GIZ’s One Health Data Alliance Africa (OHDAA) project, which manages the One Digital Health Community of Practice, a flagship initiative under the digital Transformation Strategy of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), undertake the ambition to implement a One Health Data Analysis capacity development program which brings together data and IT experts with One Health policy makers.

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, the spread of infectious diseases is accelerating under the combined pressures of climate change, urbanisation, ecosystem degradation and other factors. GIZ’s One Health Data Alliance Africa (OHDAA) project, has been focusing on addressing these systemic barriers to unlock the transformational potential of data for health security in Africa and by extension, the world.

Women play a critical role in developing the digital technologies that underpin the delivery of social protection systems, but remain underrepresented and often undervalued in their field. Women working at the nexus of digital technology and social protection reflect on challenges they face and opportunities to encourage more women into tech careers.