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Our guests and speakers are here, we are ready for the #YouthTech4UHC forum specifically focused on active youth participation and technology needed to attain universal health coverage.

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As countries move towards Universal health Coverage, we are finding millions of people fall into poverty and this is why we need technology to make healthcare scalable and accessible - @OlamideOkulaja at the #YouthTech4UHC forum

Young people are among the most neglected groups and individuals between 15-29 make a quarter of the world's population. These young people bring a fresh perspective to global discussions which is why this meeting is crucial -
@OlamideOkulaja at the #YouthTech4UHC forum

As digital natives, it is important to ask what young people think about global governance, what are their roles in healthcare and how can they employ digitisation in moving the sector forward? - @OlamideOkulaja at the #YouthTech4UHC forum

In line with the innovation the Lagos State Government is about, the Smart Health Information Platform (SHIP) via the Lagos eHealth Strategy is empowering us all to start thinking digitally & smart- @ProfAkinAbayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health at the #YouthTech4UHC forum

The Smart Health Information Platform allows us through a complex group of activities to access healthcare using multiple apps -@ProfAkinAbayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health at the #YouthTech4UHC forum

We want all Lagosians to get on this "ship" so that they can access health faster, smarter and sharper. The most important factor in driving the Smart Health Information Platform is governance - @ProfAkinAbayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health at the #YouthTech4UHC forum.

We need blockchain experts so that we can mine and own our data. In blockchain, you can nail down the ownership of data. It answers crucial questions like: Who is the doctor? Who are the patients linked with this doctor? What are the treatments? - @ProfAkinAbayomi
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Many of us as academics are eager to get academic credentials. This can be achieve in health technology by ensuring that every time we upload data, we maintain ownership by enforcing ownership & control at the beginning - @ProfAkinAbayomi
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning is the way the world is going to control most of our lives in the future, we must be ready for this -@ProfAkinAbayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health speaking at the #YouthTech4UHC forum.

The key to ensuring that the Lagos eHealth platform works is through interconnectivity. This will be driven by the young people who are application specialists, software engineers and blockchain experts. We need you! -@ProfAkinAbayomi
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How do we ensure the easy movement of files without a breach of confidentiality, store big data, drive cyber security, health insurance and records? These are questions you all as youth must answer by bringing in your expertise in technology - @ProfAkinAbayomi
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Our role at @PharmAccessNIG is to facilitate access to Universal Health Coverage, particularly for low income countries and communities - @NjideN, Commisioner for Lancet and Financial Times Commission on digital health.
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The Lancet & Financial Times Commission is built to provide a platform for the voice of the youth to be heard in pushing for Universal Health Coverage and governing health futures -@NjideN, Commissioner for Lancet and Financial Times Commission on digital health.
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We must make sure that the healthcare systems we develop cater to everybody, no one excluded, rural and urban, low income and high income, with no stones left unturned -@NjideN, Commissioner for Lancet and Financial Times Commission on digital health.
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A whopping 75% of Nigeria's 198.4 million population are subscribed to mobile platforms with 98.39 million internet users. The major question is "how do we leverage this wide reach and mobile penetration?" -@NjideN
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The Lancet and Financial Times Commission are consulting the youth so that we can understand the perception of young people about healthcare and how they interact with the health system -@NjideN Commissioner for Lancet Commission on digital health.
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The Lancet and Financial Times Commission are consulting the youth so that we can collectively identify barriers to healthcare access, particularly for the young people and how digital technology can help enable access to quality and affordable healthcare. -@NjideN
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If we can create solutions to access, infrastructure, talent and funding, then we can turbocharge the innovation ecosystem- Mr Olatubosun Alake, SA to Executive Governor of Lagos State on Digital Innovation and Technology.
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For us to properly innovate in healthcare, we need access to data. The data points lend to building better fit-for-purpose products -Mr Olatubosun Alake, SA to Executive Governor of Lagos State on Digital Innovation and Technology.
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The Lagos State Government is focused on increasing local investment in the innovation ecosystem so that we can scale solutions to who and where it matters most -Mr Olatubosun Alake, SA to Executive Governor of Lagos State on Digital Innovation and Technology.
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Demand for family planning among married population in Nigeria is just at 35%, for the unmarried population, 84% of them demand for family planning but over half of them do not have their needs met - @Ogechi_Onuoha Head of Marketing & Communications @MarieStopesNG
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In Nigeria, we have a high under-5 mortality rate because access to family planning services is nonexistent and this is also due to poor access to information -@Ogechi_Onuoha, Head of Marketing & Communications @MarieStopesNG
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In our current healthcare facilities, we have issues around accountability, reliability & feedback. Through the Lagos eHealth Strategy platform, we would track service delivery in relation to attitude of service providers, speed and efficiency -@ProfAkinAbayomi
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At the facility level, data privacy and data quality are crucial to protect the rights of the young person and promote access to quality, non judgemental Sexual and Reproductive Health Care -@Ogechi_Onuoha, Head of Marketing & Communications @MarieStopesNG
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At @MarieStopesNG, we piloted the use of mobile technology for collection, collation and computation of internal quality technical assistance (QTA) in 2019 across two channels. QTA results could be viewed at regional, states, LGA & facility level -@Ogechi_Onuoha
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The youth in Nigeria make up a whopping 67% of its population but their health needs are not being taken into cognizance when we build healthcare systems and solutions - @uofonagoro
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The Design Thinking exercises are ongoing. Here, the youngins breakout into groups to brainstorm solutions to the question: "How can every young person have access to healthcare without paying for it when they need it?"
Let the games begin!
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The Panel Discussions have begun!

The first panel discussion is focused on "The Digital Generation under 25"
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