Digitalisation in health – Healthy DEvelopments

Towards better care for mothers and newborns: lessons from Central Asia

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:55:47 +0000

Health systems are often designed around institutions rather than people. For patients – especially pregnant women – navigating these systems can be complex, fragmented, and at times overwhelming.

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Stopping the Next Pandemic Before It Starts

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:34:47 +0000

When a disease passes from an animal to a person in a remote village in West Africa, it may sound like a local issue. But in today’s connected world, it can quickly spread across countries and continents.

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Building sustainable digital public goods through academic partnerships: the approach of openIMIS

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:53:42 +0000

Partnerships between openIMIS and academic institutions create a win-win  building local digital capacity, embedding digital public goods in health and social protection systems, and strengthening the long-term evolution of openIMIS.

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World Health Summit 2025: The Importance of Effective Partnerships and Digital Transformation to Achieve Health for All

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:37 +0000

At the “Partnering for Efficiency: Strengthening Collaboration in Health Financing and Digital Health in Times of Resource Constraints” side event, hosted by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), global health leaders showcased how smart, digitally powered partnerships can help countries build stronger, more equitable health systems - even when resources are tight.

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Responsible AI in Health

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:51:56 +0000

Berlin, 12 October 2025 — Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global healthcare – from diagnosis to data management. But without clear governance, it risks deepening inequalities, producing biased results, and eroding trust in public institutions.

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Unlocking the potential of AI for social health insurance

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:15:31 +0000

GIZ, ADB, and Amref Health Africa have joined forces to develop an e-Learning course on integrating AI into the management of social health insurance programmes. A Learning Exchange approach is helping to ensure the course is tailored to real world challenges in Africa and Asia.

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Cambodia’s Digital Innovation for Improved Nutrition

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 23 May 2025 15:57:52 +0000

Cambodia is launching a new set of three digital apps to improve nutrition counselling and child growth monitoring. With their first time digitizing the Ministry of Health aims to reach even the most remote families with expert care and support.

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openIMIS and private software developers: a mutually beneficial collaboration

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:49:22 +0000

IT companies are playing a critical role in the evolution of the Digital Public Good openIMIS. At the same time, the openIMIS community of practice is supporting the development of indispensable digital skills and expertise.

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Girls in charge: How the Oky period tracker app empowers girls and helps to close the digital divide

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:53:02 +0000

The Oky app gives girls of all abilities the information they need to manage their periods and answers their questions about sexual and reproductive health. As an inclusive digital solution created ‘by girls, for girls,’ it offers an entry point to practice and improve digital skills.

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Community-minded: How openIMIS has evolved into a thriving Digital Public Good

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:32:25 +0000

From its earliest days the openIMIS Initiative committed to building a global community around its digital solutions for health financing and social protection. Eight years and millions of beneficiaries later, it’s clear that this wager has paid off.

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