AI and digital innovation for health and human development in Africa: From ideas to impact

AI and digital innovation for health and human development in Africa: From ideas to impact

Join a workshop one-day meeting to discuss AI and digital innovation for health and human development in Africa organized on the sidelines of the ITU/WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health.

Two cross-cutting questions:

  • How do we encourage creation, adoption, and adaptation of AI for health and digital health technologies in African ecosystems?
  • How do we strengthen and sustain innovation in digital health and human development in Africa?

Agenda

08.30-09.00  Entry and Registration
09.00-10.30 Session I, Keynote addresses and opening remarks

  • Minette Libom Likeng, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Cameroon, Opening remarks & speech on innovation in Africa
  • Franck Verzefé, TrueSpec-Africa, Welcome from the host
  • Thomas Wiegand, FG-AI4H Chair, HHI, Germany, Introduction to the ITU/WHO Focus Group on AI for Health
  • Sarah Agbor, Africa Union Commissioner for Technology
  • Phanuel Habimana, WHO Cameroon Director
  • Andrew Farlow, University of Oxford and Chair FG-AI4H Working Group Collaborations and Outreach, ‘AI and digital Innovation for Heath and Development in Africa: From Ideas to Impact’
  • Khahlil Louisy, President of the Institute for Technology and Global Health, MIT/Harvard, USA
10.45-12.00 Session II: Health system strengthening, infectious disease, outbreaks, health finance to support Universal Health Coverage (UHC)

  • Ziraba Abdhalah, Kenya, health systems strengthening
  • Sunny Ibeneme, Nigeria, health systems strengthening
  • Daniel Opoku, Ghana. Management of non-communicable diseases, outbreaks and pandemic prevention
  • Vitalis Feteh, Cameroon, outbreak detection and response
  • Terrence Beteck Epie, Cameroon, Epidemic and HIV drug control
  • Diana Ratsiambakaina, Madagasker, Digital tools to serve health finance and UHC

Joining discussion from the ITU-WHO

  • Simão Campos, Secretariat ITU-WHO

Moderators:

  • Robert Beyer, Villgro Africa
  • Deogratias Mzurikwao, Villgro Africa
13.00-14.00 Session III: Innovation, entrepreneurial support, education 6

  • Guisilla Dedino, Cameroon, digital innovation in times of conflict and trauma
  • Christabel Ngwashi, Cameroon, digital innovation in conflict zones
  • Deogratias Mzurikwao, Tanzania, Entrepreneurial support for impact (cf recent “Innovations in Healthcare in Africa”)
  • Karim Lekadir, Director, AI in Medicine Lab, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for Accessible Medical Imaging Across Resource-Limited Settings
  • Erick Gankam Tambo, United Nation University, education
  • Foutse Khomh, Canada, Software Quality Assurance for Machine Learning Applications

Joining discussion from the ITU-WHO

  • Marc Lecoultre, Mllab.ai, Chair, Data and AI solution handling, Team leader, Open Code Initiative (OCI)

Moderators:

  • Darlington Akogo, minoHealth AI Lab, Ghana
  • Robert Beyer, Villgro Africa
14.15-15.20  Session IV: Telemedicine, medicine, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

  • Yunusa M. Garba, Uganda, Telemedicine
  • Françoise Nepveu, France, Drug quality control
  • Brenda Tanyi, Cameroon, Telemedicine, maternal care
  • Sintieh Ekongefeyin, Cameroon, Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
  • Conrad Tankou, Cameroon, Breast and cervical cancer
  • Sandra Nzeneu, Canada, skin lesions, cancer
  • Jawa Zabah Muhammad, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman, Nuclear medicine in Africa

Joining discussion from the ITU-WHO

  • Markus Wenzel, Co-chair: Operations (WG-O)

Moderators:

  • Franck Verzefé, TrueSpec-Africa, Cameroon
  • Eva Weicken,Co-Chair: Clinical evaluation of AI for health (WG-CE); Fraunhofer HHI, Germany
15.30-16.30  Session V: Radiology

  • Benjamin Sarkodie, Medical School, University of Ghana, Challenges Facing AI in Africa Radiology
  • Judy Wawira, Emory University USA, Challenges Facing AI in Radiology
  • Darlington Akogo (MinoHealth AI Labs & FG-AI4H TG AI for Radiology; Ghana), Opportunities in AI for Radiology
  • Issah Samori, University of Ghana III R
16.30 Closing Remarks on First Day

  • Minette Libom Likeng, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications of Cameroon

 

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Date

6 December 2022 - 08:30 - 17:30 WAT
 

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