WS 21 - Digital Health in Developing Countries

The rapid adoption of computers, mobile phones and the internet over the last 2 decades have transformed the way lives are lived globally. While most cutting-edge innovations in the field of Digitalization are taking place in high-income countries, low and middle-income countries are also undergoing digital transformation albeit to a lesser degree. Going forward, due in part to the continuous decline in the cost of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the rate of adoption will only keep accelerating allowing for low and middle-income countries to further capitalize on the ICT and Digital revolution.

Across different functions of the health system such as service delivery and resource management, digital tools promise to improve the status quo. This session aims to

• Evaluate the status of digital health development in selected low-middle income countries.

• Analyse successes and determine whether these brought positive changes.

• Explore lessons learned in the development process.

• Find best practices in stakeholder cooperation to better further the Digital Health agenda.

• Present and adopt the Principles of Donor Alignment for Digital Health