UNICEF Digital Technology

🌟 Unlocking the Power of Digital Health for Supportive Supervision! 🌟 Health care workers are the unsung heroes of our global health systems. Their tireless efforts keep communities safe and healthy. But how can we ensure they perform at their best? Enter digital health interventions! 🚀 🔍 The Study Spotlight: Supportive Supervision. https://lnkd.in/dDhQKd_e In a groundbreaking collaboration, the Digital Health Information Systems unit at UNICEF HQ teamed up with colleagues Karin Källander Naina Ahuja, MPH Remy Mwamba Cristina Lussiana and Alex Muhereza. Together, they delved into the latest Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance technical brief on Supportive Supervision. 📈 🌐 Why Supportive Supervision Matters Supportive supervision is like a secret sauce for health programmes, especially immunization. It's the magic wand that enhances the quality of health care workers' performance, boosts coverage, and fuels demand for immunization services. 🌟 🔑 Key Takeaways from the Brief 1. Evaluate Digital Health Interventions: Let's explore promising digital tools that can supercharge supportive supervision. 2. Team Up with #IA2030: The Immunization Agenda 2030 team should dive into the potential impact of digital health interventions. 🌍 3. Prioritize Inclusion: Digital health interventions deserve a front-row seat in the supportive supervision toolkit. 📲 4. Invest in Evolution: Let's nurture those promising #GlobalGoods—our digital allies in health care. 🌱 5. Alliance Power: Engage Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance partners to align investments in digital health. 🤝 6. Empower GAVI Countries: Help them see the value of investing in digital health. 💪 🙌 Let's amplify the impact of supportive supervision together! Tag your fellow health warriors and let's make health care sparkle with digital magic! ✨💙 #DigitalHealth #HealthHeroes #HealthTech

Harnessing digital technologies to enhance communication, data collection, and service delivery is essential for optimizing our efforts as we wrap up the 2nd High Level #CommunityHealthDeliveryPartnership (CHDP) Meeting. We note the tremendous support from our partners who have come together to align their resources with country plans. This collaboration is more urgent than ever, as aligning plans, budgets, and implementation strategies at the country level is crucial to achieve impactful results. By strengthening community-based primary health care, we can extend essential health services to vulnerable populations, improve access to care, and address health inequities. Supporting #communityhealthworkers by improving their status, rights, and protections is key to this effort. Evidence-based programmes that empower these workers to deliver integrated services effectively can help countries achieve universal health coverage. Together, we can create a sustainable path toward Universal Health Coverage and a healthier future for all. #SDG Fouzia Shafique

As delegates from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Uganda gather for the #CommunityHealthDeliveryPartnership (CHDP) High-Level Partners Meeting in Washington DC this week, our focus turns to the unsung heroes: community health workers and the miracles they perform every day saving children's lives. 🌍👩⚕️ These dedicated individuals are at the heart of our efforts to strengthen community-based health and nutrition care. They bridge gaps, reaching vulnerable populations in remote areas and marginalized communities. Harnessing digital tools supports them in locating unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children, helping make sure children don't miss out on routine immunization. By empowering them, we address unmet health needs in culturally appropriate ways, improve access to services, and enhance health system performance and efficiency. 💪🏽🌿 Let’s champion #CommunityHealth, invest in these vital workers, and work towards health for all! 🌎🌟 #InvestInHealth #SDG

📣 Looking for talent! Announcing new opportunities to work with UNICEF in digital technology! We are looking for talented and passionate professionals to join our global team and help us deliver innovative solutions for children. 🔹 ICT Specialist (Application Solutions Engineer), P3, Fixed-Term, #53158, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain (re-advertisement) - Deadline 21 July 🔹 Senior ICT Business Relationship Manager, P5, Fixed-term, #100006, ICTD Digital Headquarters, New York, USA - Deadline 21 July 🔹 Business Analyst, P3, Fixed-Term, #100011, ICTD Digital Headquarters, New York, USA - Deadline 21 July 🔹 Consultancy: Platform Architect Consultant, ICTD Digital Core – Valencia, Spain, 5 months (remote) - Deadline 24 July 🔹 Senior Info. Comm. Technology Associate (Identity and Access Management) G7, Fixed-term, #120470, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain (for EU nationals and permanent residency holders in Spain only) - Deadline 31 July 🔹 Administrative and Finance Associate, G6, Temporary Appointment for 364 days #128391, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain (for EU nationals and permanent residency holders in Spain only) - Deadline 31 July 🔹 ICT Officer (Data Integration Engineer), P2, Fixed-term, #43599, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain - Deadline 4 August 🔹 Batch Recruitment: ICT Specialists (Salesforce Lead Developer), P3, Fixed-Term # 120474, #120472, ICTD Digital Core - out-posted to Bangkok, Thailand & Panama City, Panama - Deadline 4 August 🔹 ICT Manager (Senior Architect, Core Infrastructure), P4, Fixed-term, #1608, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain - Deadline 4 August 🔹 ICT Manager (Senior Architect, Cloud Hosting & Integration Services), P4, Fixed-term, #53159, ICTD Digital Core - Valencia, Spain - Deadline 4 August To learn more about these positions and how to apply, please visit our careers website: https://lnkd.in/d4mdir2h

