SHARING STORIES, KNOWLEDGE, AND INSIGHTS

Digital Square supported six rapid projects to improve the multilingual support and cybersecurity of global goods for health.

The DIPC project convened 95 female students and young professionals in Ghana to learn about digital health, hear stories and advice from women leaders in digital health, and connect with local stakeholders.

In Kenya, PATH is working with the Ministry of Health and other partners to develop the costed Kenya Digital Health Strategy 2025-2028 with support from the US CDC’s Technical Assistance Platform (CDC TAP).

In this blog, we amplify perspectives of the participants and implementers of the DRIVE Demand project on issues around vaccine hesitancy and confidence—and how accurate and timely information sharing through digital channels can help build confidence and improve vaccine uptake. 

For female developers, trainings are one way to help narrow the digital gender divide.

To understand if projects are meeting country needs—and to inform future partnerships with countries on their digital transformation journeys—Digital Square conducted a study to interview digital health leaders across six countries.

Through strong partnerships, Malawi is transforming its digital health system.

Executive Director Bilal Mateen gave a keynote address during the G20 Brazil 3rd Health Working Group meeting as part of a session on 'Harnessing artificial intelligence across the G20: Opportunities and challenges for global health’. Read his full remarks on our blog.

Barakissa Tien-Wahser of GIZ shares insights from her experience coordinating the pilot of the Digital Pandemic Preparedness Assessment (DPPA) Toolkit in five countries.

To support these malaria elimination efforts, Digital Square at PATH worked with the Ministry of Health (MOH) Zanzibar to develop the Mass Replacement Campaign (MRC) ITN System, transforming the traditional paper-based registration and distribution process to a cutting-edge digital platform.

A crucial part of Digital Square’s work is removing the barriers to women’s equal access to digital health services and decision-making at all levels of the digital health ecosystem. 

The 2023 Global Digital Health Forum emphasized the need for localized, country-led digital transformation, gender-equitable digital health programs, climate change adaptation, and normative guidelines.

By 2050, the world's population is projected to reach 9.7 billion and 64% of people are expected to live in urban areas. Digital health solutions can help address challenges and enhance urban health care systems.  

Tanzania’s Unified Community System is an information system designed to enhance health service delivery at the grassroots level.

In November, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took a decisive step toward digitally transforming its health care system by formally adopting the enterprise architecture (EA) framework.

Digital Square collaborated with the Government of Zanzibar to develop an innovative digital platform—the Mass ITN Distribution System—to streamline the data capture process for planning, user registration, and distribution of insecticide treated nets to households for malaria prevention.