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Center for Advancing Health Systems Innovations The Center for Advancing Health Systems Innovations (CAdSHI) is your catalyst for health systems transformation, a dynamic 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

We specialize in strengthening capacity building and translating research findings into evidence-based practices, with a focus on bridging the gap between research and practice. This includes addressing non-communicable diseases, emerging infectious diseases, associated risk factors, and the impact of climate-related factors on vulnerable communities and healthcare systems. Our core approach utilizes mobile technologies to optimize data systems, build capacity, identify research gaps, and implement strategies to enhance health outcomes and the functioning of health systems. We develop data-driven solutions to address urgent public health system challenges. In collaboration with governments, the private sector, civil society, and leading institutions, we drive innovative programs and health initiatives to improve underserved populations' well-being.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒCenter for Advancing Health Systems Innovations (CAdHSI) congrat...
09/01/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ง ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ

Center for Advancing Health Systems Innovations (CAdHSI) congratulates Ms. Fatumata L. Kaba, our Web Technology Specialist, on her admission to Stanford University to pursue a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

This achievement reflects her dedication, discipline, and commitment to both academic and professional development.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐›๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

The CAdHSI team celebrates this milestone and wishes her continued success in this new chapter.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐š!

08/19/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐„๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐‘๐‚ ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ

Why does mistrust within the community persist despite repeated Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

In this excerpt from Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐€๐๐‡๐’๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, explains that each outbreak can affect distinct rural communities, each with its own cultures, beliefs, experiences, and access to health services.

His perspective highlights that effective outbreak response requires more than lessons from past emergencies; it also demands renewed community engagement and trust-building tailored to each local context.

๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

08/12/2026

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ก๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ: ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Africaโ€™s preparedness for future outbreaks depends on investing before emergencies occur.

In this excerpt from Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast on the current Ebola outbreak, Dr. Chinwe Ochu MBBS, MPH, DrPH, Director of Planning, Research & Statistics at the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), calls for greater investment in African-led research, innovation, and local manufacturing of vaccines, therapeutics, medicines, and essential health supplies.

She highlights the need to shift from building solutions during an outbreak to developing the capacity, resources, and infrastructure required well in advance.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch the clip to hear why local manufacturing and African innovation are central to strengthening health security across the continent.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

08/07/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Early detection starts at the community level

In this excerpt from Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast, ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ซ, ๐‚๐€๐๐‡๐’๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฌ ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐  ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, explains how strong primary healthcare systems and trained community health workers can help identify warning signs early, strengthen disease surveillance, and enable a faster response to outbreaks.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

07/29/2026

๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ: ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐†๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐

Preparedness begins long before an outbreak occurs.

In this excerpt from Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast, Dr. Chinwe Ochu MBBS, MPH, DrPH, Director of Planning, Research & Statistics at the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), explains why countries must invest in preparedness through simulation exercises, coordinated response systems, data sharing, and community engagement.

She highlights that resilient health systems are built by planning ahead, empowering local communities, and strengthening collaboration before emergencies arise.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

07/26/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐„๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค?

When outbreaks occur, fear can spread as quickly as the virus itself. In this excerpt from Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast, Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Director for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response (PPPR) at Africa CDC, explains why understanding the current Bundibugyo Ebola virus is essential.

He discusses what sets this strain apart, why there are currently no approved vaccines or specific treatments, and how proven public health measuresโ€”including surveillance, contact tracing, community engagement, and infection preventionโ€”remain the most effective tools for containing the outbreak.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

07/23/2026

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ?

Why do some health programs create lasting impact while others fall short?

In Episode 5 of the CAdHSI Podcast, we examine the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with Dr. Chinwe Ochu MBBS, MPH, DrPH , Director of Planning, Research & Statistics at the Nigeria Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Bill Breirger โ€“ Chairman of the Board, CAdSHI, and Dr. Tolbert Nyenswah, Director for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) at Africa CDC.

The discussion explored the Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain, the challenges of outbreak detection and response, and why the current risk of global transmission remains low.

Watch the full episode here: https://shorturl.at/uDoLd

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06/30/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ: ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐‡๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข

A successful intervention in one community may not yield the same results in another. Effective implementation begins with understanding the local context.

This excerpt from Episode 4 of the Center for Advancing Health Systems Innovations (CAdHSI) Podcast explains why public health interventions must be designed with the communities they serve in mind.

While a project may be feasible in Liberia, the same approach may require significant adaptation to reflect Haitiโ€™s realities.

Watch the full episode here: (https://shorturl.at/hbO4T)

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06/25/2026

๐‚๐€๐๐‡๐’๐ˆโ€™๐ฌ 5-๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐’๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž

Research creates knowledge, but impact comes from putting that knowledge into practice.

In this excerpt from Episode 4 of the Center for Advancing Health Systems Innovations (CAdHSI) Podcast, Dr. Kechna Cadet, PhD, MPH, Deputy CEO & Chief Scientific Officer, shares CAdHSIโ€™s vision for the next five years.

She discusses the importance of implementing evidence-based, community-centered programs while ensuring research findings are translated into policies and practical solutions that improve health outcomes.

From strengthening health systems to informing school-based initiatives and addressing community health priorities, the focus is on turning evidence into meaningful, measurable change.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: (https://shorturl.at/hbO4T)

06/23/2026

๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐

A health program may show promising results on paper, but success in practice depends on how well it aligns with the realities of the communities it serves.

In this excerpt from Episode 4 of the CAdHSI Podcast, our CEO and Founder, Ambulai J (Idris), highlights the role of implementation research in understanding why some health initiatives struggle to achieve their intended impact.

The conversation emphasizes the importance of identifying community-specific needs and translating research findings into solutions that are relevant, practical, and sustainable.

๐ŸŽฅ Watch this episode to explore why implementation is just as important as innovation when designing effective health programs.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Watch the full episode here: (https://shorturl.at/hbO4T)

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