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OverviewRecognizing that multisector collaboration will be key to leveraging data-driven tools to improve health in every community, we convened a cross-sector panel of technologists, global health practitioners and government officials to launch our Precision Public Health initiative.
Data for Health Equity: Unlocking Health for All
On the sidelines of the 2019 UN General Assembly, we joined principal partner UNICEF and collaborators to announce the launch of our $100 million Precision Public Health Initiative to harness the power of data and data science to reduce inequities in global health. We also sought to create a space for multiple sectors to interact and discuss further avenues for collaboration and synchronization.
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller Foundation and Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF Our president, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah shared his optimism for data innovation to improve health outcomes, citing its role in driving a turning point in the West African Ebola outbreak. Raj and Henrietta Fore, UNICEF’s Executive Director, also spoke about their shared commitment to community health and the importance of working across sectors.
Panel with Muhamed Pate During a panel discussion, partners lamented longstanding barriers to implementing data-driven health interventions but also acknowledged global interest. Government leaders and technological experts identified opportunities to improve access and stakeholder interaction, and raised challenges we’ll face in designing these innovations.
Panel with Hema Budaraju In remarks shared on behalf of the World Health Organization’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Dr. Samira Asma encouraged quick action to increase coordination and aggregate existing data sources across populations and subgroups.
By catalyzing new conversations, identifying areas for collaboration and establishing cross-sector understanding, our event sought to jumpstart action to close the digital health divide. The convening emphasized the importance of bold efforts such as the Precision Public Health initiative and reminded us that work in this space must thoughtfully target the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Death does not wait. People need health care and they need it immediately. For data to be useful for decision-making, it has to be real-time data.
Hon. Minister Dr. Jane Ruth AcengMinister of Health, Republic of UgandaMeet our Partners & Grantees
Timely, reliable and disaggregated data is a powerful tool that can help us make life-saving decisions and prevent epidemics before they happen.
Henrietta ForeExecutive Director, UNICEF
The data equity gap will continue to widen until we act to close it. Now is the time for multisector collaboration focused no our poorest and most marginalized communities.
Dr. Seth BerkleyCEO, Gavi, the Vacine AllianceDeath does not wait. People need health care and they need it immediately. For data to be useful for decision-making, it has to be real-time data.
Henrietta ForeExecutive Director, UNICEF
Quality data is essential to design the right programs, reach the right people and track the right solutions. Without good data, we remain in the dark.
Peter SandsExecutive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
We can use precision public health to improve the efficiency of the resources that we are deploying, in terms of policies, programs and management of implementation, but also on the service-delivery side.
Dr. Muhammad PateGlobal Director, Health, Nutrition and Population; The Global Financing Facility supported by the World Bank
Until now there has been insufficient coordination among global health and development agencies on data and digital systems, but reliable, timely and actionable data is essential to achieving universal health coverage and other health targets.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesusDirector-General, World Health Organization
