Africa Digital Health Summit (ADHS 2024)
Date: Tuesday 12 August 2025
Time: 14:00 - 15:30 CET
Duration: 90 minutes
Overview
To mark International Youth Day 2025, join us for Inside the Lab, a special webinar highlighting the achievements of the DTH-Lab Regional Youth Champions (RYCs) and alumni.
Under this year’s International Youth Day (IYD) theme, “Local Youth Actions for the SDGs and Beyond,” the event will spotlight youth-led innovations driving change in digital health and their impact on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local and global levels.
The session will include inspiring presentations, interactive discussions, and a live Q&A segment for those interested in applying to the upcoming 2025 – 2026 RYC cohort.
Objectives
The webinar will:
Who Should Attend
This event is ideal for:
DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
DTH-Lab RYC - Central and Southern Asia
Manager, Media Relations and Strategic Communications at Gavi (Alumna)
DTH-Lab RYC - Europe and Northern America
DTH-Lab RYC - Eastern and South-Eastern Asia
DTH-Lab RYC - Latin America and the Caribbean
Independent Global Health Consultant - (Alumnus)
Science Diplomacy Advisor at PARSUK ( Alumna)
Youth Policy Officer and DTH-Lab Focal Point to the WHO Youth Council
DTH-Lab Youth Engagement Officer, Cameroon
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Climate | UHC | SRHR | Health education and literacy | Global surgery
Charlotte is a 6th-year pharmacy student and a Master's candidate in Political Sciences in Paris, with a deep passion for global health, youth engagement, and health policies.
Of French and Czech heritage, Charlotte has developed diverse international experience, having worked in community pharmacy, research, hospital settings, and industry across France, Malta, Belgium, and Poland.
Her interests include mental health advocacy, digital health in rural areas, One Health, and sustainability. As former Vice President of European Affairs at the European Pharmaceutical Students' Association (EPSA), she represented 100,000 pharmaceutical students across Europe, organizing events with European Parliament members on the mental health of young people.
Charlotte also demonstrated her leadership as Chairperson of the 45th European Pharmaceutical Students Annual Congress, focusing on sustainability in the pharmaceutical sector and its impact on climate health. She has played a key role in fostering collaborations with student and youth organizations, including the European Healthcare Students Association Alliance.
More recently, she became an active member of the WHO's Youth4Health network. Moreover, her previous experience at the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) fueled her interest for European politics and the crucial role of pharmaceutical companies in patient care innovation.
Climate Change| Communicable Diseases | AMR | SRHR
Salman Khan is a dedicated public health advocate with over seven years of leadership in youth-led initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai, India. His work spans critical areas like non-communicable diseases (NCDs), antimicrobial resistance (AMR), climate change and health, and health systems strengthening. Salman has represented medical students on global platforms, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), World Health Organization (WHO), and United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW). With experience at local, national, and international levels, Salman has held key roles in multiple NGOs, including the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA), as the Director of the Standing Committee on Public Health and Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues, leading campaigns that impacted over 120 countries.
Storytelling | global health diplomacy | SRHR | global health governance | mentorship
Eunice Kilonzo is a Communications and (Social) Media Specialist currently a Manager, Content Generation at Safaricom PLC. Her immediate former role was with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) HQ in Nairobi, Kenya as a Social Media and Content Consultant.
Eunice has extensive hands-on experience in organizational communications and (social) media management across a range of sectors: health, science, environment, technology, financial services and development.
She is fascinated with digital health, global health diplomacy, matters around access to health care in children and the youth, newer forms of storytelling, and content creation, generation and sharing.
SRHR | Governance | Gender Equality | Digital Innovation and Sustainability
Sohayla Eldeeb is an environmental health advocate focusing on the intersection of health and sustainability, specifically how digital health plays a role in net zero. She graduated from Stanford with a bachelor's in biology and a master's in Community Health and Preventive Research. In 2018, Sohayla was one of the early team members of Zero Hour, the first youth-led climate march on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, and formed over 200 action chapters worldwide. Since then, she has pushed for reusable gowns and lower-emission food/procurement systems at Stanford. Sohayla has helped lead several initiatives revolutionizing the healthcare systems to net zero, including an innovative greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) calculator for telehealth and transitioning to healthier food systems. She has been named a Healthcare Sustainability Champion. She is extremely passionate about the future of health tech, specifically how it may be used to integrate more representative health measures of social and environmental determinants. Sohayla has spoken at COP 27 about the human right to a healthy environment, the first-ever United Nations Youth Climate Summit, and served as a youth speaker at Africa's CDC Health Conference.
AI | Climate change | Mental Health | Health Literacy | Gender
Alfredo Lorenzo Sablay is a biologist and a licensed medical doctor, being active in professional
and socio-civic youth organizations since 2010. Currently, he is an Envoy for the UNDP Movers
Programme delivering training on the SDGs, climate action, sustainability, leadership, and 21st
century skills to more than 6,000 youth globally. Dr. Lorenzo has also been advocating for good
health and well-being of children and youth through dissemination of truthful and engaging
health information as Country Lead of MoreViralThanTheVirus Philippines and as Chief
Regional Executive for Asia-Pacific of MoreViralThanTheVirus Global, the campaigns and
initiatives of which having reached and involved thousands of youth in the Philippines and
across the globe.
