Health Policy Watch May 27, 2023
Achieving universal health coverage by 2030, as resolved by the World Health Assembly this week, should ideally bring along with it a bouquet of possibilities through digital technologies.
Digital health technologies have improved the delivery of healthcare services by improving access to COVID-19 vaccination in Canada, and by improving access to breast and cervical cancer screening in Cameroon.
A nuanced panel discussion organized by the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF), and the commission, Governing Health Futures 2030: Growing up in a Digital World, at the sidelines of the World Health Assembly in Geneva deliberated on how to harness digital technology in service of global health.
Digital health must...