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Digital Square actively stands against racism.

Digital Square envisions a world where digitally-enabled health services close the health equity gap. We cannot achieve this vision without actively working to dismantle entrenched and systemic racism. We believe that digital health is an amplifier: it has great potential to accelerate progress towards health equity but without a deliberately anti-racist approach, risks perpetuating inequity. We must actively stand against racism. As an initiative hosted by PATH, Digital Square asserts that racism is an ongoing public health crisis--one that is directly counter to Digital Square's vision, mission, and values.

Digital SquareDigital SquareJune 18, 2020Digital Square, Equity, RacismComment

Will COVID-19 accelerate digital transformation? 5 ways the development community can “build back better”

As the global response to COVID-19 accelerates, thoughtful leaders in every sector are asking: how can we structure our response to not only respond to the needs of today, but to ‘build back better’ once the crisis is over?

The digital sector needs to do the same.

2019 Global Digital Health Forum

The Digital Square team, along with other members of PATH’s Center of Data and Digital Excellence will be joining colleagues and collaborators from around the world for the 2019 Global Digital Health Forum. This year's Forum - Celebrating Innovation and Supporting Proven Practices at Scale - seeks to balance the need for evidence based scaling of proven systems with the urgent need to determine how emerging technologies and approaches can dramatically improve health outcomes.

Digital SquareDigital SquareDecember 3, 2019Global Digital Health Forum, BID Initiative, Skye Gilbert, Digital Square, #GDHF2019Comment

Making good on the promise of digital: The growth of Digital Square

Imagine this: your community is threatened with a disease that kills one of every two people infected. You hear rumors about new cases that seem to be drawing closer to your neighborhood, but official reports disagree. You see international groups coming in to help. But they won’t let you bury your loved ones. They say they must “track” you with their mobile phones since you were at an event with someone who was exposed. How do you know that your local health facility is equipped to handle this disease or that health workers know the proper treatment? What information do you trust?

Digital SquareDigital SquareNovember 26, 2019Digital Square, Digital health, Success Story, PartnersComment

Welcome to Digital Square

Last week we launched Digital Square, a new global initiative connecting the world for better health.

Development dollars are scarce. Digital Square introduces an innovative approach to funding in the health sector. It’s a simple but powerful concept called co-investment. Through co-investment, we maximize the impact of digital health financing from individuals and organizations in public and private sectors.

Digital SquareOctober 31, 2017Digital Square, Launch, Global Goods, TwitterComment

SHARING STORIES, KNOWLEDGE, AND INSIGHTS

The digital sector needs to do the same.