Sofiat Akinola is a Director of Health Policy and External Affairs at Roche Diagnostics working on analyzing policy landscape and engaging global stakeholders to transform the way diseases can be prevented, diagnosed and monitored to keep populations healthy and health systems transformation.
Prior to joining Roche Diagnostics, Sofiat was a Global Health Lead at the World Economic Forum where her portfolio focused on Value-Based Healthcare, Universal Health Coverage and Healthy Ageing and Longevity. Sofiat led the portfolio on Health Ageing and Longevity with the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on Healthy Ageing and Longevity, a dynamic platform for leading businesses, governments, civil society organizations and world class experts to shape the global healthy ageing and longevity agenda, generate and disseminate new contents and insights and engage multiple actors to co-create solutions to boost the impact of healthy life expectancy.
Sofiat worked in the NGO and Government sectors where she built monitoring and evaluation skills to support strategies ranging from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Initiative to Ending Homeless in Alberta, Canada. Sofiat has two Masters, one from University of Oxford on Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation with a focus on Impact Evaluation and from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, where she received an MSc. and MPH. Sofiat also received her Bachelor’s degree from McGill University in Sociology focusing on Gender, Health and International Development.
We must redesign women's health systems around early detection and integrated care, and recognize diagnostics as being foundational to effective care.
Cervical cancer is preventable, yet deaths are rising due to unequal access to HPV vaccines, screening, treatment and trusted care systems.
Establecer el Día Mundial para la Eliminación del Cáncer de Cuello Uterino el 17 de noviembre podría aumentar la conciencia, impulsar la acción y promover el acceso equitativo.
A proposed World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day on 17 November could boost awareness, action and equitable access, raising political will and action.
A 30 años de la Declaración de Beijing, la inversión en diagnósticos debe ser una prioridad para alcanzar los objetivos de equidad en la salud de las mujeres.
女性が質の高いヘルスケアを利用できれば、教育を受ける、労働力参加を果たすなど、地域社会に十分に貢献することが可能になります。女性のヘルスケアは進歩しているものの、タイムリーなスクリーニング検査や正確な診断を受けられるかどうかに格差があるなど、依然として障壁が残っています。
As we mark 30 years since the Beijing Declaration, investing in accessible, high-quality diagnostics must be prioritized for women's health equity goals.
Cervical cancer elimination is achievable with comprehensive strategies, including HPV vaccination, screening and treatment, addressing global disparities.
世界卫生组织2020年战略旨在通过疫苗接种、筛查和治疗消除宫颈癌。在获得医疗保健中存在的不平等和因医疗保健而可能引发的耻辱情绪对低收入和中等收入国家的妇女影响尤为严重。数字平台可以通过提供实时报告和远程护理来应对这些挑战，从而弥合医疗保健服务在可及性和质量方面的差距。
Digital technologies can revolutionise cervical cancer care in low- and middle-income countries by allocating resources more effectively and improving the accuracy of diagnoses.
Cervical cancer is largely preventable and treatable, but we need multi-stakeholder collaboration to ensure equitable access to vaccination and treatment.
We asked members of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers and Global Innovators community how technology can improve our lives as we age.
October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons, and this year's theme is “Digital Equity for All Ages.” Here are six views on how to achieve that.
世界人口正在变老。许多国家的人口预期寿命已增至 70 岁或以上，许多人现在都活到 80 多岁和 90 多岁。百岁老人（100 岁或以上）的人数也在增加。全球人口正在从年轻型走向老龄化，预计每一代人的寿命都会比上一代长。
The global population is steadily moving from a young population towards an ageing population. Here's what young people feel about living longer and healthier.
