and rapid treatment response from a COVID-19 screening and testing cohort in South Africa: an observational data analysis | Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood Click here to view the e-poster Improving the quality of …