- 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.
- Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, launched in 2021