Digital Health and Innovation
Digital technologies are now integral to daily life, and the world's population has never been more interconnected. Innovation, particularly in the digital health sphere, is also happening on an unprecedented scale. Despite this, the potential of digital technologies and innovation to improve the health of populations remains largely untapped. With a coordinated approach to health products and systems innovation, there is an immense opportunity to expand their use, especially in low- and middle-income countries. WHO is harnessing the power of digital technologies and health innovation to accelerate global attainment of health and the well-being.

 

WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health

The purpose for a Global Strategy on Digital Health is to promote healthy lives and wellbeing for everyone, everywhere, at all ages. To deliver its potential, national or regional Digital Health initiatives must be guided by a robust Strategy that integrates financial, organizational, human and technological resources.

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Classification of digital interventions, services and applications in health: a shared language to describe the uses of digital technology for health, 2nd ed

The WHO Classification of digital interventions, services and applications in health (CDISAH) categorizes the different ways in which digital health interventions...

Global strategy on digital health 2020-2025

The purpose for a Global Strategy on Digital Health is to promote healthy lives and wellbeing for everyone, everywhere, at all ages. To deliver its potential,...

Atlas of eHealth country profiles: the use of eHealth in support of universal health coverage

The third global survey on eHealth conducted by the WHO Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) has a special focus – the use of eHealth in support...

National eHealth Strategy Toolkit

Worldwide, the application of information and communication technologies to support national health-care services is rapidly expanding and increasingly...

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Artificial intelligence for health

At the World Health Organization (WHO), we support the science-based adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for health. Our overarching goal is to ensure...

Leading the future of global health with responsible artificial intelligence

For over two decades, WHO has pioneered the evaluation and adoption of digital health technologies, which includes benchmarking Artificial Intelligence...

WHO Department of Digital health and innovation

The Department of Digital Health and Innovation (DHI) is committed to improving global health through science-based innovation and digital health. We help...

Global initiative on digital health

The Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) is a Network of Networks managed by the World Health Organization (WHO), launched in October 2023. This...

Digital channels, reaching people where they are
27 May 2024

Digital Channels

We aim to make reliable health information more accessible and understandable to everyone, by using new ways of communication. We do this by sharing...

Global Digital Health Certification Network

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) is a global digital public infrastructure that enables...

The report provides a detailed summary of discussions from a virtual roundtable meeting on exploring guiding principles for developmentally-appropriate...

Welcome to the latest Clinical Care in Crises Newsletter. Project update We have a lot to update you on since the last newsletter! Firstly...