With Covid-19 cases rapidly spreading across the country, South Africans have been hearing a lot about hotspots, clusters and targeted testing lately. A home-grown cloud-enabled screening and communication app has been helping community health care workers in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal mark hotspots seamlessly by recording live community screening in real time. The Vantage community screening …
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ANNOUNCEMENT: 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on Vantage
In the NewsToday, 20 May 2020, marked a major milestone in our COVID-19 response efforts, as we exceeded 1 million people screened for COVID-19 on the Vantage Community Screening Application. This is a huge achievement across the BroadReach Group from the technology, engineering and delivery teams working remotely all hours of the day and night, to our …
Watch: Africa’s response to Covid-19
In the NewsErnest Darkoh, BroadReach Group Founding Partner, was interviewed on Deutsche Welle, a top German national network. He gets to the heart of the Africa conundrum,“we cannot treat our way out of Covid in Africa, we must prevent it.” Interview: Covid-19 response in Africa – BroadReach Group
Listen In: Using tech to tackle Covid-19
In the NewsAshley Holling, the Program Execution Manager at BroadReach Consulting talks to Cape Talk about how we have partnered with the Department of Health to roll out a COVID-19 community screening mobile app called Vantage across KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga in South Africa. To listen to the interview, click here.
Mpumalanga launches Vantage mobile app to stop Covid-19 spread
In the NewsSouth Africa, 9 April 2020: BroadReach Group is proudly partnering with the Mpumalanga Department of Health to roll out its Covid-19 community screening mobile app, on the Vantage platform, today (9 April). Over the next month, thousands of community healthcare workers are being deployed throughout the province, with a population of 4.5 million, in a …
BroadReach announces the appointment of Chris LeGrand as new global Group CEO
In the NewsBroadReach 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 …
South Africa leading the way in the fight against HIV and AIDS
In the NewsHealth Minister Zweli Mkhize, officially announced that the first high prevalence district in South Africa, the Ugu District in Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN) reached the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets, a key milestone in controlling the HIV epidemic. Ugu has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world with 27% of the population HIV positive, making …
Interview: BroadReach Consulting’s Ernest Darkoh on how tech innovations are improving healthcare in Africa
In the NewsAt the fifth Forbes Africa Future of Health Summit held in Sandton, Dr Ernest Darkoh, the co-Founder and co-CEO of BroadReach spoke to CNBC Africa’s Jill de Villiers about how technologies are set to improve healthcare on the continent, and the technological innovation spearheaded on the continent itself. To listen to the interview, click here. …
Tackling HIV with AI
In the NewsTwo Balliol alums are achieving startling success tackling HIV in South Africa and beyond. Dr John Sargent and Dr Ernest Darkoh speak warmly of their time at Balliol as Fulbright scholars, John matriculating in 1993 and Ernest in1999, but they met properly at Harvard Medical School and have since built a joint career as co-founders …
Podcast: Digital Health Today: Ending the HIV Epidemic with Digital Health
In the NewsOur 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:
Interview: 9th SA AIDS Conference in Durban
In the NewsDr Ernest Darkoh, one of our Co-founders, was interviewed live on ENCA to talk about the SA AIDS Conference: Unprecedented Innovations and Technologies which took place from 11 – 14 June in Durban, South Africa. Organized by The Foundation for Professional Development (FPD), this conference is the second largest HIV conference in the world, and …
$500,000 to improve the lives of people in Yarrabah
In the NewsThe Morrison Government has committed $500,000 for a feasibility study of a project that aims to improve living standards and community wellbeing in Yarrabah, Queensland. The Yarrabah Initiative is proposed by a consortium comprising of the Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council and the Yarrabah Leaders Forum, Melbourne Business School, Murra Indigenous Entrepreneurship Program and Asia Pacific …
Business unusual — innovating for health systems of the future
In the NewsOp-Ed DevEx On Dec. 12, 2012, the United Nations unanimously endorsed a historic resolution urging all countries to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage — a critical priority for international development. UHC Day has been celebrated each year since on that day and spurs advocacy for the right of “all humans to have access to the …
PG Impact Investments invests in BroadReach and Vantage
In the NewsGlobally, billions of dollars of private and public capital are dedicated to improving the health of those beyond the reach of traditional healthcare systems. However, lack of visibility and infrastructure make it difficult to deliver healthcare efficiently to the populations that need it the most and much of this money is spent ineffectively. This is …
Q&A with Microsoft EVP Worldwide Commercial Business, Judson Althoff
In the NewsDevelopment budgets in jeopardy — time to embrace digital transformation Public and private organizations working in emerging markets face intense and unrelenting pressure to radically boost efficiency and create sustainable outcomes as public funding, previously earmarked for development, declines. Judson Althoff, executive vice president of worldwide commercial business at Microsoft, believes that digital technology could play …