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Global Digital Health Forum 2024

GDHF is the leading global public health industry networking and relationship-building opportunity for technology vendors, donors, researchers, government representatives, and implementing organizations working in low- and middle-income countries. Pathfinder’s Matt Saaks, Charles Waka, Hafiz Yaro, Hasan Zahir, and Felician Luchagula, will participate in this event.

This event is a hybrid event, with the primary in-person conference taking place in Nairobi, Kenya.

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GDHF 2024 Delegation

Matthew Saaks
Senior Digital Health Advisor
United States

Matthew Saaks has over 20 years of experience in international public health, MEL and digital systems. He is currently Pathfinder’s Senior Digital Health Advisor where he works to advance and innovate digital health in projects, business development, and enterprise-wide. Matthew’s passion for digital health evolved from his desire to innovate from his public health MEL foundation.

Charles Waka
Senior Advisor, Digital Innovations
Kenya

A computer scientist with 10+ years of experience, specializing in digital health innovations. As Senior Advisor for Digital Innovations at Pathfinder International, he leverages AI, mobile data, and cloud systems to enhance data-driven decision-making and improve health outcomes globally.


Hasan Zahir
Manager, Information Technology
Bangladesh

Hasan Zahir Ruhin is a seasoned IT professional with over 15 years of experience, especially in leading and managing large-scale USAID project’s digital and technology portfolio. Based in Dhaka, Hasan has supported several organizations’ technological transitions and transformation, elevated data-driven decision-making provisions, facilitated digitalized solutions and innovations to support programmatic needs, and supported improving process efficiencies with higher data compatibilities and cross-team sharing.

Felician Luchagula
MEL Director
Tanzania

Felician has over 15 years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) for donor-funded public health projects in Tanzania. Since 2020, he has served as the MEL Director for Pathfinder International Tanzania, where he develops and implements the organization’s MEL strategy and oversees routine program monitoring, documentation, knowledge management, evaluation, research, and learning.

Hafiz Yaro
Technical Advisor
Nigeria

Dr. Hafiz Yaro is a medical doctor with over six years of progressive experience in planning and implementing Health Systems Strengthening, RMNCH+N, TB/HIV, and immunization (childhood preventable diseases and COVID-19) programs funded by USAID, FCDO, BMGF, MacArthur Foundation and Global Fund, in both humanitarian and development sectors; working closely with stakeholders in private and public sectors to improve service delivery, leadership and governance, and financing in the health sector. At Pathfinder, he provides program and technical advisory for the Gates Foundation-funded GeoST4R Investment aimed at revolutionizing Primary Health Care (PHC) microplanning and decision support through the deployment of geospatial and AI-enabled solutions and strengthening the use of PHC operational data.


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