UNGA80: eHealth Africa Convenes Special Forum

As planetary attraction turns to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) successful New York, African-led organisations person highlighted the continent’s innovation connected the satellite stage.

eHealth Africa (eHA), gathering connected its enactment from the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) 2025, is convening a high-level broadside lawsuit successful concern with Population Services International (PSI), Population Council and Reach Digital Health to showcase Africa’s enactment successful shaping sustainable futures done homegrown solutions.

The dialogue, “African-led Innovation: Shaping Sustainable Futures With oregon Without Aid”, volition clasp connected September 24, 2025, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. EDT astatine the Population Council, New York. Hybrid information is available. Register for escaped here: https://luma.com/idpc8rkc.

The session, which volition beryllium moderated by Hon. Chernor Bah, curate of Education for Sierra Leone and planetary advocator for younker empowerment, volition instrumentality spot against the backdrop of declining donor funding, rising planetary inequalities, and the urgent request for Africa to pb successful designing and implementing integer innovations for sustainability, whether oregon not overseas assistance is available. The broadside lawsuit volition amplify Africa’s ingenuity and enactment successful charting a caller improvement path.

The dialogue, hosted successful concern with eHealth Africa, Population Services International (PSI), Population Council and Reach Digital Health, is pivotal for planetary development. In 2025, donor backing has faced unprecedented cuts, with a 17 per cent diminution successful Official Development Assistance and the near-total withdrawal of the United States from its relation arsenic the world’s astir important assistance contributor.

This lawsuit builds connected the result of the Insights Learning Forum (ILF) 2025, hosted by eHealth Africa. At that forum, stakeholders called for harmonised integer wellness strategies, locally driven investment, and stronger home assets mobilisation. Building connected that momentum, the UNGA80 broadside lawsuit volition situation Africa to instrumentality bolder and much deliberate steps toward a sustainable future.

Speaking up of UNGA80, the enforcement manager of eHealth Africa, Atef Fawaz, emphasised the request for Africa to proceed demonstrating resilience, sovereignty and creativity crossed sectors for a sustainable future.

Atef said, “This is beyond conscionable conversation. It’s an urgent telephone to enactment – a situation to stakeholders crossed sectors to instrumentality bold steps to deepen collaboration, excavation resources, and follow adaptive strategies to prolong impact.”

He added, “eHealth Africa is excited to champion this captious enactment with like-minded organisations. We are bringing unneurotic manufacture leaders and deliberation tanks to telephone for stronger partnerships that enactment African innovation astatine the centre of sustainable development.”

In his remark, Michael Holscher, President of Population Services International (PSI), noted that African innovation is transforming wellness transportation crossed the continent and beyond.

He said, “The astir almighty solutions travel from radical with lived experience, led by experts, gathering systems designed for existent wellness sovereignty.”

Michael says, “Population Services International (PSI) is honoured to basal with our partners driving this unstoppable momentum of African ingenuity, advancing advancement with oregon without outer aid.”

The main enforcement serviceman (CEO) of Reach Digital Health, Debbie Rogers, reiterated this notion, saying, “Africa-led, user-centric solutions are delivering measurable gains crossed the continent, from frontline services to nationalist platforms. To accelerate this progress, we request deeper collaboration and sustained investment.”

“We are continuously inspired and arrogant to enactment alongside galore outstanding organisations and ministries to innovate and standard what works, gathering the adjacent procreation of people-centred integer health,” she added.

As convener of the dialogue, eHealth Africa, unneurotic with Population Services International (PSI), Population Council, and Reach Digital Health, calls connected stakeholders crossed civilian nine organisations, the backstage sector, innovators, academia, and governments to enactment and money African-led innovation, portion ensuring that wellness and improvement solutions are nationally owned and community-driven.