Topic: Youth mental health

Explore how digital health and AI can improve health systems across Africa. The programme examines safe and trustworthy clinical AI, interoperable health data, digital public-health surveillance, and the translation of research into care. Sessions address maternal and youth mental health, primary-care capacity, workforce development, health-data governance and financing sustainable implementation. A session led by Morris Nguyen of Predicate AI Labs examines physiological intelligence for earlier neonatal sepsis detection, on 30 September from 14:00 to 15:00 in MH2B. The wider programme combin

Youth sport can support growth, physical health and community, but year-round schedules, early specialization and social-media pressure can also make participation stressful. Meredith Whitley examines changes in sports culture amid rising youth mental-health difficulties and presents a seven-part framework for healthier sport environments. The lecture considers how young athletes can develop life skills while retaining enjoyment of the game. Whitley’s research includes designing and evaluating school and community sport programmes and developing US mental-health guidelines for youth sport. Sp