Organized by Transform Health, DCCC, Geneva Digital Health Hub, OECD, PATH, UHC2030 and YET4H

May 24, 2023

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Transform Health, DCCC, Geneva Digital Health Hub, OECD, PATH, UHC2030 and YET4H are organising a side event during the 76th World Health Assembly on prioritising investment in digital health transformation to accelerate UHC progress. The event will take place in person on the 23rd of May at 8:30-10:30am CET at Campus Biotech (Chem. des Mines 9, 1202 Genève).

Digital health – which is already an important and growing part of most health systems – offers a huge opportunity to accelerate progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of reaching Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. Last year, Transform Health launched a new report, Closing the digital divide: More and better funding for the digital transformation of health, which guides investment and action to deliver health for all in the digital age. A Partner Action Plan, which has been co-created to bring together stakeholders and action to jointly take forward the recommendations, will be launched during the event.

The side event will bring together different stakeholders (e.g. governments, donors, development partners, private sector, civil society, youth, digital health networks) to galvanise wide support and commitment to prioritise investment in digital health transformation, with a focus on the upcoming High-level meeting on UHC in September. It will include group and plenary discussions on the role of different stakeholders in advancing this agenda and accelerating concrete priority actions and recommendations.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Tuesday, 23rd May 2023

Time: 08:30 – 10:30 am CET (a light breakfast will be served from 08:00 am)

Location: Campus Biotech, Chem. des Mines 9, 1202, Genève (Room H8-01-D)

RSVP: Register to attend the event in Geneva by 15th May 2023

EVENT CO-HOSTS

Transform Health, DCCC, Geneva Digital Health Hub, OECD, PATH, UHC2030 and YET4H

AGENDA

Welcome – Lucy Setian, Director of Digital Transformation at Novartis Foundation (event Chair)

Overview of the UHC High-level meeting and UHC2030’s digital health priorities – Nick Tomlinson, Global Health Advisor at OECD (representing UHC2030)

Global Digital Health strategy and Global Initiative on Digital Health – Alain Labrique, Director of Digital Health and Innovation at WHO

Joint financial investment in digital health to deliver UHC – Farid Fezoua, Global Director for Health & Education at International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Presenting the Partner Action Plan for investment in digital health transformation – Mathilde Forslund, Executive Director at Transform Health

Group discussions – accelerating concrete priority actions and recommendations to advance this agenda

Plenary feedback and discussion

Closing remarks – Miriam El-Mahdi, YET4H & Christoph Benn, President of Transform Health

BREAKOUT DISCUSSION TOPICS

Increased domestic investment

Increased and better aligned and coordinated donor investment

Improved tracking and accountability

Private-public partnerships

Inclusive and meaningful civil society engagement

Collective knowledge as a global public good

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