WHO guideline recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening free PDF

WHO guideline recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening free PDF 

Publication details

Number of pages: 124
Publication date: 2019
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-92-4-155050-5

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• WHO Guideline: recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening
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• Executive summary
• Web supplement 1: evidence-to-decision frameworks
• Research considerations
• Evidence and recommendations

The key aim of this guideline is to present recommendations based on a critical evaluation of the evidence on emerging digital health interventions that are contributing to health system improvements, based on an assessment of the benefits, harms, acceptability, feasibility, resource use and equity considerations. For the purposes of this version of the guideline, the recommendations examine the extent to which digital health interventions available via mobile devices are able to address health system challenges at different layers of coverage along the pathway to universal health coverage (UHC). By reviewing the evidence of different digital interventions, as well as assessing the risks against comparative options, this guideline aims to equip health policy-makers and other stakeholders with recommendations and implementation considerations for making informed investments into digital health interventions.

This guideline urges readers to recognize that digital health interventions are not a substitute for functioning health systems, and that there are significant limitations to what digital health is able to address.