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Utilizing digital tools to deliver COVID-19 rapid response
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BroadReach Co-founders featured in Microsoft’s Humans and AI series
In the NewsMicrosoft’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 …
Global COVID-19 experts see inequitable distribution and vaccine hesitancy as the key challenges for Africa in 2021
EventsGlobal 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 …
BroadReach urges HIV positive patients to remain on treatment to protect themselves from contracting severe cases of COVID-19
In the NewsThe ‘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 …
AIDS2020 Poster Presentations
EventsAIDS2020 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 …
Artificial intelligence unmasks Covid-19 hotspots
In the NewsWith 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 …
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.
Upcoming Covid-19 Webinar: Effective use of technology to flatten the Covid 19 curve in Africa.
EventsDate: Friday, 17 April Time: 4 – 5pm (EAT) Register here: https://bit.ly/2V9WcA6 Our Founding Partner, Dr Ernest Darkoh will be joining the panel to discuss how BroadReach is using Vantage technology in the response to Covid-19 to flatten the curve.
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 …
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 …