Two 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 …
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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:
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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 …
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$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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Frost & Sullivan Healthcare Data Analytics Best-Practices Report — Free Download
In the NewsBroadReach Honored with 2016 Visionary Innovation Leadership Award We are proud to receive the 2016 Visionary Innovation Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan and to be able to offer you a free download of their Healthcare Data Analytics Best-Practices Report. After a thorough analysis of the competitive healthcare data analytics market, Frost & Sullivan credits …
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McKinsey & Company Report on Africa – a must read
In the NewsRealizing the potential of Africa’s economies “Governments will have to play a stronger role in unleashing renewed dynamism. Six priorities emerge from this research: Mobilize more domestic resources, aggressively diversify economies, accelerate infrastructure development, deepen regional integration, create tomorrow’s talent, and ensure healthy urbanization.” We believe that a data-driven foundation will drive government priorities to …
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Markle sums up the indispensable value of data for Africa & the world
In the NewsAfrica: Data Key to Unlocking Africa’s Development Prospects … data is knowledge, and knowledge is power. It is the power to put African needs and priorities first when determining domestic development agendas and plans. It is the power to ask and answer the questions most pressing to Africa’s people. And it is the power to …
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Public & private leaders agree: Africa’s future looks bright
In the News10 Reasons to Watch Africa in 2016 – Caroline Kende-Robb, Africa’s Progress Panel’s Executive Director, shares her view of unfolding scenarios Africa’s time has come. Having spent the last twelve years working in partnership with governments, donor groups, NGOs and private companies to bring systemic improvements to the wellbeing of people on the African continent, …
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Davos 2016 confirms — social entrepreneurs, our time has come
In the NewsSocial entrepreneur: an on-the-ground agent for immediacy, a hothouse of innovation, and a connector of industry with the developing world for mutual benefit. I just returned from Davos 2016, invited to attend with my small cohort of fellow 2015 Social Entrepreneurs of the Year, awarded by the World Economic Forum (WEF)/Schwab Foundation. “Social entrepreneur” is …
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To prevent the SDGs from failing, think of them as one cause
In the NewsWEF Agenda published our framework for approaching the SDGs to maximize outcomes on Nov 13 2015. Read more from World Economic Forum
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2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that reduce mortality of world’s poorest populations
In the NewsI am thrilled that three scientists who have focused on the world’s most devastating parasitic diseases — Elephantiasis, River Blindness and Malaria —will share the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology/Medicine. These debilitating diseases affect hundreds of millions of people annually, overwhelmingly citizens of the developing world. The press release issued by the Nobel Prize elaborates …
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