Featured
Our Publications
A curated collection of Digital Health and Rights Project peer-reviewed journal articles, reports, policy briefs, and more for in-depth exploration.
Featured
Paying the Costs of Connection : Vietnam Policy Brief
This brief explores digital health and rights issues, reviews the current policy landscape, identifies gaps, and offers recommendations to internet users—especially young adults living with HIV or from marginalized communities (who are even more vulnerable than they already are, due to the fear of data leak, exposure, stigma, digital divides, and absence of in-person support), as well as government authorities, NGOs, and donors. These recommendations, informed by the study Paying the costs of connection: Human rights of young adults in the digital age in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam”, conducted by the Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP) and funded by Fondation Botnar, aim to ensure young adults can engage safely, responsibly, and meaningfully in the digital space.
Featured
Report: Strengthening Investment and Accountability in Digital Literacy and Human Rights
Digital technologies are transforming the global health landscape, presenting both opportunities and risks to human rights, especially for historically marginalised populations. While digital tools can improve access to health information and services, reduce stigma, and increase autonomy, digital platforms also present risks, including inequitable access to technology, resulting in digital divides and exacerbating existing societal inequalities. Lack of effective governance and regulation of digital technologies has also led to a lack of protection for users.
Featured
Paying the Costs of Connection : Global Policy Brief
In 2025, DHRP published ‘Paying the costs of connection: Human rights in the digital age in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam’. The report explores young adults’ experiences and opinions of the digital transformation and how it affects their health and human rights. As it uses a participatory action research approach, it helps fil a gap in current knowledge and practice, as young people are often left out of decision-making and policy discussions that affect their lives.
Our findings highlight four key themes demonstrating that many factors interconnect to shape young adults’ experiences of human rights in the digital age in Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam.
Featured
Report: Paying the Costs of Connection
Co-created with over 300 young adults from rural, urban and peri-urban Kenya, Ghana, Vietnam and Colombia, this research report shares insights into how marginalised young adults are paying the costs of connecting to health online.
Research Article: Brave Global Spaces
This study explores the role of digital health interventions in improving maternal health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It focuses on the effectiveness, challenges, and integration of mobile health (mHealth) technologies within existing healthcare systems.
Research Report: Towards People-Centered Digital Health Strategies: Gender, Equity, Rights and Inclusion
The report "Towards People-centred Digital Health Strategies: Gender, Equity, Rights and Inclusion" by the University of Warwick examines 20 national digital health strategies through the lenses of gender, equity, rights, and inclusion.
Research Article: The Digital Transformation and the Right to Health of Young Adults in Bangladesh and Colombia
This article from Health and Human Rights investigates how digital transformation affects the right to health of young adults in Bangladesh and Colombia. Through a community-engaged study, it focuses on digital access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV-related information, emphasising both opportunities and challenges.
Research Article: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Digital Human Rights
The article for Culture, Health and Sexuality explores integration of digital technologies in sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, focusing on their impact on privacy, autonomy, and equality. It highlights how digital tools both advance and challenge fundamental human rights in SRH contexts.