Young Experts; Tech for Health (YET4H) is a dynamic and inclusive network working to center youth rights and perspectives at the heart of digital transformation for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Led by youth, for youth, YET4H believes in a world where young people are resourced and empowered to interrogate the status quo in digital health, represent the diversity of youth, and shape more inclusive and equitable paradigms in the global digital health agenda. To ensure the youth voice and sustainability of YET4H, we are looking to recruit our third cohort of 8 members from October 2024 to September 2025, to support the implementation of our new digital health and youth engagement work plan.
Our Vision: A global digital health ecosystem that meaningfully engages young people, catering to their unique needs and challenges, recognising them as equal stakeholders and partners in achieving Universal Health Coverage.
Our Mission: To build thought leadership and engender pathways for meaningful youth participation to reimagine healthcare in a digital age and champion youth voices and perspectives, by harnessing the power of human-centered technology to deliver healthcare that is inclusive, equitable and accessible to all.
Our Key Objectives:
- Build a global youth network that can represent the diversity of young people, and facilitate the sharing of skills, knowledge, resources and opportunities, to engage with the digital health ecosystem, and contribute to making it more inclusive, equitable, and transformative.
- Advocate for inclusive, equitable and youth-centered programs and policies within the global digital health agenda towards achieving UHC and health for all.
Our Host Organization:
YET4H is an independent youth network hosted by Transform Health, a coalition of organizations dedicated to achieving Universal Health Coverage by increasing access to digital technology and data. The coalition aims to bring together people, organizations and governments around the shared belief in using digital technologies to achieve UHC and will comprise a series of campaigns, programs and initiatives driven by youth as agents of change. Learn more about the coalition here.
Purpose of YET4H:
- To build the capacity of young people in leveraging technology for health to accelerate and advocate for change.
- To provide an opportunity for young people to voice their own experiences and perspectives, particularly young people from marginalized groups and communities.
- To assemble young people in constructive dialogue that can yield improved results based on programs, investments, policies and solutions on UHC.
- To develop campaigns and initiatives in support of leveraging technology for universal health coverage.
- To inform the Transform Health coalition on aspects of UHC and young people’s access to health care.
Responsibilities of Members:
YET4H members are responsible for:
- Dedicating approximately 3 – 6 hours a week to YET4H, which includes digital and face-to-face meetings, where necessary.
- Collaboratively designing an annual work plan.
- Supporting the YET4H coordinator in executing the work plan.
- Co-authoring policy recommendations and launching campaigns and initiatives in support of leveraging youth-centered and rights-based technology for UHC, in partnership with national and regional youth-led organizations.
- Co-designing capacity building opportunities, learning series and other resources to enhance the capacity of young people in digital health advocacy.
- Contributing to building YET4H’s presence in social media to reach and engage young people.
- Proactively participate in and contribute to at least one of Transform Health coalition’s working circles.
Additionally, each member is expected contribute actively in at least one of the following YET4H working groups:
- Communications, Partnerships, and Network Working Group
- Digital Health Data Governance Working Group
- Digital Health Investment Working Group
- Members Engagement and Capacity Building Working Group
Expectations of Members:
YET4H members are expected to uphold the following principles:
- Be proactive and committed to engage relevant stakeholders on behalf of the coalition and YET4H.
- Be respectful and mindful of other peoples’ diverse opinions, perspectives, and lived experiences.
- Provide constructive advice on policy and projects presented for discussion by the coalition.
- Work effectively and collaboratively with others.
- Demonstrate the connection of UHC to the broader Sustainable Development Goals.
- Respond to emails and messages from the primary point of contacts (the YET4H Coordinator) for this project within 3 business days.
- Be accountable to the YET4H work plan, including being proactively transparent regarding potential periods of reduced activity.
In addition, YET4H members are expected to uphold the following values of YET4H:
- Equity, rights, and transformative justice
- Inclusive and intersectional approach to our work
- Being accountable and transparent with those we work with and work to serve
- Listening and learning with an ear to the ground
- Passion to ethically transform digital health to achieve health for all
- Empowering and upskilling diverse youth voices
- Leaving no one behind by reaching those who are missing out from existing services
- Anti-racism and anti-oppression
- People-centered approaches to digital healthcare
- Respect and payment to young people for their work
Benefits:
In return for their commitment, members and facilitators will receive:
- A yearly stipend of CHF 1,800 for members
- Travel support, including: visa reimbursements, accommodation, flights, and expenses to cover participation in select meetings and events (as required).
- Support from the YET4H coordinator and the Transform Health coalition to carry out their responsibilities.
- Greater experience and knowledge about the role of technology and health, and how to drive related, meaningful global policy agendas with tangible results.
- A certificate of appreciation, and an evaluation/reference letter outlining key competencies demonstrated through their participation and contribution, at the end of their tenure.
Please direct any questions to info@yet4h.org.
Apply by filling out this Google Form before 11:59 pm UTC July 31st, 2024.
