Advancing Health Equity: A Global View

October 31, 2024 Webinar Recording

The issue of health equity is gaining critical traction across the world. Many international organizations are including the issue front and center in their digital health frameworks.

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that the health sector needs to lead the way in monitoring health inequities. The WHO's recommendations include:

• Redesigning health systems to be more equitable;
• Prioritizing primary health care;
• Addressing structural determinants of health inequity;
• Protecting and increasing investment in health and other social sectors;
• Ensuring equitable services and infrastructure in both urban and rural areas; and
• Continuing to monitor health inequalities and the impact of action.

Hear an informative dialogue about how health equity is being embedded and implemented on different continents and perspectives from HL7.

Experts will highlight global health equity aspects such as:

• Where and how health equity is expanding on the international digital health agenda;
• Opportunities and challenges for patients and other health care actors;
• Data, standards and interoperability issues; and
• Global and regional institutions leading the way.

Moderator: Ticia Gerber, HL7's Global Director, Partnerships & Policy

Speakers:

HL7 Philippines Perspective

• Raymond Francis Sarmiento, MD, HL7 Philippines President

Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN)

• Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran; AeHIN Executive Director
• Pak Anis Fuad; AeHIN Board Lead, Indonesia
• Head of the Cross-Cutting Research Group at the University of Gadjah Mada (UGM); Lead of FHIR-based AMR One Health Surveillance on Interoperability Data Standards Project; Head of UGM e-Health division for Center for Health Policy and Management 
• Teh Xin Rou (Jocelyn); AeHIN Secretariat, Malaysia
• Kristin Chloe Pascual; AeHIN Project Manager (Strengthening Technical Capacity and Leadership Capacity in Digital Health) 

Digital Square Perspectives                                                                                                         

• Jose Costa Teixeira, Chair, HL7 Belgium and Health Information Systems, Global Standards and Interoperability Advisor, Digital Square
• Linda Taylor, Technical Program Manager

HELINA (Pan African Perspectives)                                                                                             

• Carol Kamasaka, HELINA President Elect

Gavi: DHI Plan and Healthy Equity

• Emeka Chukwu, Gavi Digital Health and Interoperability Expert

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