Episode 9 · Rwanda

Policy insights from the Rwanda Ministry of Health and FIND

Rigveda Kadam & Andrew Muhire · Digital and AI Lead, FIND · Chief Digital Officer, Rwanda Ministry of Health

Dec 2024

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About this episode

Closing out the year with two fantastic guests: Rigveda Kadam from FIND and Andrew Muhire from Rwanda's Ministry of Health. Building on Episode 8, this discussion dives into the critical connection between product development partners and ministries of health - and what it takes to create the conditions for successful digital health implementation.

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What we cover

01How Rwanda balances top-down mandates with frontline adoption to foster trust
02Tackling antimicrobial resistance with clinician decision support as a case study
03Systems thinking to measure success in evolving interventions - Andrew's "contribution lines" approach
04Rigveda's wishlist for the ecosystem: from WHO priority areas to better alignment on patient journeys
05Infrastructure, policy, and trust as the key elements for making digital health innovations stick

About the guest

Rigveda Kadam & Andrew Muhire

Digital and AI Lead, FIND · Chief Digital Officer, Rwanda Ministry of Health

Rigveda Kadam is an experienced global health strategist with expertise in digital health, AI, and public health programmes, driving impactful innovations and policy alignment. Andrew Muhire is the Chief Digital Officer at the Rwanda Ministry of Health.

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