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    WHO launched Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH)

    Posted 21 Feb 2024

    Updated 21 Mar 2024

    2 min read

    • 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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