Themes of the week
This year the theme of Digital Health Week is ‘The Future of Digital Health to 2030’. We will explore several sub-themes – allowing partners to focus on issues that matter most to them.
Scroll below to learn more details about each theme.
Equity and Inclusion
Digital health must work for everyone. Too many communities remain excluded from the benefits of digital health. Increasing access and closing these gaps is critical to achieving health for all.
This theme will explore how digital health can address the health equity gap, by expanding access, increasing the quality of services and reducing costs. Allowing health systems to be more responsive to the needs of youth, women, and marginalised groups.
Trust and Responsible Data Use
Trust is the foundation of effective digital health systems, in particular as it relates to data. .. Strong data governance – grounded in clear laws, rights, and safeguards – protects people while creating an environment where innovation can thrive. Responsible data use ensures that digital health systems are accountable, fair, and sustainable.
This theme will explore how to put trust at the centre of digital health transformation.
AI and Emerging Tech
AI and frontier technologies are reshaping healthcare – offering the possibility of reaching more people, with better services at lower cost.. To harness the potential benefits of this technology,, countries need strong foundations: safeguards that protect rights, frameworks that ensure ethical and transparent use, and approaches that adapt to local contexts.
This theme will explore how AI and emerging technologies can be applied responsibly and equitably, ensuring that innovation drives progress for everyone.
Financing and Investment
Digital transformation cannot happen without sustainable long term investment. Countries need the resources to both build systems that are resilient, inclusive, and accessible to all, and to maintain and update these over time.
This theme will explore the future of financing and investment for digital health – examining how resources can be mobilised fairly and effectively to achieve universal health coverage.
Policy and Governance
From national digital health strategies to legislative and regulatory frameworks, good governance ensures that systems are connected, mutually compatible, and aligned with universal health coverage goals. To achieve this needs national leadership and effective management and coordination.
This theme will explore how a positive enabling environment is necessary for digital health systems to thrive – ensuring progress that is accountable, equitable, and built to last.