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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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Community health workers must be better supported in 2021, the Year of the Healthcare Worker
Africa, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Emerging economies, Future of Work, Global Health, Health Equity, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Sustainable DevelopmentFrontline health workers, who are to be honoured during the World Health Organization’s international Year of the Healthcare Worker in 2021, must be better supported in their vital role to beat back the global COVID-19 pandemic on community level, according to global health technology experts, BroadReach Group. Frontline health workers, and in particular Community Health …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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BroadReach urges HIV positive patients to remain on treatment to protect themselves from contracting severe cases of COVID-19
Africa, BroadReach Health Development, Covid-19, Digital Healthcare, Global Health, Health Equity, HIV, Public Health / Public HealthcareThe ‘syndemic’ of HIV and other factors and diseases like COVID-19 was a major topic at the International AIDS2020 Conference (8-10 July 2020) as discussed by Ambassador Deborah Birx, US Government AIDS Coordinator and Coranavirus Coordinator for the White House, in her keynote address. BroadReach issued this advice following the release of their observational data …
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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 …
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JIAS study: Same‐day antiretroviral therapy is associated with increased loss to follow‐up in South African public health facilities: a prospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with HIV
Africa, BroadReach Health Development, HIV, Public Health / Public HealthcareAbstract Introduction South Africa introduced Universal Test and Treat in 2016 including antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation on the same‐day as HIV diagnosis. Our study sought to evaluate the impact of same‐day ART initiation on loss to follow‐up (LTFU) and mortality comparing with patients who initiated ART after their HIV diagnosis. Methods We conducted a file …
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Opinion: Pandemic Lessons from a Health Solutions Company
Africa, AI for Healthcare, AI, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Covid-19, 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, Universal Health Coverage, USA, Vantage Health TechnologiesBroadReach has been preparing for this moment in time since our founding. Applying our 17 years of learning and investments, we defined and implemented a COVID-19 pandemic response around two dimensions: demand (screening, testing, contact tracing, and treatment) and supply (the health system, including facilities, workforce, and supply chains). From my own 30+ year journey …
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