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Practical Solutions for a Healthy Future
Jillian van Turnhout, Chair, Online Health Taskforce, Ireland, Sara Fritzell, Senior Researcher, Folkhälsomyndigheten/Public Health Agency of Sweden and Johanna Sakkinen, Finnish Medical Students International Committee.
Cathryn Clüver-Ashbrook, Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung
Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, DTH-Lab Director
Dr. Scott Ratzan, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives
Co-Chair, Nature Medicine Commission on Quality Health Information for All Ben Johnson, Chief Editor, Nature Health
Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf, Public Health Agency of Sweden
Vismita Gupta-Smith, Health Information Integrity, WHO
Time: 2:00pm - 3:15pm CAT
Theme: Aligning Public-Private Innovation and Interoperable Systems: Driving Inclusive, Sustainable HealthTech Solutions for Universal Health Coverage and Health Security in Africa
Magdalena Eitenberger, University of Vienna / DTH-Lab
Nicole Spieker, CEO PharmAccess
Riccardo Lampariello, CEO of D Tree
Carolina Batista, MD, Baraka Impact and more.
Kadri Soova, Director, Mental Health Europe
Götz Gottschalk, Head of Health, YouTube (Google) Germany
Session 25: Share the space – Digital determinants, youth participation, and responsible governance
Topic: Equitable Data Procurement & Governance
Theme: The Evolving Adolescent and Youth in a Digital Age: Building Resilient Young People in a Changing WorldPresentation Topic: Digital Citizenship for Health: Enhancing Digital, Health, and Civic Literacy for Young People
Salman Khan - DTH-Lab RYC - Central and Southern Asia
Eunice Kilonzo - Manager, Media Relations and Strategic Communications at Gavi (Alumna)
Sohayla Eldeeb - DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
Alfredo Lorenzo Sablay - DTH-Lab RYC - Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
Tamoy Campbell - DTH-Lab RYC - Latin America tand the Caribbean
Dr. Brian Li Han Wong - Independent Global Health Consultant - (Alumnus)
Maria Inês Francisco Viva - Science Diplomacy Advisor at PARSUK ( Alumna)
Enow Awah Georges Stevens, DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Cameroon
DTH-Lab Research Fellow, Preetika Banerjee
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
Topic: Digital First Health Systems: Key Recommendations from Youth at the Regional and Country Levels
Lucía Pérez Gómez, IFMSA, Spain
Yifan Zhou, IPSF & DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Canada/Netherlands
Katherine Feng, YOUNGO, Australia
Nojus Saad, DTH-Lab RYC Alumni, Iraq
Topic: Digital First Health Systems: Key Recommendations from Youth at the Regional and Country Levels
Theme: Strengthening Health Systems through Digital Innovation, Data and AI
Esther Opone, Research Fellow, DTH-Lab
Helen Adesoba, Research Fellow, DTH-Lab
Lana Promise, First Lagos State Youth Ambassador (2024 DTH-Lab DFHS Workshop Participant)
Hilda Okafor, Product Designer & UX Strategist, Healthscape UX.
Topic: Improving Health Outcomes for African Youth: The impact of the digital transformations for health & vital role of private sector and governance considerations.
Theme: Building a New Era Shaping Public Health in Africa
Theme: ‘Building healthy, fair and climate-smart communities: addressing commercial determinants of health’.
Panel Discussion: Strategic Regulatory Pathways for Digital Health Innovation: Data Governance, AI Integration, and Compliance in African Healthcare Markets
Forum Session I: Promoting active participation: youth-led initiatives in practicing digital citizenship & Launch of youth-authored statement, Digital citizenship for health: Perspectives from young people.
Implementation & Policy
Keynote: Digital determinants of children’s health and wellbeing
Ilona Kickbusch and Aferdita Bytyqi will join this closed event bringing together policymakers, experts, NGOs representatives and mental health professionals to explore the opportunities and emerging threats associated with the use of digital tools, technologies and data in everyday life. This is part of an ongoing collaboration between DTH-Lab, WHO Europe and the Ministry of Health Poland.
Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Delhi 110001
Asia Pacific Session of the Youth Forum
Session Plenary: Navigating Health: Adolescents and Youth in a Digital World
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Preetika Banerjee - DTH-Lab Research Fellow
"Digitalisation as a Growing Determinant of Health and Well-being: Getting It Right"
The Workshop is an invitation only and in-person event
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