A ‘Dinner X Dialogue’ side-event session hosted by Rabin Martin during the 77th World Health Assembly
Access to digital health is becoming an increasingly important determinant of health. The development and adoption of digital health technologies has significantly increased over the last few years and the potential to unlock the transformation of patient health experiences worldwide — whether through seamless point of care provision or the reimagination of workforce scale-up. Yet these benefits are not accessible to everyone. The potential of digital innovations to revolutionize health experiences and outcomes is being undermined. The ‘great digital divide’ is reinforcing, and in some cases exacerbating, health disparities, in already overburdened health systems.
Participants included representatives from industry, multilateral institutions, policy/advocacy institutions, development financial institutions and the health tech start-up community working across various health areas — NCDs, infectious diseases and urban health. They reflected on principles and partnerships needed to maintain the conducive, fastpaced environment that encourages digital innovation whilst establishing pathways to close gaps and ensure no-one gets left behind. Rajni Samavedam, CEO, Rabin Martin and Dr. Afua Basoah, co-moderated the discussion.
This session is part of a series of future-forward dialogues that Rabin Martin will convene — bringing together multi-disciplinary stakeholders to surface and shape inclusive, scalable, modern-day global health approaches during this new era of digital innovation — from dialogues to decisive action.