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WHO launched Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)

Posted 21 Feb 2024

Updated 21 Mar 2024

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  • The initiative was earlier announced at the G20 Health Ministers meeting in India.
  • The GIDH will be a WHO Managed Network of stakeholders to address challenges such as duplication of efforts and “products-focused” digital health transformation.
    • GIDH Secretariat will be hosted in WHO Headquarters (Geneva).

 

  • Objective
    • Align efforts to support of the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025
    • Support quality technical assistance to develop and strengthen standards
    • Facilitate the use of digital transformation tools 

 

  • Foundational Pillars of GIDH
    • Country Needs Tracker to facilitate digital health investments.
    • Country Resource Portal to identify traditional as well as innovative resource opportunities.
    • Transformation Toolbox for quality-assured tools to strengthen country capacity to manage the national digital health transformation.
    • Convening and Knowledge Exchange to promote strengthened collaboration and knowledge exchange.

 

 

  • Digital Health initiatives of India
    • Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, launched in 2021
      • It aims to establish a National Digital Health Ecosystem by creating an online platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem 
      • Through components like Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) Number, Health Facility Registry, Healthcare Professionals Registry etc.

 

  • Tags :
  • Digital Health
  • GIDH
  • ABDM
  • ABHA
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