WEBINAR: BETTEReHEALTH – Human, Technical and Policy Factors for Better Coordination and Support of eHealth in Africa

Monday 6 December 2021

GMT/UTC

09:00-09:10

Welcome and introduction
Konstantinos Antypas, BETTEReHEALTH Project Coordinator, SINTEF, Norway

09:10-09:20

Brief overview of BETTEReHEALTH
Frederic Lievens, Lievens-Lanckman, Belgium

09:20-09:40

WHO Digital Health Atlas and Digital Health initiatives
Salim Azzabi Zouraq, Word Health Organization

09:40-10:10

Health Data/Health Information Systems Development and Implementation, Policy and Regulatory Aspects:

African Union HIE Policy and Standards for Digital Health Systems
Dr. Adane Mamuye, Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Deputy Director, eHealthLab, Ethiopia

Applying the Legal and Regulatory Frameworks in eHealth Implementation: The Ghana Situation
Sam Quarshie, Head IT, Ghana Health Service, Ghana

10:10-10:20

Comfort Break

10:20-11:20

Health Data/Health Information Systems Development and Implementation, Technical Aspects:

Lessons from National Interoperability Architecture Implementation in Malawi
Maganizo Monawe, Senior Technical Advisor on Digital Health, Ministry of Health, Malawi

DHIS2 (District Health Information System) based AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) Surveillance
Esayas Kebede Gudina, Professor of Medicine, Jimma University, Ethiopia

iCommunity Health Information System (iCHIS)
Chipo Kanjo, Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Malawi

The Trust Hospital eHealth Projects
Kenneth Azumah, Hospital Information System Manager, The Trust Hospital Company Ltd., Ghana

11:20-11:30

Comfort Break

11:30-12:15

Healthcare Delivery, Human Factors:

Attributes for Sustainable and Trustable eHealth Solutions in LMICs
Araya Mesfin, Doctoral Student in Public Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

eHealth in Norway
Siri Bjørvig, Head, Dept. for Personal E-health, Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, Norway

Electronic Health Records Implementation: Creating appropriate staff and patient experience
Charles Anachanser, Head IT, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana

12:15-12:30

Discussion and Conclusion of Day 1
Paul Pelsmaeker, Managing Partner, Helder Resultaat, The Netherlands

Tuesday 7 December 2021

09:00-09:10

Welcome and Introduction

09:10-09:30

eHealth in African Primary Health Care Settings: A Patient Perspective
Ellos Lodzeni, Patient and Community Welfare Foundation (PAWEM), Malawi & Governing Board Member, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO)

09:30-09:50

The Current State of Global Telehealth Regulations
Andre Visser, Partner, DLA Piper, South Africa

09:50-10:35

Capacity Building, Training, Education:

Master of Science in Digital Technologies for Healthcare
Dr. Bassem Bouaziz, Coordinator MSc Program, Higher Institute of Informatics and Multimedia of Sfax, Tunisia 

A Journey of the Health Informatics Program at University of Gondar
Berhanu Fikadie, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Creating the Appropriate Regulatory Environment for eHealth Implementation
Musah Issah, Deputy Director, National Information and Technology Agency, Ghana

10:35-10:45

Comfort Break

10:45-11:05

Collaborating to Move eHealth Forward: SFAX HealthTech Cluster
Dr. Mohamed Kharrat, Founder, SFAX HealthTech Cluster

11:05-11:20

BETTEReHEALTH eHealth Registries and Regional eHealth Hubs

11:20-11:50

Discussion and Conclusion of Day 2 + Next Steps