Welcome to the Lake Region Digital Health Conference 2024

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Welcome to the Lake Region Digital Health Conference 2024

Harnessing Technology for Inclusive UHC: Innovate, Integrate, Elevate

16-17 October 2024

Ciala resort, kisumu

9

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Program for LRdhc 2024

Revolutionizing Healthcare in the region

07:30 - 08:30am EAT

Registration & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

09:00 - 09:10am EAT

Presentation

09:10 - 10:00am EAT

  1. Millicent Olulo, Regional Director, Safecare
  2. Washington Olando, GIS Director, Vihiga County
  3. Hon. Roselynn Omolloh, CECM Health, HomaBay County

10:00 - 10:45am EAT

Panel

  1. Moderator:Margaret Ndisha, Chief of Party, Digital Health, PATH
  2. Steven Wanyee, President, HELINA, Secretary-General, KEHIA
  3. Dr. Wesley Oghera, Head, Division of Health Informatics, Ministry of Health, Kenya
  4. Dr. Joan Oracha, Chief Programs Officer, Living Goods
  5. Wycliffe Waweru, Head, Digital Health & Monitoring, Population Services International

11:00 - 11:30am EAT

Networking Break & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

11:30 - 1:15pm EAT

Pre-ceremony Entertainment

Opening Ceremony

  1. Dr. Gregory Ganda, CECM for Health and Sanitation, Kisumu County
  2. Mr. Victor Nyagaya, CEO, LREB
  1. H.E Governor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor, Kisumu County
  2. H.E Governor Wilbur Ottichilo, Governor, Vihiga County
  3. H.E Governor Wanga Gladys, Governor, HomaBay County
  1. H.E. Dr. Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health
  2. Dr. Mazyanga Lucy Mazaba, PhD, Regional Director, Africa CDC Eastern Africa Region
  3. Yvette van Eechoud, Deputy Director-General, Foreign Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands

Creative Interlude • Video

Fireside Chat

  1. Prof Khama Rogo, Retired representative of Africa, World Bank

1:15 - 2:15pm EAT

Lunch & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

2:15 - 3:00pm EAT

Sponsored Panel Session

  1. Moderator: Ruth Ngechu Global Director, Advocacy and External Engagement, Pathfinder International
  2. Dr. Margaret Njenga, CEO, PS Kenya
  3. Kanishka Katara, Chief Digital Health Officer, Living Goods
  4. Ezinne V. C Onwuekwe, Founder and Executive Director, The VC HealthTech Hub
  5. Rita Okuthe, Board Member, CarePay International
  6. Norah Obudho, East Africa Director, Women Lift Health

3:00 - 3:45pm EAT

Sponsored Panel Session​

  1. Moderator: Hilda Nyandoki, Global Digital Health & Gvt Partnership, Living Goods
  2. Hon. Arthur Odera, Deputy Governor & CECM for Health, Busia County
  3. Dr. Meshack Ndirangu, Country Director, AMREF Health Africa
  4. Gitahi Ng’ang’a, Director Software Engineering, Living Goods
  5. H.E Governor Wilbur Ottichilo, Governor Vihiga
  6. Roy Bore, CEO, Health X- Africa

4:00 - 4:30pm EAT

Sponsored Panel Session​

  1. Arnold Oduor, Country Manager, Healthy Entrepreneurs
  2. Moderator: Dr. Khizra Syed, Head of Digital Health Transformation, Kisumu County
  3. Joost van Engen, Founder, Healthy Entrepreneurs
  4. Dr. Paul Musila, CECM, Makueni County
  5. Rose Apondi, Community Health Worker, Kisumu County (Seme Sub-County)

16:30 - 17:00 EAT

Sponsored Networking Reception

07:30 - 08:30am EAT

Registration & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

09:00 - 09:10am EAT

Day 1 Recap

09:10 - 09:20am EAT

Presentation

Dr. Amit Thakker, Executive Chairman, Africa Health Business

09:30 - 10:30am EAT

Abstracts oral presentations

  • Adopting Digital Technology for Lifelong Learning among Community Health Promoters: A Case Study of Busia County Kenya, 2023 – Living Goods
  • Digitizing Malaria Mass Net Campaign – A Case of the DigiMal platform Lwala
  • Effect of Community Health Support Systems and Technology Obsolescence on Utilization of mHealth Information by Teenagers Living With HIV/AIDS in Island Communities of Lake Victoria, Kenya – USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project (WKS)
  • Healthcare Financing and Sustainability in the Digital Era : Transforming Healthcare Financing with Technology, Connected Data, and AI – M-tiba
  • Automation of Medical Scheme Management – Smart Applications
  • Enhancing Maternal Care by Connecting Providers Through a Decentralized Design of Open Data Systems for Health Data Sharing – PharmAccess
  • Empowering Mothers with health information through PROMPTS: A Transformative AI-Enabled Solution – Jacaranda Health
  • Reflections on the Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS): A cross-sectional descriptive survey among users in Vihiga county Kenya – Vihiga County
  • Quality Standards in Maternity Care : Utilizing Insights from MomCare Value-Based Services and SafeCare Assessments for Improved MNCH Outcome Measurement – PharmAccess
  • Cloud based IT platform For Maternal Health Digital Platform – Wonder Health

10:30 - 11:00am EAT

Networking Break & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

11:00 - 11:45am EAT

Sponsored Panel Session

  1. Moderator: Dr. Kwasi Boahene, Director Health Systems, PharmAccess
  2. Dr. Gakombe Kanyenje, Chairman, Kenya Healthcare Federation
  3. Abdi Mohamed, Chair, SHA
  4. Dr. Amit Thakker, Executive Chairman, Africa Health Business
  5. Pieter Prickaerts, Group CEO, CarePay International
  6. Dr. Tracey John, Ag. Director of Health Financing, Ministry of Health, Kenya

11:45 - 12:30pm EAT

Workshop

  1. Moderator: Oumar Onyango, Senior Advisor, Research & Strategic Communications, Africa, Pathfinder International

12:30 - 1:30pm EAT

Lunch & Booths/Abstracts Walkthrough

1:30 - 3:00pm EAT

Closing Ceremony

  • Moderator: Dr Gregory Ganda, CECM, Kisumu County
  • Dr Lydia Saloucou, President, Africa, Pathfinder International