Health Data Governance Summit September
Meeting report
30 September 2021
| Meeting report
Overview
In June of 2021, the WHO Health Data Governance Summit convened experts, countries, researchers, users, and international organizations around the world to further the case for data as a global public good. Building on the key takeaways from the first session, the second session of the summit on 30 September 2021 delved deeper into the issues around data governance and infrastructure necessary to make health data as a global public good a reality.
Key lessons:
- Health data has overarching legal and ethical challenges that depend on trust, privacy protection, infrastructure, and interoperability of relevant structures.
- A common set of principles for health data governance are needed for health data to be a global public good.
- Data sharing maximizes positive health outcomes.
- Investment, partnerships and strong infrastructure are needed to develop a platform for secure data that is accessible to everyone.
- We need to build competencies along all stages of the value chain so that anyone is empowered to derive insights and benefits from data.
WHO Team
Data and Analytics (DNA)
Editors
Department of Data and Analytics, HQ/DDI/DNA
Number of pages
17
Copyright
World Health Organization 2021