Women in Digital Health Event in Ghana: Empowering future female leaders

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With support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), on September 17 and 18, 2024, Digital Square at PATH, the Ghana Health Service (GHS), and GIZ hosted a Ghana Women in Digital Health event in Accra, Ghana, as part of the Digital Innovation in Pandemic Control (DIPC) project. The event convened 95 female participants—the majority of whom were students or young professionals—to learn about digital health and the diverse roles that make up this field, hear stories and advice from women leaders in digital health on how to overcome commonly faced challenges, and connect with local digital health stakeholders. Participants also engaged in hands-on learning through interactive workshops to equip them with practical skills and actionable insights to help inform and inspire their career paths.

By engaging these enthusiastic participants, the event catalyzed connections and disseminated knowledge to help foster a local and more representative digital health workforce in Ghana.  

This brief provides an overview of the event and its impacts.