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Data for Health in Africa Meeting
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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
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11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 13:00 Datathon/Toolathon
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13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Datathon/Toolathon
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Sunday 24 August 2025
8:30 - 11:00 Datathon/Toolathon
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African Microbiome Symposium
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11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 13:00 Datathon/Toolathon
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African Microbiome Symposium
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13:30 - 17:00 Datathon/Toolathon
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ELSI Workshop
Facilitators: Nchangwi & Shawneequa
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Monday 25 August 2025
9:00-10:00
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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)

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Data Science and Genomics Capacity Building in Africa
(Convened by Training WG)

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“From Data to Discovery: Opportunities with the African Bioinformatics Institute”
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10:00-11:00    
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee
11:30-13:00 Funders Forum
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13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Welcome & Opening
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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
Tuesday 26 August 2025
9:00-10:00
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Ethics & Governance: Shared Borders, Shared Futures: Navigating Data Legislation, Data Sovereignty and Humanity’s Needs in Africa (Convened by Data Governance WG)
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Unlocking African Biomedical Health Data” Developments and Opportunities with the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform”

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State of Data Science in Africa Writing Project – Session 1
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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
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Science Communications Exhibition (PUBGem)
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Early Career Researchers
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13-00- 1400 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30
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15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee
16:00 Cultural Celebration Event
Wednesday 27 August 2025
9:00-10:00
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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

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Impact of Climate/Environment on Health

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10:00-11:00    
11:00-11:30 Tea/Coffee
11:30 -13:00 Joint Session:
Mental Health/AI &ML/Early Warning Systems
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Infectious Disease/Surveillance
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13-00- 1400 Lunch
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15:30 - 16:00 Tea/Coffee
16:00 - 18:30
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Thursday 28 August 2025
9:00-10:00
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13-00- 1400 Lunch
1400 -16:00
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)