Virtual Networking Exchange
24th of April 2024

URL:

https://www.afrehealth.org/

Africa Research Institute For AI (ARIFA), is a not-for-profit think tank united by a shared commitment to advancing impactful research, training and advisory. ARIFA is specifically focused on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and seeks to foster innovation, facilitate knowledge exchange, and drive evidence-based policymaking to effectively tackle the dynamic challenges posed by the rapid advancements in technology. As a key player in the renaissance of technology, ARIFA actively contributes to shaping the future integration of AI and other emerging technologies into the fabric of modern society.

URL:

https://arifa.org/

APHRC is a research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development

URL:

https://aphrc.org/

Akros supports governments and their partners to build accurate and precise disease surveillance systems to ensure last mile populations receive necessary and impactful health services

URL:

www.akros.com

Nonprofit seeking to increase under-represented minorities in health and STEM fields

URL:

https://www.brainprogram.org/

The Center for Translational Data Science at the University of Chicago is developing the discipline of data science and its applications to problems in biology, medicine, healthcare and the environment. We are the developers and maintainers of the open-source software, Gen3, which is used to build data commons, meshes, and workspaces for the sharing and analysis of biomedical data. We are currently supporting the eLwazi Open Data Science Platform.

URL:

https://gen3.org/

URL:

www.inrb.cd

Dodowa Health Research Center

URL:

https://www.dodowa-hrc.org/

The Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) Initiative aims to leverage data science technologies to transform biomedical and behavioral research and develop solutions that would lead to improved health for individuals and populations.
To accomplish this, the DS-I Africa Initiative aims to contribute to the development of the necessary expertise among African scientists, and to establish networks of African investigators.

The vision of DS-I Africa is to create and support a robust pan-continental network of data scientists and technologies that will be equipped to apply advanced data science skills to transform health.

URL:

https://dsi-africa.org/

The working group aims to support the consortium's goal of enhancing the impact of data science on health in Africa and spurring innovation through the support of new African and global partnerships. The working group will
Create networking opportunities with potential partners.
Provide a forum for consortium members to discuss the challenges to partnerships and strategies for effective collaboration.

URL:

https://dsi-africa.org/partnerships-outreach

Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) conducts research based on national public health research agenda and on priority public health and nutrition issues. The Institute conducts surveillance for the early identification and detection of public health risks and prevention of public health emergencies. It generates, translates, and disseminates scientific and technological knowledge.

URL:

http://www.ephi.gov.et/

Histofi is a data-driven SaaS platform company for cancer care providers with AI-assisted diagnostics and treatment decision support in a connected and collaborative framework. Delays resulting from a disjointed ecosystem make cancer care challenging for both care providers and patients, contributing to access inequities, higher cost burdens, and increased deaths. In 3rd quarter of 2024, Histofi platform will become available in Africa to empower providers to detect breast cancer early using US-FDA cleared AI applications. Our goal is to bring four data-driven programs under one platform, digital pathology, radiology-AI, treatment decision support, and a mobile app to collect and process real-time data for delivering clinical insights to doctors treating the patients.

URL:

https://histofi.com

A public health management and consulting firm with over two decades of experience providing technical support and assistance to achieve sustainable gains in health. Our key services include research and evidence generation, health systems strengthening, healthcare quality improvement and management, and overall health project management and coordination. We have national coverage in Nigeria and have working experience and collaborations/partnerships in Benin, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Togo, Senegal, and Ghana. IHC comprises a team of motivated and skilled professionals who have a sincere desire to create a lasting impact in the public health ecosystem and development world.

URL:

www.insighthc.org

IHVN is an organization that supports the government of Nigeria and partners in building and strengthening health systems to ensure sustainable quality care and disease surveillance and timely reporting.

URL:

www.ihvnigeria.org

Funding agency

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https://idrc-crdi.ca/en

IntraHealth International is a global health nonprofit that has worked in over 100 countries since 1979. We improve the performance of health workers and strengthen the systems in which they work so that everyone everywhere has the health care they need to thrive.

URL:

https://www.intrahealth.org/

Lacuna Fund is a collaborative effort to provide data scientists, researchers, and social entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income contexts globally with the resources they need to either produce new labeled datasets to address an underserved population or problem, augment existing datasets to be more representative, or update old datasets to be more sustainable.

