Microsoft’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 …
Category: Social Entrepreneurs
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 …
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, …
Getting to know: Mandy Dube, BroadReach Project Director – IDeAS
BroadReach Health Development, Social EntrepreneursMandy is the Project Director for BroadReach’s IDeAS program in partnership with the Zambian Ministry of Health funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. IDeAS stands for Integrated Decisions and Analytics Support and her team is responsible for implementing SmartCare– Zambia’s electronic health record system. What excites you about being a part of BroadReach? …
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 …
Q&A: New BroadReach Group CEO on what it takes to lead
BroadReach Group, Social EntrepreneursTo achieve universal health coverage, strong leadership is vital, according to Chris LeGrand, new group CEO for the data-driven, technology-enabled BroadReach Group and former president of DAI Global Health and CEO of Futures Group. “My philosophy is that everything starts and ends with leadership, that nothing actually happens without it,” said LeGrand, who has taken over from co-founders …
BroadReach announces the appointment of Chris LeGrand as new global Group CEO
BroadReach Group, Social EntrepreneursBroadReach announces the appointment of global healthcare, technology and development veteran, Chris LeGrand, as Group CEO, effective 1 February. Chris will take over the reins during a dynamic point of growth of the award-winning social enterprise. ‘I have been a fan of BroadReach for many years, I am honored to be working with the founders …
Achieving UHC with fourth industrial revolution technology
AI for Healthcare, BroadReach Group, Digital Healthcare, Disruptive technology, Emerging economies, Health Technology, Healthcare Innovation, Predictive Analytics in Healthcare, Public Health / Public Healthcare, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development, Universal Health CoverageHealth care providers in emerging economies understand that the pursuit of universal health coverage by 2030 will place considerable pressure on already over-burdened health systems. The fundamental challenge is that demand greatly outstrips supply. Health care leaders operating at all points along the continuum of care understand that UHC by 2030 will require them to …
Why policy change is vital for tech innovation in social development programs
Africa, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable DevelopmentIt is only through creating a healthy ecosystem for social entrepreneurship that Africa can truly unlock the potential of technological social innovation to address the Sustainable Development Goals. Government policy, favorable to growing commercial and social enterprise, is a critical part of this ecosystem. In creating policies to build a sustainable social economy that is …
Podcast: Digital Health Today: Ending the HIV Epidemic with Digital Health
Social EntrepreneursOur Co-founder John Sargent, together with Kaakpema Yelpaala, founder of partners access.mobile, discusses digital health as a solution to ending the HIV epidemic. Listen here, or below:
Healthy citizens, healthy economies
Africa, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable Development5 ways to leverage technology for inclusive growth Inclusive growth for all citizens of the African continent is the rallying point for the 2017 World Economic Forum on Africa. To that end, we challenge leaders convening in Durban, South Africa, to embrace the multi-faceted definition of human health captured in the opening principle of the constitution …
Pivoting from Slow Start to Strong Finish
Africa, Big Data and AI, BroadReach Group, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, Sustainable DevelopmentHow Data-Driven Solutions Can Transform the SDGs “Slow Start Towards Sustainable Development Goals” – that’s hardly the headline conclusion the global development community was hoping to read in the recent survey of 500 professionals across six sectors and seventy-four countries, titled “Evaluating Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals,” conducted by GlobalScan and SustainAbility. The Sustainable …
Advocating for harnessing the disruptive power of technology
Big Data and AI, Disruptive technology, Social Entrepreneurs, UncategorizedThanks to Katherine Milligan for highlighting how technology catalyzes behavior change that improves impact on a scale that matters. Three ways to harness the disruptive power of technology Harness social entrepreneurs as source of disruption Procurement is power Overhaul the way we see data “…much of public sector not aware of all disruptive technologies & …
1.2 billion opportunities — The Economist Special Report on Africa
Africa, Social Entrepreneurs, UncategorizedWriter Daniel Knowles points to the promise We couldn’t agree more with Knowles that Africa’s market of 1.2 billion people holds huge potential for innovators who look past the commodity boom’s ending and the very real challenges on the continent to the opportunities to support 54 countries’ leaders in boosting the productivity of their people, …