Advancing digital technologies for global health: a WHO Science Council report

10 October, 2025

Advancing digital technologies for global health: a WHO Science Council report

Oct 21, 2025 12:00 in London

Register here (free): https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OAeQ0T3yRlWvrcb2-Kz8Zg#/registra...

Description

Join WHO for an exploration of the newly released WHO Science Council report on digital technologies for global health and a panel discussion with global experts.

This webinar provides a unique opportunity to hear directly from WHO Science Council and global experts about the four pillars of the new Science Council report: Connect, educate, invest and evaluate.

COMMENT (NPW): WHO invited public feedback on the draft report in January 2025:

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/research-for-health/scienc...

The final report is presumably being released shortly, either before or on 21 October.

Best wishes, Neil

HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org