I am grateful for the meeting with His Majesty King Mswati III and his commitment to continuing the partnership with PEPFAR to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat in Eswatini, including addressing HIV/AIDS among adolescent girls and young women and gender-based violence.

More than 1,000 people tuned into the 2023 DHIS2 Annual Conf at the Univ of Oslo. Watch session recordings on the DHIS2 YouTube channel in English at youtube.com/watch?v=12k5Ur… and see presentations at dac2023.dhis2.org/program-schedu…

Just published by BMJ Innovations: Barriers and facilitators for the adoption of telemedicine services in low-income and middle-income countries: a rapid overview of reviews. innovations.bmj.com/content/9/3?cu…

Data for Policy 2024 has announced next year's conference: Decoding the Future: Trustworthy Governance with AI? 9-11 July 2024 in London Deadline for Special Track Proposal: 28 Aug 2023. See <mcusercontent.com/0e48a758fb1ecc…> #digitalhealth #Artificialintelligence #digitalgovernance

#ICYMI: We will be covering the International AIDS Conference (#IAS2023) starting this weekend! Stay tuned for important #HIVResearch information & updates from community & federal leaders during the conference.

Many epidemiologists and #globalhealth leaders thought that ending #smallpox was impossible. They were wrong. Dedicated public health workers made it happen. Check out the KFF Health News podcast “Eradicating Smallpox” at kffhealthnews.org/news/tag/epide…

The 2023 Global Digital Health Forum #GDHF2023, held in Washington from Dec. 4-6, promises to be one of the best yet! The Data.FI project will deliver more than a dozen lightning talks, individual and panel presentations, and interactive workshops! See you there!

Great start to #GDHF2023! Sangita Patel, w. USAID’s Global Health Bureau, kicked us off: “From a funders’ perspective, digital health strategies & blueprints help to rationalize the number of systems being used & provide the push that can yield access to better health data.”

Otse Ogorry, Data.FI Lead Nigeria, celebrates #gdhf2023: "Digital health can play a strong role in achieving the highest level of health. We need to make #digitalhealth work for all. Join us at GDHF to share & learn more abt. digital health innovations that work."

Ireen Hakasenke, our M&E Manager, just gave a great presentation at #gdhf2023, "When Custom Software Meets a Global Good." "We have seen increases in the number of facilities using CMIS in Eswatini & the use of CMIS data at many levels."

Conference posters distill complex ideas visually. Join Data.FI’s Ireen Hakasenke & Mzwandile Vilakati on Dec. 6 for "Eswatini’s EMR POC Excellence: Bridging Data Gaps Through Proactive Monitoring of CMIS" - on the need for real-time tracking to monitor usage.

Julio Vargas, Technical Advisor, Digital Solutions and Transformation, gave a great presentation on the Health Quality of Expenditure Tool through Data.FI/Guatemala!

Congrats to Data.FI/Nigeria! The Honourable Commissioner for Health, Dr. Samuel Ali, recognized the team’s achievements in responding to COVID-19 in an event on Dec. 15 in Benin city, Edo State. Data.FI's Kester Okoduwa received the award. Well done, team!

During the #GlobalDigitalHealthForum2023 last Dec., several Data.FI experts shared their thoughts on digital technologies and their applications toward global health initiatives in short, pop-up interviews. Check them out here: youtube.com/channel/UCSjLn….

Please join our amazing Data.FI experts for our upcoming (Feb. 15) webinar: Health Information System Strengthening: The Central American Experience. Sign up here! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a23ba9f2…

Join us Wed. at 9AM EST for the final presentation of our Winter Webinar Series to hear the story of how the #Zimbabwe orphans and vulnerable children management information system (OVC MIS) was developed for (and transitioned to) local ownership! events.teams.microsoft.com/event/efa57d6b…

Learn how USAID is supporting Honduras to #EndAIDS through better data use with Data.FI_Project: usaid.link/qb3 USAID Honduras

Just published! A collaborative, Data.FI-led special issue in the Oxford Open Digital Health journal on lessons learned from USAID vaccine delivery investments by multiple partners across 11 countries during the emergency phase of the pandemic: academic.oup.com/oodh/issue/2/S1

The inaugural Digital and Data Use Forum (#DDUF), hosted by Data.FI/Nigeria, starts today in #Abuja! Check out the live stream link here starting at 9am WAT (4AM EST): youtube.com/live/43ezEigSq…

Day 2 of the Digital and Data Use Forum is underway in Abuja! Follow the discussion here: youtube.com/live/3im782cng…