Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP)’s Post

Join Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization Director-General, and leaders in the launch of the Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) on 20th February, 2024. This WHO Managed Network aims to enhance collaboration, align resources, and drive country-led digital health transformation through strengthened collaboration and knowledge exchange. It acts as a vehicle to facilitate the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. The Initiative aims to achieve the following objectives through collaborative efforts: - Assess and prioritize country needs for sustainable digital health transformation. - Increase the alignment of country-level digital health resources and unfunded priorities. - Support the accelerated achievement of the strategic objectives of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. - Build capacity and converge efforts to encourage local development, maintenance, and adaptation of digital health technologies to continuously changing needs. Membership is open to all institutions engaged in digital health. To register, visit: https://bit.ly/3SY6QYC #healthtransformation #digitalhealth #digitalhealthinnovation

Today is significant as the Global Initiative on Digital Health #GIDH is launched. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus rightly stated, "The future of health is digital". It is crucial to coordinate and collaborate at the global, national, and subnational levels to create sustainable digital health interventions. #GIDH aims to assist Member States in advancing their national digital health transformation by enhancing collaboration among existing networks and partners and amplifying current multinational and regional activities.

The Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) is a World Health Organization Managed Network aiming to amplify and align resources toward country-led digital health transformation through strengthened collaboration and knowledge exchange. It acts as a vehicle to facilitate the implementation of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. The Initiative aims to achieve the following objectives through collaborative efforts: ● Assess and prioritise country needs for sustainable digital health transformation. ● Increase the alignment of country-level digital health resources and unfunded priorities. ● Support the accelerated achievement of the strategic objectives of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025. ● Build capacity and converge efforts to encourage local development, maintenance, and adaptation of digital health technologies to continuously changing needs. Learn more: https://loom.ly/-RCEXwA

"WHO is supporting countries to achieve their digital health vision through the Global Strategy on Digital Health, which is based on rigorous science and technical standards. Endorsed by Member States in 2020, the strategy is defined by four key pillars: collaboration and knowledge sharing; supporting implementation of national strategies; improving governance; and promotion of people-centred health systems. Some of the main challenges we face are fragmentation and overlap, driven by the proliferation of new digital tools built without common standards, or lacking the support of a shared vision.   In a digital age, health workers should not have to carry a separate device for each disease or be required to fill out both paper and electronic records." --Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization on #digitalhealth

WHO announces The Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Digital health is a proven accelerator to advance health outcomes and achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and health-related Sustainable Development Goals. GIDH will address challenges such as duplication of efforts and “products-focused” digital health transformation through a focus on four foundational pillars: 1.  Country Needs Tracker - facilitating digital health investments to be informed by country priorities; 2. Country Resource Portal – identifying traditional as well as innovative resource opportunities, and promoting transparency, while reducing the risk of duplication for enabling a standards-based prospective and retrospective analysis of resourcing gaps in digital health. 3. Transformation Toolbox – advocating for quality-assured tools and resources that strengthen country capacity and autonomy to manage the national digital health transformation. 4. Convening and Knowledge Exchange - promoting strengthened collaboration and knowledge exchange across global, regional, and national networks in digital health. #digitalhealth #who #sustainablehealthcare

📌 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒈𝒆 🏛️ UNITE supports its members to translate scientific evidence into action. Therefore, today the #UNITEDigitalHealth Hub and OECD - OCDE, developed an interactive virtual workshop exclusively for parliamentarians to: 🔹 advancing UHC goals focusing on better use of digital tools and health data to help attain better health outcomes 🔹 fostering discussions on the main opportunities associated with digital health and addressing key challenges 🔹 drawing on the experiences of parliamentarians to highlight valuable lessons learned in their respective countries 🌍 The session's outcomes will contribute to a comprehensive paper detailing opportunities, risks, barriers, and practical actions that will strengthen the digital and data foundations of health systems to achieve UHC. It will be shared with UHC2030 - Taking action for universal health coverage (hosted by the World Health Organization), as they develop forward-looking plans for the achievement of UHC. #UNITEDigitalHealth #DigitalHealth4UHC #DigitalHealth #UniversalHealthCoverage #UNITE4UHC #GlobalHealth #HealthData #HealthPolicy #HealthcareTransformation

SAVE THE DATE - 20th February, 2pm CET Launch of the Global Initiative on Digital Health Participants are kindly requested to register here: https://lnkd.in/dgbBPUkK Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization, will give remarks alongside leaders from other UN agencies, development and government partners in the launch of this new chapter in digital health transformation. https://lnkd.in/d-rJxgT6 #digitalhealth #who #digitaltransformation

Great news from WHO about global digital health! WHO/Europe is all set to launch its first-ever Strategic Partners’ Initiative for Data and Digital Health, which will "work to identify and address gaps in data and digital health ecosystems to help to build safe, affordable and person-centered health systems in the WHO European Region," reports the World Health Organization. This is great news, as digital tools are continuing to play an increasingly important role in improving health outcomes. One of the main objectives of this initiative is developing future scenarios for healthcare delivery and data usage in Europe that can be used to inform the transformation of health systems, which I think is such an important goal. What do you think about this initiative? #HealthcareNews #DigitalHealth #WHO

The World Health Organization is launching the Global Initiative for Digital Health next week -- a "network of networks" to advance national digital transformation. 120 (out of 194) WHO member countries have launched a national #digitalhealth policy or strategy however product-focused implementation, duplication of efforts, and fragmented resources have led to a digital divide and limited effectiveness. Proposed 5 year outputs: 1. Country needs for technical support are systematically captured and made accessible to development partners through a standardized Country Needs Portal. 2. A platform to announce and identify resources and gaps in financial and in-kind commitments in digital health is available to countries, development partners and technical partners. 3. Countries have timely access to routinely updated tools to measure maturity of the enabling environment for digital health, track digital health initiatives, guide the development and updating of digital health related strategies and policies, and identifying quality-assured digital solutions. 4. Continuous cross-network knowledge exchange between existing global, regional, and national communities of practice, coalitions and more is institutionalized within the WHO Link to launch and executive summary in comments. Supriya Cotra Prabhakar | Dr Diksha Bhasin | Dr. Arpita Dhawan

🗓️ 42 days to go until #ZHRC2024! Get ready for an inspiring event packed with knowledge-sharing, networking, and innovation in health research. Have you registered yet? This year's conference will be held under the theme, "Sustainable and Resilient Health Systems: Accelerating Progress towards Universal Health Coverage in the Face of Service Delivery Challenges, Emerging Diseases, and Pandemic." This theme focuses on recording gains made towards attaining UHC. Further, it will provide an opportunity to assess and interrogate the course of action amidst different challenges in our quest for UHC. SAVE THE DATE!!!! Please take note of the following important dates: * Normal Registration: 1st July 2024 - 14th October 2024 * Onsite registration will be available * Preconference Walk themed "Step by step towards UHC": 13th October, 2024. * Conference dates: 15th - 17th October, 2024 Held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre To register for the conference, please click on the link: https://lnkd.in/eZ64J9bV For more information on the conference, please visit the conference website by clicking on the link below: https://lnkd.in/epwZyEUk #ZambiaHealthResearch #Conference2024 #HealthInnovation #Countdown