Agenda

Dr. Derrick Muneene is Head of Capacity Building and Collaboration of the Digital Health and Innovation Department at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva. He has 25 years of progressive experience in global digital health, global public health informatics, digital health governance & literacy and digital health capacity building. He holds a PhD and an MSc in Public Health, an MSc in Computer Science along with various project management certifications such as PRINCE2 and project+. Previously, he served as the regional mHealth and eHealth advisor for the WHO Regional Office for Africa, where he supported 47 African countries with the adoption of eHealth strategies and eHealth solutions. Before this, he served with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as acting branch chief for Health Informatics and Health Systems Analysts / Health Applications Manager.

Mr. Eskandar is the Projects Implementation Lead in areas of Digital Services and Digital Transformation at the Telecommunication Development Bureau of ITU. Mr. Eskandar is currently involved in providing assistance to several developing countries by advising on digital applications and services strategies and policies, assisting in implementing technical co-operation projects in areas of digital governance, health, agriculture, and education. Mr Eskandar is currently leading major projects on digital government, open source for public services, digital health, digital agriculture, and smart villages in collaboration with several governments, UN agencies and other stakeholders. He has led the development of several guidelines and best practices reports on digital applications particularly on digital Government, digital Health and digital Agriculture.

Mr. Eskandar has more than 30 years of extensive on-the-ground experience in the field of ICT for Development where he, through working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent in Switzerland and, UNDP, Ministry of ICT and other NGOs in Egypt, was involved in several development projects in the fields of Health, Education, Illiteracy Eradication, Community Development, SME development and Micro Credits. 

Mr. Eskandar has an educational background in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications) and has completed an MBA from McGill University, Canada and a Master Degree in Social and Economic Development Studies from University of Paris I, France. 

Innocent Chiboma is a seasoned Digital Health Expert with over 20 years of transformative work in Zambia's digital health landscape. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Computing and an MBA in Technology Management, seamlessly blending technical know-how with strategic foresight. At the Ministry of Health, Innocent has played a pivotal role in implementing systems like the National Electronic Health Record System (SmartCare), the Laboratory Information System (DISALAB*), and the Electronic Logistics Information System (eLMIS), significantly advancing data management and patient care across the country.

In addition to leading the development of Zambia's 2022-2026 Digital Health Strategy and the Health Data Governance Framework, he spearheaded the reorganization of the Digital Health Technical Working Group. As Principal ICT Officer for Digital Health,  has unwavering commitment to innovation and his global contributions position him as a transformative figure in digital health.

Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran is the Executive Director of Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN). He has over 20 years of experience in planning, procurement, implementation of a wide spectrum of enterprise digital health solutions including web-based Hospital Information Systems (HIS), Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), telemedicine, tele-education, and chronic disease management portals. He is a member of the Board of Global Digital Health Network (GDHN), eHealth Expert Committee of Global South eHealth Observatory from Fondation Pierre Fabre, International Standards Organization (ISO) Working Group TC 215/TF 7 on Telehealth and Virtual Care (TVC) Standards, ISO 27269 (IPS) FDIS Revision, Health Informatics Sectional Committee and Subcommittees on Disability Informatics and Telehealth of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He is an adjunct faculty at the Department of Health Information Management from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), India. He has been a resource person for national Health Information Systems (HIS) Strengthening and Digital Health Convergence Workshops facilitated by Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) together with the Ministry of Health and partners in South-East Asian and Western Pacific regional countries.

Steven Wanyee, is a digital health specialist with over 25 years experience at the “frontlines'' of implementing digital interventions, services and applications in health predominantly in over 20 Low to Medium Income Countries (LMICs) in Africa. His work spans across the entire spectrum of digital transformation in health technology solution development and deployment at scale; Policy, strategy and guidelines development including an enterprise approach to digital health; Informatics workforce development; Promoting and supporting adoption and use of standards such as HL7 FHIR.

Globally, he works closely with organizations contributing significantly to development of global digital health that include WHO, World Bank, US and Africa CDC, GIZ, Global Fund, Gates Foundation, McGovern Foundation among many others. One of his current projects is supporting AfricaCDC to refresh its Digital Transformation Strategy, develop a Health Data Governance Framework and establish the first Standards, AI and Interoperability Lab in Africa. 

His current roles include;

●      President of the Pan African Health Informatics in Africa (HELINA)

●      Founder Secretary General of the Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA)

●      Board Member of the OpenMRS Inc. Board of Directors

●      Member of the OpenHIE Architecture Advisory Board

●      Founder and CEO of IntelliSOFT Consulting Limited

Steven is a holder of a Masters degree in software engineering from the University of Liverpool, UK and health information administration, biomedical and health informatics from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. He is currently a health informatics PhD Student with strong research interests in AI powered Decision Support. 

Surabhi Joshi is a Technical Officer at the World Health Organization’s Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (NCD Department) in Geneva, where she works at the intersection of digital health and noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and care. With over 15 years of experience in global public health, Surabhi brings a strong focus on equity, inclusion, and human-centred design to the development and scale-up of digital solutions that support healthier lives. She currently supports the Be He@lthy Be Mobile (BHBM) initiative and WHO’s work on digital health for NCDs. Surabhi holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar, and a Master’s in Social Work from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India.