URL:

https://lacunafund.org/

Management and Development for Health (MDH) is a non for profit Tanzanian organization that focuses primarily on making contributions to the nation in addressing public health priorities through evidence based interventions,training and research MDH evolved from the former Harvard-PEPFAR program in Tanzania which was a collaboration of Harvard School of Public Health(HSPH), Dar es Salaam City council and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). This collaboration worked with the Government to provide HIV care and treatment services mainly in Dar es Salaam city starting with Mnazi Mmoja and Infectious Disease clinics in 2004. The program expanded to cover 65% of health facilities with HIV care and treatment services in Dar es Salaam city by mid 2009. MDH was registered as a local Tanzanian Non Profit Organization (NGO) in 2009. MDH implement projects in areas of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria, Reproductive,Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH), Nutrition, Health Information Systems (HIS), Health System Strengthening (HSS), Immunisation, COVID-19; Family Planning and Reproductive Health

URL:

https://www.mdh.or.tz

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

URL:

https://www.nationalacademies.org/

NARSS is mainly aiming at promoting the use of the state of the art of space technology and earth observations for the sustainable development of Egypt. NARSS is dedicated to improving the skills of researchers, students in advanced sciences such as space technology, geoinformatics, data science and artificial intelligence, and earth observations. It achieves this goal by involving them in various professional activities, including national and global training courses, competitions, conferences and professional certification programs.

URL:

www.narss.sci.eg

"The Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB), founded in 1984, has been a World Health Organization Collaborating Center since 2018, headed by Professor Muyembe Tamfum, MD, PhD, it serves as the national biomedical research laboratory for the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is a multidisciplinary institute with decades of collective experience in the identification, treatment, and prevention of disease in the DRC.

Its core activities include medical and biological analysis, applied and translational research, communicable disease surveillance, and the promotion of professional growth and development.

Current advances in public health data have enabled the implementation of teams dedicated to the production of Big Data, and its exploitation through modeling, bioinformatics, and machine learning to reinforce the monitoring and surveillance of certain pathologies and public health problems.

In addition, INRB has continually developed and trained top-quality researchers and produced outstanding results, most recently in the control, prevention, and research of the Ebola epidemic.

It has continually provided the DRC government with expertise in disease surveillance, prevention, and intervention. In its 30 years of existence, INRB has played an essential role in tropical health research and has become one of the world's leading public health organizations.

The facility is a modern, structured research institute with six laboratories dedicated to Virology, Parasitology, Bacteriology, Medical Entomology, Clinical Biology, and Pathology, including an Animal Research Center and a Data Center, flexible to carry out quality research in each field."

URL:

www.inrb.cd

Nestra Klinikal (NK) is a Clinical Research and Quality Management System Organization (CRO/QMSO) incorporated in the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2012, but started operations in November, 2018. Driven by our extensive experience, international training, exposure and passion for developing and implementing different quality systems, we aspire to help organizations, institutions, clinical research sites, medical diagnostic laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and associated agencies develop and achieve desired quality management system and quality assurance goals.

URL:

nestraklinikal.com

To promote sustainable development through generation, application and dissemination of Geo-Information and allied Information Communication Technology (ICT) services and products in the Member States and beyond.

Established in 2011, Tanzania Health Promotion Support (THPS) operates as part of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), with a focus on transitioning from international emergency response to indigenous leadership for sustainable country programs. Our vision is to cultivate a healthy society where every individual receives quality healthcare and contributes positively to socio-economic development. Our mission is to promote and support equitable, high-quality, accessible, and sustainable health services for Tanzanian society and beyond, achieved through partnerships with governments, local and international institutions, civil society, the private sector, and communities.

URL:

https://thps.or.tz

The Tanzania Human Genetics Organization (THGO) is a non-profit organization whose main goal is to coordinate human genetics research and activities in Tanzania in order to generate knowledge and recommendations for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of genetic disease and the promotion of health.

URL:

https://thgo.or.tz

The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research. NIH supports a variety of health-related research, including the Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa) program.

URL:

https://www.nih.gov/

Wellcome funds research into life, health and wellbeing​. And we’re taking on three urgent and interrelated global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health. The Data for Science and Health team shapes and funds data science initiatives to advance Wellcome’s mission.

URL:

https://wellcome.org/