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During the WHO 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, I was honoured to formalise my appointment to the Global Advisory Board of Dure Technologies, a Switzerland-based digital health company founded by Mr Vipin Yadav and operating across more than 40 countries in partnership with UN agencies, governments and NGOs to build the data infrastructure that public health systems depend on, from real-time disease surveillance and community engagement platforms to AI-powered health intelligence tools deployed at the community level.
My discussions with Mr Yadav and Mr Manoj Prabhu, Regional Head of Strategic Business Partnerships, convened under the auspices of the Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx) and Mr Pradeep Kakkattil, and joined by Dr Ouma Oluga, Principal Secretary for Medical Services of the Republic of Kenya, were grounded in a shared conviction that has defined the Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s work across Nigeria, that the communities generating health signals deserve systems designed to act on them, and that data without connectivity and accountability serves no one.
From the OneImpact community engagement tool for tuberculosis to AI-driven community health systems now deployed across Kenya, Dure Technologies is building the connective infrastructure between frontline health workers and the policy and programme decisions their observations should be informing, and it is that work that this advisory partnership is designed to strengthen and scale.
I look forward to contributing to Dure’s next chapter and to the work ahead with the Wellbeing Foundation Africa.
The e-health check tool is available for free at https://covid19.wbfafrica.org/ and users can access real-time updates on how to stay connected, safe, and healthy during the pandemic on Instagram and Twitter @Wellbeing_PPMD, and @WellbeingPPMD on Facebook.
