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Ismael Kawooya

Ismael Kawooya works with the Centre for Rapid Evidence synthesis in Uganda, where he coordinates the implementation of several evidence-informed decision-making mechanisms to improve access to evidence in a timely manner. Specifically, his work contextualizes and evaluates different methods in a low-income setting.
 

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Emerging through the chaos: Can the recent Open AI leadership commotion provide some clues for  digital solutions for Evidence in Decision-Making?

First things first, I won’t write here about the existential threat of Artificial Intelligence (a common topic these days), as I don’t want to risk a Dunning-Kruger effect. You might want to listen to the related experts on that issue. Here, instead, I will explore opportunities for the intersection between a complex tool, Generative AI, an...

World Health Summit 2023: Faith is restored- but only just!

“Let’s remember that trust is restored when ordinary people feel the tangible benefits of policies designed to protect their lives and livelihoods.” Hans Kluge, WHO The theme of this year’s World Health Summit (WHS), which took place from the 15th to 17th October, 2023 in Berlin, could not have been more appropriate for our (dire) ti...

Can the Updated Model Lists of Essential Medicines improve equity in future public health emergencies like Ebola outbreaks?

Earlier this week, on 26th July 2023, the WHO Expert panel published updated Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc). When the excitement of the promise to (further) reduce medicine prices and predictable supply chains in countries like mine eventually subsides, we’ll need to consider if the update...

Confronting the uncomfortable: Emerging voices’ reflections after a talk on decolonization

Intro (by Farchanda) This year, the Face-to-face (F2F) part of the Emerging Voices (EV) venture was held in Medellin, Colombia from October 20-30, in the run-up to the 7th Global Health Systems Research symposium in Bogota. ‘Decolonizing Global Health’ is such a hot topic nowadays, that it could impossibly be left out of the ‘Bi...