👾 Digital play can be more than entertainment; it’s a powerful tool for children to explore, construct, and express themselves. The latest UNICEF Innocenti - RITEC report shows how children use online games to connect with broader career aspirations, hobbies, or interests; while also exploring individual, collective, or future identities. Given the broad concept of identity and varied reactions to games among children, companies and designers must consider local contexts, cultural diversity, and different needs. This ensures digital play can be a transformative tool for positive experiences. Read the complete report here: https://lnkd.in/dxrQisyA #DigitalPlay #DigitalTechnology #OnlineGames

By Norman Muhwezi, PRINCE2®, MBA, Thomas Noel Gaha, Remy Mwamba and Sonia Sarkar. Nelly Neema is a beacon of hope in the fight against polio in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As a U-Report community leader, she has witnessed first-hand the transformative power of community engagement and technology in addressing public health challenges. Her story is part of a larger narrative of innovation and dedication in overcoming the country's vaccination hurdles. The DRC faces significant health challenges, including multiple disease outbreaks like polio, which require strengthening routine immunization and conducting vaccination campaigns. The country's vast and often inaccessible landscape presents challenges for healthcare providers. Without real-time information on immunization coverage and community concerns about vaccines, many children remain unvaccinated or under vaccinated and remain at high risk of illnesses and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases. To fight this, the Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) section at UNICEF in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has implemented several groundbreaking initiatives to support the DRC’s Ministry of Health. One of the key strategies has been deploying 180 U-Report communities across the country. These communities are integral to raising awareness about the importance of vaccination. They identify zero-dose and under-vaccinated children, report reasons for vaccine refusal, and alert health surveillance teams about potential cases of acute flaccid paralysis. “U-Report communities are a part of UNICEF’s global initiative to engage young people and communities through mobile technology,” explains Karin Kallander, UNICEF's Chief of Digital Health and Information Systems. “The platform allows young people to innovate and voice their opinions on issues affecting their lives and communities. We are leveraging the U-Report platform across countries to focus on zero-dose children.” Read the rest of the article here https://lnkd.in/gXrb5pTa

UNICEF's Reaching the Unreached programme in West and Central Africa uses machine learning to combine satellite imagery, census projections, national household surveys and geospatial data to identify settlements, and map population distribution in detail. By integrating this data with #immunization coverage from national surveys, we can map under-vaccinated and zero-dose children down to a village level. UNICEF HQ Digital Health Chief, Karin Källander shares her views from a recent G20 meeting focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence to reach children who have missed out on life-saving vaccination. #HumanlyPossible. https://lnkd.in/gPzHABif World Health Organization; PAHO;Inter-American Development Bank;UNICEF USA; UNICEF Innovation; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

🎙️We are excited to announce the launch of the ICTD Bits&Bytes podcast about the incredible stories of how digital technologies are shaping the future for children and their communities. Each month, we’ll bring you short inspiring stories showcasing the innovative ways UNICEF is working to create a better present and a brighter future for children worldwide. You can listen now on SoundCloud (https://lnkd.in/eK2K89hR) and Apple Podcasts (https://lnkd.in/edXZEXGq) ! Our first ever episode features a story from UNICEF Tajikistan about the deployment of the Bebbo app– a creative solution designed to support children and parents in their daily lives. We invite you to join us on this journey, listen to the voices of our colleagues and help us spread the word about the incredible work being done. Let’s celebrate the power of innovation and the impact we can make.

Equity in Precision Health Innovation: Advances in life sciences, medicine & technology open opportunities for new ways of keeping people healthy. But can we ensure equity in precision health innovation? Listen to an outstanding panel of experts on Thursday 11 July 2024 at 9am EDT/3pm CEST for a Connected Conversation curated by UNICEF Innovation Nodes to reflect on the opportunities and challenges related to ensuring equity in precision health innovation and learn about practical actions that can help precision health align with the vision of SDG3 and amplify its potential hashtag #foreverychild. Featured Experts: Dr. Janice Limson | South African Research Chair in Biotechnology Innovation & Engagement, Professor of Biotechnology and Director, #Biotechnology Innovation Centre at Rhodes University Karin Källander  | Senior Health Adviser and Chief, Digital Health & Information Systems at UNICEF Stefan Swartling Peterson | Professor of Global Transformation for Health at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Health Specialist at UNICEF Sweden Moderator: Tanya Accone  | Senior Advisor on Innovation at UNICEF George Laryea-Adjei; Helga Fogstad; Fouzia Shafique; Rory Nefdt; UNICEF Innovation Register: https://lnkd.in/gBg9Mpcc

There is a significant gap in digital adoption and use between girls and boys. This disparity matters, and here’s why: By encouraging girls to embrace technology, we empower them with access to educational, employment, and civic opportunities. At UNICEF, our mission is to bridge this digital divide for the next generation of girls, enabling them to thrive in our increasingly digital world. To achieve this, we rely on comprehensive research and data to guide our efforts. Discover the evidence on closing the digital gap for girls and join us in sharing this crucial information. https://lnkd.in/ePsVkvpQ UNICEF Gerda Binder #GenderDigitalDivide #GenderEquality #DigitalInclusion #WomenInTech #DigitalTechnology