Practical Insights on Health Services

Please Give USAID Your Feedback on National Digital Health Programs

Please Give USAID Your Feedback on National Digital Health Programs

Published on: Mar 06 2024 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
USAID is publishing this Request for Information (RFI) to better understand how to advance partner countries’ national health information systems (HIS), digital...
How Machine Learning Can Help Prevent HIV Treatment Interruption

How Machine Learning Can Help Prevent HIV Treatment Interruption

Published on: Aug 31 2023 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
To help reach the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets by 2025, the public health community must ensure that people living with HIV have access to antiretroviral therapy (ART)....
5 Steps to Close the Gender Digital Divide in Global Health

5 Steps to Close the Gender Digital Divide in Global Health

Published on: Jul 26 2023 by Guest Writer - 3 Comments
An increasing gender digital divide limits the extent to which digital health interventions are accessed and used effectively by women in low and middle-income...
Whose Feminism Really Matters In Global Digital Health?  

Whose Feminism Really Matters In Global Digital Health?  

Published on: Apr 20 2023 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Whose Feminism Really Matters In Global Digital Health?  
Had she lived in the United States, things might have turned out differently. Weakened from anemia and multiple pregnancies, she might have made a phone call to...
We Need to Invest $2.5 Billion Per Year in Digital Health for LMICs

We Need to Invest $2.5 Billion Per Year in Digital Health for LMICs

Published on: Dec 06 2022 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The world’s health systems are changing rapidly, driven by the introduction of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and the use of large data sets....
Apply Now: $500,000 to Measure Primary Healthcare Performance

Apply Now: $500,000 to Measure Primary Healthcare Performance

Published on: Jul 11 2022 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Primary health care is a cornerstone of health care systems across the globe, address majority of a person’s health needs—physical, mental, and social Primary...
How Bangladesh Successfully Deployed DHIS2 Information System Nationwide

How Bangladesh Successfully Deployed DHIS2 Information System Nationwide

Published on: Mar 23 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How Bangladesh Successfully Deployed DHIS2 Information System Nationwide
Ten years ago, Bangladesh’s health information system was paper-based and built in a disorganised manner around the unique needs of different programmes and...
Apply Now: $385,000 for Equitable Digital Health Blockchain Systems

Apply Now: $385,000 for Equitable Digital Health Blockchain Systems

Published on: Mar 21 2022 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Half of the world’s population lacks access to essential health services such as family planning and immunizations, just one example of the unfair yet avoidable...
Global Public Goods Guidebook for Sustainable Digital Health Deployments

Global Public Goods Guidebook for Sustainable Digital Health Deployments

Published on: Mar 03 2022 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Global Public Goods Guidebook for Sustainable Digital Health Deployments
Global goods are digital health software tools that are adaptable to different countries and contexts to help address key health system challenges. A mature digital...
WHO Guidance: Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health

WHO Guidance: Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health

Published on: Oct 27 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on WHO Guidance: Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health
WHO recognizes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise for the practice of public health and medicine. WHO also recognizes that, to fully reap the...