Issued2025-05

Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020–2027

StrategyInternational

Summary

WHO’s flagship framework guiding countries to plan, implement, and govern interoperable digital health systems to strengthen health services and progress toward universal health coverage.

Healthcare Implications

Frames digital health, including AI-enabled tools, as core health system infrastructure and urges Member States to embed safety, equity, privacy, and clinical governance into national digital and AI-in-health strategies and investments.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

Safety & Risk; Privacy & Data; Transparency & Governance; Clinical Quality & Efficacy; Equity & Bias

Stakeholders

Providers & Health Systems; Patients & Public; Payers & Purchasers; Developers & Vendors; Regulators & Government