Resilience, Real Talk & Rewiring Global Health – with Digital Square

What do you do when global funding gets pulled overnight, and people still need care? Leah Ekbladh, Executive Director of Digital Square , joins us for a chat about the messy business of making digital health systems sustainable, equitable, and country-owned. You'll hear: 💻 Why many global tech pilots fail (and how to avoid the graveyard) 🌱 What it means to truly localise innovation 🧠 How to shape digital tools that scale and stick 💸 What funders get wrong—and what needs to change 📣 And how you (yes, you) can support global health solutions, no code required This is tech for good with teeth —full of hard-earned lessons, humour, and hope.

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Resilience, Real Talk & Rewiring Global Health – with Digital Square is an episode from Igniting Change by Matt Lawrence.

This episode is 40:30 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2025.

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