The  FST Guild President, Danielle Mullings, spoke at Transform Health's Harnessing the power of data and digital technology for health transformation in the COVID-19 recovery event at the UN General Assembly 2020. As the Caribbean and Americas representative on the Young Experts: Tech 4 Health global youth council, she underscored the importance of engaging young people meaningfully in the decision making processes and amplifying the voices of youth to promote health efforts in a digital age. Danielle spoke to a live audience of over 1000 healthcare professionals across the world, with the recordings amassing over 15,000 views. The panellists also included Dykki Settle, Chief Digital Officer; Director, Center of Digital and Data Excellence (CoDE) at PATH and Nicole Spieker, Quality Director and Director East Africa at PharmAccess Foundation. 

Watch the recording here (Danielle’s panel begins at 51:00mins): https://pages.devex.com/unga75-digital-tech-for-health.html#WELCOME

See also the Geneva Internet Platform (GIP) recounting of the event and Ms Mulling’s contribution in their post event report:

“Diversity and inclusion are also vital components for digital transformation to be equitable. Ms Danielle Mullings (Young Expert, Tech 4 Health) said that it is not enough for a young person to have a seat at the table; rather, the participation of youth needs to be systematically structured in the process of developing strategy and policy. The values that youth can bring to the table as a digital native is immeasurable. She further commented that identifying under- or unrepresented perspectives will help reports and policy recommendation.” Read more here:  https://dig.watch/resources/harnessing-power-data-and-digital-technology-health-transformation-covid-19-recovery