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A convening of great minds from the seven African NRA’s who are part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Strengthening National Regulatory Authorities Data Systems to Enhance and Track Performance Grand Challenges initiative. Three days of relationship building, networking and collaboration across countries to further the ambitious goals of digital harmonization and expediting processes of getting medicines to those in need. Strength in diversity! Issiaka Soulama Seima Dijeng Delese Mimi Darko Emile Bienvenu Chris LeGrand Ernest Darkoh-Ampem Paul Bhuhi Amel Ghouila Sonia George David Mukanga Krisztina A. #grandchallenges #PartnershipsForProgress #HealthInnovation #Collaboration

#MensHealthAwarenessMonth - thoughts from Herman Perry, Employee Relations Specialist at BroadReach.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation brought seven African National Regulatory Agencies together in Nairobi as part of the Strengthening National Regulatory Authorities Data Systems to Enhance and Track Performance Grand Challenges initiative. This is a powerful step towards fostering collaboration and innovation to create alignment and harmonization in how agencies work towards improving their maturity levels by addressing critical areas such as processes, KPIs, data standardization, and digitization. This ultimately serves to improve health outcomes across the continent through the effective regulation of medicines and medical products. BroadReach Group is honored to serve as the secretariat and technical assistance partner for this initiative. Looking forward to the impactful discussions and meaningful partnerships that will drive progress for Africa's future. Dr. Issiaka Soulama Dr. Seima Dijeng Dr. Delese Mimi Darko (CEO) Dr. Emile Bienvenu Chris LeGrand Ernest Darkoh-Ampem Paul Bhuhi Amel Ghouila Sonia George David Mukanga Krisztina A. #grandchallenges #PartnershipsForProgress #HealthInnovation #Collaboration

A 5-day national workshop was led by the NDOH, HIV/AIDS Treatment, Care & Support Directorate, with key objectives of exchanging knowledge and data, developing provincial action plans, and evaluating programs to inform national health strategies. 'BroadReach joined on Day 4 and collaborated with the North West Provincial DoH to formalize a 6-month action plan to close gaps in treatment, care, support, and prevention for men and women aged 15-49,' says Eunice Mokgalotsi, Program Manager for the BroadReach CDC-funded program. The workshop also focused on prevention for high-risk populations, improving treatment for children, youth, and pregnant/breastfeeding women, and scaling up the Nerve Centre Approach, along with phase 2 of 100 facilities in the sub-districts.

We were delighted to join BAO Systems last week at the Impact First Digital Development Summit to discuss our work within data rich environments and AI-enabled decision support. #ImpactFirst2024 Paul Bhuhi Todd Malone Bernard Katz  

We really need to understand a patient’s whole person context. Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) data spans beyond current health data and into other areas such as consumer data. If we want to have better health outcomes we need to overlay healthcare data with different sources of data that are out there. Our SocialHealth360 solution is bringing these together and able to close the gaps in healthcare by addressing SDOH and redefining the patient and provider experience. Read more on how the role of pharmacists is critical in addressing SDOH.   Amogh Rajan John Sargent Paul Bhuhi Lauren Bevington, MBA, LCSW Sonia George

The DREAMS program is a peer-led initiative implemented through ambassadors - trained Adult Girls and Young Women (AGYW). DREAMS interventions aim to reduce HIV infections through increased access to healthcare services, social protection, and economic strengthening opportunities for AGYW. DREAMS Ambassador Mbali Sibeko, was accompanied by one of our Youth Coordinators, Faith Ngubane, to the USAID-hosted Ambassador’s Camp held recently in Johannesburg. During the marketplace interaction, Mbali presented BroadReach's DREAMS services offered to AGYW.  

We are looking forward to joining our partners from BAO Systems at the Impact First Digital Development Summit to tell our story of working in a data rich environment and AI-enabled decision support. #ImpactFirst2024 Todd Malone Paul Bhuhi Bernard Katz Busoye Anifalaje (PhD)

September is Pharmacy Month: “Let's Talk About Vaccines”. To celebrate, the BroadReach CCMDD Provincial Coordinator for NW Province supported the depot pharmacy personnel. The team visited a few facilities in Ngaka Modiri Molema District to provide health information on the importance of vaccines. Other topics included "safe use and storage of medication” and “DablapMeds – the shortcut to your chronic medicines”. DablapMeds is a new name for the program CCMDD, an important public health program to improve patient retention in care by providing alternative collection points for their chronic medicine.

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