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Public Consultation on the Draft Global Strategy on Digital Health

On behalf of the World Health Organization, we thank you in advance for your comments on the draft Global Strategy on Digital Health.

Background

The use of digital technologies to improve public health as well as individual health and well-being is growing rapidly. This field, alsoreferred to as digital health, has been recognized as instrumental in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) andachieving universal health coverage (UHC).WHO Member States reiterated the importance and role of digital health in the recent resolution WHA71.7 which highlights “recentprogress in the development and implementation of digital health strategies, policies, legislation and programmes by Member States,WHO and partner organizations."At the same time, the Resolution requests development of a Global Strategy on Digital Health in close consultation with MemberStates and with inputs from relevant stakeholders.

The Strategy aims to identify areas where WHO, its partners and stakeholders should most usefully focus their efforts. The draft document hasidentified four strategic objectives and a proposed framework for action. The strategic objectives aim to: 1) work together as a set, 2) help toaccelerate the digital health agenda in countries, 3) address global issues and 4) set the future direction for innovation and research. The field ofdigital health involves a wide range of stakeholders from policy-makers to technology developers, healthy individuals and patients. The targetaudience for this consultation is all stakeholders in the digital health arena, who are welcome to submit their comments. Policy-makers andofficials from governments and nongovernmental organizations, UN agencies, donors, health care professionals and their organizations, healthmanagers, academic and research institutions, individuals, patients and their associations, ICT professionals and their associations andcompanies are invited to read the draft Strategy and then encouraged to contribute. Due to the volume of comments expected, there will be noacknowledgement of individuals or attribution of input, either online or in the resulting Strategy or related publications. The Secretariat will considerall comments received during the consultation period. A final draft version of the Strategy will then be submitted to Member States for furtherconsultation.

The web-based comment period will close on 30 April 2019, 00:00 CEST.

Please contact [email protected] for queries or further information.

Documents

Draft Global Strategy on Digital HealthDigital Health WHA71.7

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https://extranet.who.int/dataform/upload/surveys/183439/files/Draft%20Global%20Strategy%20on%20Digital%20Health.pdf

http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA71/A71_R7-en.pdf

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* Purpose and Global Situation

Do the Purpose and Global Situation sections clearly outline the purpose of the Strategy and provide a clear background and rationale?

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* VISION STATEMENT: Improve health for everyone, everywhere by accelerating the adoption of Digital Health

Is the Vision Statement clear and comprehensive?

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES (SO)

SO 1. Engage stakeholders in a shared global agenda on digital health.SO 2. Build and consolidate digital health capacity that reflects national needs.SO 3. Commit and engage stakeholders to advance digital health in every country.SO 4. Improve measurement, monitoring, research and practice in digital health.


* Are these strategic objectives clear and comprehensive as a set?

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* Are there additional strategic objectives needed to move the Global Strategy forward?

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* Is SO 1 clear and comprehensive?

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FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION:

1. Commit – encourage countries and involve stakeholders to commit to the Digital Health Strategy

2. Catalyse – create an environment and processes that will facilitate and encourage collaboration

3. Measure – create processes for monitoring and evaluation of the Strategy

4. Increment and iterate – take a new cycle of actions based on what has been experienced, measured and learned


* Will the proposed “Framework for Action” deliver on implementation of the Strategy?

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* Does the proposed “Framework for Action” clearly outline actions required by WHO, countries and stakeholders for the Strategy tosucceed?

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Please provide any specific comments on the proposed action lines below.

1. Commit:

Create a roadmap for attracting countries and stakeholders

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Identify, approach and engage “champion” countries

2. Catalyse:

Identify and qualify needs and offersMatch needs and offersDevelop a roadmap for providing technical support and guidanceAccelerate and sustain progress

3. Measure:

Assess Strategy and framework for action effectivenessTechnological trend monitoring

4. Increment and iterate:

Propose, exercise and refineOptimize the Collaboration Network

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PROPOSED ROLES


* Will the proposed roles for WHO, relevant stakeholders and countries help to deliver on the Strategy?

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