The Norwegian Centre for E-health Research and WHO/Europe have renewed an agreement first established 18 years ago to collaborate on e-health and telemedicine.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for continued investment and research in digital health technologies, with health care providers increasingly relying on video consultations, digital clinical support tools and infrastructure to detect, monitor and prevent the spread of infections.
“It is crucial that researchers and organizations collaborate internationally to solve global challenges through global partnerships. A lot of good is done locally and nationally, and then you have to make sure that all this knowledge is shared across the board,” says Lene Lundberg, who coordinates work with WHO at the Centre.
“Our collaborating centre agreement with the Norwegian Centre for E-health Research continues to yield extremely valuable outputs which benefit the 53 Member States of the European Region. They are an excellent partner to WHO and their expertise is highly valued. I cannot thank them, and the Norwegian Government, enough for their unwavering support in implementing WHO’s digital health agenda,” says Clayton Hamilton, coordinator for WHO’s Digital Health Flagship in the European Region.