Data for Health in Africa Meeting
&
5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting
23 - 29 August 2025
CEDI Conference Centre, University of Ghana, Accra
| Data for Health in Africa Meeting & 5th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting | ||||||||
| Friday 22 August 2025 | ||||||||
| Pre-Meeting Activities/Office Hours/Datathon Meet & Greet | ||||||||
| Saturday 23 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 8:30 - 11:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| Sunday 24 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 8:30 - 11:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
African Microbiome Symposium Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
African Microbiome Symposium Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |||||||
| 13:30 - 17:00 | Datathon/Toolathon Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
ELSI Workshop Facilitators: Nchangwi & Shawneequa Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| Monday 25 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint Sessions:
Cross-Sector Partnerships for Health Data Improvement: Highlighting the importance of partnerships between government, academia, NGOs, and the private sector in improving health data infrastructure and sharing mechanisms (Convened by Partnerships & Outreach WG) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Sessions:
Data Science and Genomics Capacity Building in Africa (Convened by Training WG) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Showcase: “From Data to Discovery: Opportunities with the African Bioinformatics Institute” Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30-13:00 | Funders Forum Facilitators: Venue: Auditorium Rapporteur: |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Welcome & Opening Facilitators: Venue: Auditorium Rapporteur: |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 19:30 | Network Exchange Poster Viewing/AI/ML technology; tools; resources demo's/mhealth apps/Cocktail Dinner |
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| Tuesday 26 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint Session:
Ethics & Governance: Shared Borders, Shared Futures: Navigating Data Legislation, Data Sovereignty and Humanity’s Needs in Africa (Convened by Data Governance WG) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Showcase: Unlocking African Biomedical Health Data” Developments and Opportunities with the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform” Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting:
State of Data Science in Africa Writing Project – Session 1 |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | Project Team Meeting spaces available | |||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 | Joint Session: Equitable Data Science & Population/Public Health Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Workshop: Science Communications Exhibition (PUBGem) Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Session: Early Career Researchers Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 | Cultural Celebration Event | |||||||
| Wednesday 27 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint Sessions:
Harnessing Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Health: Discussing the latest developments in AI and machine learning technologies and how they can be applied to enhance diagnostic accuracy, treatment personalization, and predictive analytics in healthcare Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Sessions:
Impact of Climate/Environment on Health Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting: Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 | Joint Session: Mental Health/AI &ML/Early Warning Systems Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Sessions: Infectious Disease/Surveillance Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting: Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 16:00 - 18:30 | Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| Thursday 28 August 2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 |
Joint Sessions:
TBC Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Sessions:
Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting: Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 10:00-11:00 | ||||||||
| 11:00-11:30 | Tea/Coffee | |||||||
| 11:30 -13:00 | Joint Session: TBC Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Joint Sessions: TBC Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Side Meeting: Facilitators: Venue: Rapporteur: |
Project Team Meeting spaces available | ||||
| 13-00- 1400 | Lunch | |||||||
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1400 -16:00
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Report back from each WG | |||||||
| Report back from each PI Group | ||||||||
| Wrap & Next Steps from Chair & Co-Chair | ||||||||
| Friday 29 August 2025 | ||||||||
| elwazi ODSP SAB Meeting/Closed Ad hoc Project Meetings (Pre-Arranged) | ||||||||