Tag: DIGITAL HEALTH

From Meme to Lifesaver: How Students Created a Digital ‘Purple Book’ to Reduce Maternal Deaths

The purple book, officially known as the ‘Mother and Child Health Handbook’, has become an unlikely social media star, attracting millions of views through humorous memes and videos. The joke usually begins with a woman visiting a hospital for a routine check-up, convinced she has diagnosed herself after searching her symptoms online. Instead of receiving the […]...

Regulating Emerging Technology: Challenges and Frameworks of a State’s Effort

Introduction As technology rapidly advances, policies, laws, and regulators face the challenging task of balancing between encouraging innovation and the need for healthy competition, consumer ...

5 Apr 2024

WHO unveils a digital health promoter harnessing generative AI for public health.

Ahead of World Health Day (Sunday, April 7, 2024), focused on ‘My Health, My Right’, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of S.A.R.A.H., a digital health promoter prototype wit...

20 Jan 2024

WHO releases AI ethics and governance guidance for large multi-modal models

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new guidance on the ethics and governance of large multi-modal models (LMMs) – a type of fast-growing generative artificial intelligence (AI) technol...

4 Sep 2023

Protecting sensitive personal health data: An examination of Kenya’s Digital Health Bill

In Kenya, the Digital Health Bill for 2023 has emerged as a crucial stride in safeguarding sensitive personal information and ensuring the responsible handling of health data. Yet, just like with any ...

4 Sep 2023

Exit NHIF and enter three health funds: Fresh bid to accelerate universal healthcare for Kenyans

The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) will be dismantled to pave the way for three funds that will be managed and administered separately for efficiency. On Tuesday, the Cabinet approved the propo...

28 Oct 2022

IDIA and WHO strengthen strategic collaboration to support the scale-up of health innovations

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Development Innovation Alliance (IDIA) have agreed to renew their strategic Collaborative Agreement to support the scaling of health innovatio...