G20 New Strategy for Digital Health
At the G20 Health Ministers summit, countries made a crucial decision to start the “Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH).” This action highlights how well recognized and supported the fusion of digital health policies are on a global scale.
The mission to ensure universal access to comprehensive healthcare was emphasized by Mansukh Mandaviya, the minister of health.
While acknowledging the quick global growth of electronic healthcare tools, Mandaviya also emphasized the risks of a fragmented approach that could overburden healthcare practitioners and impede system interoperability. With India leading the G20 presidency, the country’s achievements in creating a comprehensive national framework for digital wellness that placed an emphasis on easy integration and effectiveness served as the foundation for the GIDH’s introduction.
In order to build a comprehensive digital health ecosystem, the GIDH intends to coordinate investments and efforts in the industry. The cooperation of the G20 states, invited countries, international organizations, and stakeholders in realizing the necessity for such a common framework was lauded by Mandaviya.
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India’s leadership in the World Health Assembly’s 71st resolution on digital health in 2018 and its chairmanship of the Global Digital Health Partnership were two of the minister’s highlights of India’s contributions. He made a point of stating that national policy can only be enabled by digital health.
In support of the GIDH, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke. He emphasized that this project would promote equity in healthcare by incorporating best practices and cutting-edge technologies like AI while preserving moral norms.
Tedros emphasized the revolutionary potential of digital health technology, particularly during the Covivirus epidemic, where telemedicine and AI played crucial roles in preserving healthcare services.
The Global Initiative for Digital Health (GIDH), which is overseen by the WHO, will concentrate on four fundamental pillars: coordinating efforts with the Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2025; providing quality-assured technical assistance for standards-based and interoperable systems; facilitating the use of digital transformation tools; and ensuring mutual accountability.
The GIDH was unveiled at the same time as the World Bank’s flagship study, “Digital in Health – Unlocking Value for Everyone.” Regardless of their level of digital maturity or financial restrictions, this paper offers helpful advice for nations to jump-start the deployment of digital health.
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