Co-Chair: Dr Unben Pillay
Co-Chair: Dr Unben Pillay
General Practitioner and Telehealth industry Leader
Co-Chair: Prof Fathima Paruk
Co-Chair: Prof Fathima Paruk
Clinical & Academic HOD: Critical Care, UP, HPSCA Board Member
Mr Thulani Matsebula
Mr Thulani Matsebula
Senior Health Economist, World Bank
Dr Dino Rech
Dr Dino Rech
Audere CEO, Digital software development group (USA/SA) Associate Adjunct Professor Vanderbilt School of Medicine.
Prof Eric Buch
Prof Eric Buch
Director for Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Prof Roseanne Harris
Prof Roseanne Harris
Committee co-ordinator: Health Policy Actuary Discovery, WITS Lecturer
Dr Brad Beira
Dr Brad Beira
Managing Director | The Advisory Group
Jacqui Stewart
Jacqui Stewart
CEO | The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa NPC
Dr Gloria Maiemela
Dr Gloria Maiemela
Director Climate and Health Wits RHI
The aim is to create functional synergy by encouraging and facilitating knowledge and resource sharing between the initiatives in order to overcome the common barriers to telehealth adoption in South Africa and Africa.
The Africa TeleHealth Collaboration Objective
To facilitate a broad-based approach towards encouraging the further development and enhancement of telehealth in the South African and African healthcare ecosystems with a focus on enhancing access, cost effectiveness and improved quality of care, particularly in resource poor / underserved communities to create an inclusive healthcare system in line with the objectives of Universal Health Coverage.
This will be achieved by creating a repository of telehealth initiatives at all stages of development and across all sectors (public, NGO, educational / academic and private) via a multi stakeholder approach/engagement.
The aim is to create functional synergy by encouraging and facilitating knowledge and resource sharing between the initiatives in order to overcome the common barriers to telehealth adoption in South Africa and Africa. Relevant research will also be identified, encouraged and supported.
Significant advances have been made in telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and its critical to build on this momentum even as the pandemic recedes.