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This brief draws on a review of human rights standards and peer-reviewed studies of digital health strategies
to recommend steps to wire human rights into digital health by design: Set clear objectives to spur action to address human rights harms; Build on existing UN human rights standards
and platforms; and Promote greater accountability, including meaningful participation of young people and civil society in digital health governance.

• Human Rights
• Digital Governance
• Digital Health
• Gender inequality
• Health professionals
• Global

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.

• Digital Rights
• Digital Health
• Internet Access
• Technology-facilitated abuse
• Gender inequality
• Digital Empowerment
• Colombia
• Ghana
• Kenya
• Vietnam
• Global

This Checklist for Assessing Gender, Equity and Rights Inclusion in Developing Digital Health Strategies is a practical tool developed to encourage reflection and debate among officials, consultants, civil society and other stakeholders to ensure digital health strategies advance human rights, gender equality and inclusion approaches to the adoption and management of digital health technologies. It includes a list of UN guidance and other resources to help inform the strategy development process.

• Digital Health
• Gender inequality
• Human Rights
• Global