eHealth

eHealth at WHO

eHealth is the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for health. The eHealth unit works with partners at the global, regional and country level to promote and strengthen the use of information and communication technologies in health development, from applications in the field to global governance. The unit is based in the department of Knowledge Management and Sharing in the cluster of Health Systems and Innovation.

WHA Resolutions on eHealth

The World Health Assembly resolution recognized the potential of eHealth to strengthen health systems and to improve quality, safety and access to care, and encouraged Member States to take action to incorporate eHealth in health systems and services (58th World Health Assembly, 2005; Geneva, Switzerland).

World Health Organization in 1998 recognized the increasing importance of the Internet and its potential to impact health through advertising and promotion of medical products, in its resolution on “Cross-border advertising, promotion, and sale of medical products through the Internet” (101st Executive Board, 1998; Geneva, Switzerland).

Highlights

eHealth in WHO Regions

WHO Collaborating Centres for eHealth

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Contact information

eHealth
Department of Knowledge Management and Sharing
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Email: ehealth@who.int