An ad hoc committee will be appointed to plan a one-day public workshop to explore the use of technology to advance global health, particularly how digital technology can facilitate progress toward globally recognized health priorities including the ambitious targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Focusing on opportunities for technologies to advance and accelerate global health priorities, the workshop will feature invited presentations and discussions to examine the following:
• Current efforts to increase investments in, development of, and access to global health technologies and technology-based interventions
• Decision-making for when to use/develop technologies and what are appropriate technologies, including engaging governments and communities in prioritizing, designing, and evaluating global health technologies and technology-based interventions
• Learning from other sectors to better understand how to incentivize higher levels of participation for development and scaling of global health technologies and technology-based interventions including how challenges have been managed
• Approaching cost-effectiveness assessments for global health technologies and technology-based interventions
• Addressing privacy, ethics, and security concerns with data collection and data sharing
• Ensuring technologies are accessible to those who need them the most, i.e., last mile populations
• How policy and regulatory frameworks can function as enablers in the development and deployment of technologies
The committee will develop the workshop agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. Experts will be drawn from the public and private sectors as well as academic institutions to allow for multi-lateral, evidence-based discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.