Ep10 - Ensuring equity and inclusion in digital health
This episode wraps up Season 1 of MedxTek Africa. It is a live recording of a webinar panel that I moderated as part of activities to mark Transform Health's Digital Health Week 2021. The webinar was organized by MedxTek Africa in collaboration with Innovations in Healthcare. My guests included:
- Dr. Charles Kamotho, CEO and Founder, Daktari Africa, Kenya
- Dr. Martha Muthami, Medical Doctor and Epidemiologist, Kenya Ministry of Health
- Mr. Julius Mbeya, Co-CEO, Lwala Community Alliance, Kenya
- Ms. Cynthia Kahumbura, Director of Operations, Jacaranda Health, Kenya
In this panel session, we explored challenges and opportunities for accelerating the digital transformation of Kenya’s healthcare sector while ensuring equitable access for groups experiencing intersecting forms of marginalization and exclusion such as women, persons with disabilities and displaced populations.
Key discussion points:
- In what ways has the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated digital transformation of Kenya’s healthcare sector?
- What are some of the manifestations and drivers of inequity and exclusion that have resulted from the acceleration of Kenya’s digital health transformation?
- What are the gaps and opportunities for policymakers and other key stakeholders to ensure that Kenya’s digital health transformation is equitable and inclusive?
- In what ways can marginalized and vulnerable groups be empowered to benefit equitably from the accelerated digital transformation of Kenya’s healthcare sector?
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