Digital health research

Key resources

• Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2025.
• mHealth: use of appropriate digital technologies for public health: report by the director-general.
• WHA71.7 Digital Health Resolution
• Is digital medicine different? Lancet editorial. Lancet. 2018
• The role of evaluation in global eHealth. 
• WHO Guideline on Digital Health Interventions.
• WHO classification of digital interventions, services and applications in health: a shared language to describe the uses of digital technology for health, 2nd ed
• WHO monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions: a practical guide to conducting research and assessment
• WHO digital health for the End TB Strategy - an agenda for action
• Bellagio call to action on global eHealth evaluation: Consensus statement of the WHO Global eHealth Evaluation Meeting
• Guidelines for reporting of health interventions using mobile phones: mobile digital health evidence reporting and assessment (mERA) checklist
• The WHO MAPS Toolkit: mHealth assessment and planning for scale
• WHO guideline recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening. Research Considerations

For more information, please contact: mehlg@who.int