He is also a Fellow of the Youth Empowerment in Climate Action Platform under UNDP, former
UNFCCC YOUNGO Loss and Damage WG Co-Contact Point, Program Coordinator for
YOUNGO Ocean’s Voice, a Youth Mental Health Coach for the National Youth Commission
focusing on engaging with young people, Trainer for the Loss and Damage Youth Coalition,
Education Team Member for InciSioN Global, a Regional Committee Member of the Healthcare
Without Harm RISE SEA Alliance, Engagement Officer for St. Luke’s Medical Center College of
Medicine Planetary and Global Health Program, a core member of The Climate Reality Project
Philippines Youth Cluster, and the National Focal Point for UN1FY Philippines.
He is a Diana Award Recipient for 2022, the most prestigious accolade a young person can
receive for their social action or humanitarian work, and the ASEAN Youth Organization PH
Outstanding Community Development Advocate and Frontliner for 2023. Looking back to his
journey, Dr. Lorenzo is a volunteer-advocate focusing on meaningful youth engagement,
participation, inclusion, and action for people, planet, peace, and prosperity.
Civic Engagement | Health Entrepreneurship | Tech | Climate | Mental Health
Tamoy is a recent law graduate who will soon be called to the Bar of Jamaica. With a strong foundation in both local and international law, she is passionate about human rights, climate justice, international law and shaping policies. Her legal journey has been shaped by her commitment to making complex legal and political concepts accessible to everyone. This passion led her to create *Legally Nerdy*, a social media platform dedicated to breaking down legal issues and current events in a simplified, relatable way.
In addition to her legal expertise, Tamoy is an accomplished media professional and content creator. She has hosted local television programmes and moderated panels, hosted events for government, corporate and international organizations. Her media skills also extend to advocacy, where she uses her platform to spotlight pressing issues like climate change, energy transition, and human rights.
Tamoy’s work reflects her dedication to public service and her desire to influence positive change both in Jamaica and globally. As she prepares to enter the legal profession, she is eager to blend her legal knowledge, media savvy, and advocacy experience to make a meaningful impact on society.
Digital health | epidemiology | global health diplomacy | governance and policy | meaningful youth engagement
Born in Malaysia and raised in Canada, Brian Li Han Wong (@brianwong_) is an entrepreneur, public health advocate & practitioner, and multidisciplinary researcher interested in ageing and life course, digital health, global health governance, immunisation/vaccination policy, and youth engagement. He currently sits on the Steering Committees for the EUPHA Digital Health Section and the new WHO Youth Council. He also leads the Public Health Erosion and Vaccination subgroups on ASPHER’s COVID-19 Task Force and sits on the Board of Trustees for UK Model WHO and Students for Global Health.
Dr Wong has previously acted as surveillance epidemiologist for Public Health England’s Immunisation and Countermeasures Division as well as Programme Manager of the “Outbreak!” strand of UCL’s annual Global Citizenship Programme. His long-standing passion for meaningful youth engagement through innovation, capacity building, and experiential learning activities has led him to found LonWHO, the world’s largest Model WHO simulation, and UK Model WHO, the first unified structure for Model WHO simulations in the UK which provides global health policy, advocacy, and diplomacy training for students and young professionals. He has written and delivered policy statements at high-level meetings, such as the World Health Assembly and the WHO’s Executive Board Meeting, as part of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) delegation.
Dr Wong is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health and the Royal Society of Arts. He is currently undertaking a social innovation fellowship with Year Here and has been accepted onto the 3rd WHO infodemic manager training. Since concluding his doctoral studies in cardiovascular science at University College London, he went on to pursue an Executive Diploma in the Art of Diplomacy from the European Academy of Diplomacy and the Global Clinical Scholars Research Training program with Harvard Medical School. He holds a Master’s degree in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an Honours Bachelor degree in biomedical science with a minor in music from the University of Ottawa.
Universal Health Coverage | Digital Health | Geopolitics | Policy
Inês Viva’s medical journey spans clinical medicine, research, and consultancy in various esteemed institutions. Her leadership qualities are evident from her tenure on executive boards of NGOs affiliated with WHO and the UN such as the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations. Through these platforms, she has made significant contributions to policy drafts and has been a pillar in healthcare student capacity building, focusing on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Her impressive communication prowess was further showcased during her recent Bluebook traineeship at the European Commission, where she delved into pharmaceutical legislation and access to medicines. At present, Inês Viva’s contributions are enriching the OECD, as she zeroes in on the critical subject of Health systems resilience.
Youth Empowerment | SRHR | Digital Advocacy | Human Rights | Sustainable Development
Imane Lakbachi is a human rights advocate with a background in computer science. She is the Director of Network Engagement at IYAFP, and the Founder of Concealed Narratives; a local youth-led initiative using digital advocacy and storytelling to raise awareness around women and girls issues in Morocco. Imane is also a Youth Reference Committee Member at the African Union, one of the Co-chairs of the Digital Experience Sub-Committee at PMNCH, a CEE Fellow at IREX, a Generation Democracy Member at IRI, a Women Deliver Young Leaders Program and Fora’s Global Summit Alumna and a Diana Award Winner 2022. Imane is incredibly passionate about sustainable development and is working with international NGOs, civil society organizations, and foundations on meaningful adolescent and youth engagement.
Enow Awah Georges Stevens, MD is a Youth Frontline Health Worker and a skilled youth engagement consultant. Enow strongly believes in the power of Digital health technology and innovation in edifying society and works in line with health applications of technology. This complements his work as the Youth Officer for The Digital Transformations of Health Lab (DTH-Lab), a global consortium of partners working to drive implementation of the Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030’s recommendations for value-based and youth-centred digital transformations of health at global and national levels. He has strong relationship-building abilities, project management experience, and knowledge of digital health product deployment, and leverages these to support youth projects.
