Hackathon: Accelerating Access to Health through Digital Innovations

Chevening Alumni Alliance is hosting a one-day Hackathon about 'Accelerating Access to Health through Digital Innovations' on 25 March 2023. The event aims to bring together ideas that have the potential to reduce the accessibility gap in healthcare in low-resource settings and for vulnerable populations. 

Rationale: 

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened our minds to the deficiencies in healthcare systems that unfairly affect the communities that are most deprived. Healthcare inequities and lack of access to a safe and dependable healthcare system is the need of the day. Digital innovations and emerging technologies hold a promise to bridge this gap, but the solutions need to be well-designed for sustainability, scalability, and sensitivity to local needs and contexts.

To facilitate this process, the Chevening Alumni Alliance (CAA) is bringing together ideas, experiences, and support systems in the form of a Hackathon. In November, the Chevening Alumni Alliance launched a three-month long FCDO funded Hackathon: Accelerating Access to Health through Digital Innovations.

The aim of the hackathon is to bring together ideas that have the potential to reduce the accessibility gap in healthcare in low-resource settings and for vulnerable populations using digital solutions.

The opening of the event was held at London School of Economics in hybrid mode with hundreds of participants joining from all over the world. The plenary event brought together keynote guest speakers, Chevening Alumni, and current Chevening Scholars studying at UK-based universities with a vision to make healthcare accessible to the remotest corners of the world with the support of digital technologies.

Following the event, Chevening Scholars and Alumni formed hackathon teams to develop their proposed digital healthcare solutions which will be presented and judged at a final event on 25 March 2023.

The event is open to:

· Hackathon Participants: Students, professionals, or teams who have an idea that they want to build into a product or service with IT and Health Sector background.

· Partners: Representatives from Academia, Think-tanks, Government and Non-government Organizations who are most likely to partner with tech-based solutions for improving healthcare access

· Chevening Alumni, Scholars, and Fellows from all countries are highly encouraged to apply as Participants, Mentors, and Speakers. 

Chevening Alumni, Scholars, and Fellows from all countries are highly encouraged to apply as Participants, Mentors, and Speakers.

 

Sponsors and Partners:

If you or your organization would like to sponsor the event or partner up in helping us co-organize this event, kindly drop a line at cheveningalumnialliance@gmail.com and our team will get in touch with you. 

Event Details

Date: Saturday, 25 March 2023

Time: 9.30 am to 4:30 pm UK Time

Venue:

LSE, Centre Building,

Main Reception,

London School of Economics and Political Science,

Houghton Street,

London WC2A 2AE.

Google Maps:

https://goo.gl/maps/WQmwao82ZGPj6NFs7

Agenda:

09:30 - 10:00 Registration Starts

10:00 - 11:00 Context setting and Keynote speech

-Carly Wonder, Chevening Secretariat

-John Hamilton, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy -Ashgabat

-Emmanuel  Artusa-Barrell, Chevening Alumni Alliance

-Dr.Mohamed Waheed Hassan, Former President of the Republic of Maldives

 Distinguished Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

-Mr.Paljor Dorji, Special Adviser at the Government of Bhutan 

-Shabd Mishra, Managing Director, Renaissance eServices Pvt. LTD

-Gulshat Kochak, CAPF Project Lead, Board Director, Chevening Alumni Alliance 

11:30 - 13:00 Pitches by Digital Health   Hackathon participants & feedback

Group 1- Careshop App  

Group 2-Healthy District Digital Initiative (HDDI)- A two Dollar Project

Group 3-Emergently App

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:00 Presentations continue

Group 4-Step One for Mental Health

Group 5-Maternal Mortality in Indonesia 

Group 6-A Digital Health Solution for the impoverished and marginalized regions of Pakistan

15:00 - 15:30 Action-Plan, way forward and recommendations

Challenges and possible solutions for   accelerating access to Health through Digital Innovations. (Muhammad Haqmal, Humaira Mufti)

15:30 - 16:30 Winners announced/ certificates (Krishan, Ruchi, Gulshat)

Event ends

Intelectual Property Rights (IPR)

-Any IPR which arises in the course of the implementation of the Project  will belong to the Grantee, provided that the Grantee hereby grants to the Authority a worldwide, perpetual, royalty free licence to use such IPR for any purpose directly connected with the Project.

-Neither Party will own or assert any interest in the other Party’s existing IPR.

 

Key Points:

-          All ‘Hackathon Participants’ are advised to carry their laptops.

-          Guests can use the internet on campus.

-          Lunch will have vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Please indicate in advance if you have any specific food allergies or requirements.

-          We will be taking pictures and videos during the sessions, recording the online session, and sharing it on social media for future learning. If you have concerns about not being photographed, please indicate them to us.

-          Please also tell us if you need any assistance with mobility or accessibility.

-          Please feel free to write to us in case of any other issues. Our volunteers will be on-site to help you and we hope to do our best to accommodate your needs.

-          Please check the national rail services strike updates for trains arriving in London in case you are planning to arrive on Saturday morning to London.

See you there!