Working with:

  • Healthcare technology, biotechnology, biomedical and pharmaceutical companies

  • Telecom operators and ICT network, software, device and sensor manufacturers

  • Internet service and social media network providers and application software entrepreneurs

  • Insurance and financial services companies

  • Foundations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

  • Governments and government institutions

  • United Nations and other multilateral and international bodies

  • Researchers, research establishments and research leadership groups

    To Address a Breakthrough and Holistic R&D Agenda for Action:

    1. The Mega-Trends  – Define the impact and outcomes of the grand convergent of current “mega-trends” in global public health1 and the data revolution, including the economic and social determinants of healthcare and wellbeing.
    2. A Date-Driven Roadmap  – Baselinehow current and legacy health systems are being outpaced by data-driven innovation requiring global consensus on principles and standards for open and equitable access to good data as the lifeblood of future healthcare and wellbeing.
    3. Data Governance  – Evaluate the challenges and opportunities for building people-centric trust in health data governance for privacy, security, monitoring and research, examining the multi-dimensional nature of digital trust via multi-disciplinary and anthropological tools, among others.
    4. Digital Platforms  – Delineatelow-cost and transformational digital technology interventions that will realize the potential of digital health platforms across public and private health systems.3
    5. Risk Preparedness  – Support emerging data platforms and platform inter-operability for Global Early Warning Systems and Risk Preparedness for Ebola, Zika and future pandemics via multi-stakeholder, R&D, coordination and collaboration, with private sector leadership.4
    6. Platform Interoperability  – Promote cross-industry standardization and interoperability, policy and trade, and legal and regulatory efforts in advancing innovation in, and access to, essential medicines and digital health technologies in developed and developing countries.
    7. Supply Chains  – Design global, regional and national data-driven supply chain models for life-saving commodities, vaccines and medicines, matched to health workforce needs.
    8. Health Innovation Tracks  – Deliver data-driven Thematic Innovation Tracks linked to SDG Goal 3 as demanded for maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria, Chronic NCDs, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), universal health coverage, the diseases of climate change, Ebola and Zika.
    9. Catalytic Partnerships  – Brokera collective and multi-stakeholder partner platform for digital health with indicators for measurement consistent with and in support of the SDGs.
    10. National Strategies  – Create political will through advocacy of national digital health strategies at the highest level of cabinet for a “one government approach”, in partnership with business, civil society and multilateral organizations.

    Priorities as a partner of the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data

    Defining and delivering data-driven innovation via a multi-stakeholder platform for the accelerated and enhanced achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with focus on Goal 3 to “Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages” by 2030.