Applications Invited for Digital Health: Planning National Systems

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The WHO Academy is the World Health Organization’s learning centre for everyone striving to improve global health outcomes

About the Program

This course is being offered in 2 modalities, self-paced and as a workshop during certain times of the year. More information will be available on the platform regarding workshop offerings.

A participant is expected to cover all of the modules to successfully complete the training and receive the certification.

The overall aim of this training program is to strengthen country-level digital health governance and health workforce capacity to implement national digital health strategies, architectures, standards, information infrastructures and health emergency preparedness technologies and equip participants with the skills needed to adopt a national planning approach to digital health.

Approximate course duration: 12 hours

What will you learn

• Develop a holistic, enterprise planning approach to digital health;
• Utilize relevant WHO and ITU toolkits and Global Goods applications to support the implementation of digital health activities;
• Define and critique trade-offs among investments and activities;
• Demonstrate a range of technical skills related to digital health systems strengthening, including landscaping the enabling environment, refining a digital health strategy, and structuring partnerships to enable implementation of national digital health systems;
• Design a plan to support a robust digital health enterprise architecture that is scalable, sustainable, and interoperable; and
• Develop the foundation for self-efficacy and leadership skills to manage and advocate for an enterprise planning approach aligned with specific health challenges and opportunities in-country.

Eligibility

Ministry of Health and Ministry of ICT employees, including leaders, managers, and decision-makers, that work in digital health at a national level, represented in the WHO Digital Health Workforce pyramid by Planners, Researchers, and Developers, as well as, potentially, Decision Makers, as appropriate.

The target audience has experience in planning, procuring, implementing, or evaluating digital health investments at a national level and is committed to advancing digital health transformation.

Prior training in digital health is not required.

How to Apply

Started on Sep 1st, 2024

Ending on Dec 31st, 2026

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