Digital innovation in humanitarian settings

Feb 2026

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How does an organisation like the ICRC - working in conflict zones, disasters, and last-mile settings - approach digital transformation? Javier Elkin spent three years building the ICRC's digital health unit from scratch, covering prioritisation frameworks, DHIS2 implementation, and the MOOVE/Medotron initiative to validate LLMs for humanitarian settings.

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Digital innovation in humanitarian settings

Hot take. AI regulation. Have we got it backwards?

Hot takes AI and digital health. Do the BORING stuff!

Hot Takes Social Media Ban in the UK with Vishaal Virani of Youtube Health

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