A curated collection of Digital Health and Rights Project peer-reviewed journal articles, reports, policy briefs, and more for in-depth exploration.
Featured
This research brief shares findings from a study with 50 young adults and civil society leaders from Colombia, Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam who advocated for digital rights in local, national, regional and global consultations to explore what they experienced as meaningful in their participation.
Featured
This policy brief summarises recommendations from a study conducted by the Digital Health and Rights Project (DHRP)10 in Kenya (led in Kenya by the Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) and University of Warwick).
The study, part of a four-country transnational participatory action research project, examined how young people living with HIV (PLHIV), young female sex workers,
and young LGBTQ+ individuals navigate digital spaces, focusing on empowerment, inclusion, and governance from a human rights perspective. The policy brief, led by KELIN, shares evidence-based recommendations for Kenya.
Featured
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.
Cocreado con más de 300 personas jóvenes adultas de zonas rurales, urbanas y periurbanas de Kenia, Ghana, Vietnam y Colombia, este informe de investigación ofrece perspectivas sobre cómo las personas jóvenes adultas que viven en los márgenes están asumiendo los costes de conectarse a la salud en línea.
This research explores how digital health systems in Kenya can exacerbate inequality in the context of inadequate governance and rights protections. Based on participatory research with marginalized young people, it emphasizes a “triple barrier” consisting of high connectivity costs, stigma, and low digital literacy, along with privacy risks and widespread technology-facilitated abuse. These challenges frequently result in individuals withdrawing from digital platforms. Findings reveal gaps in enforcement of data protection and limited availability of remedies, positioning digital health as an issue of governance and equity while advocating for enhanced rights-based policies, inclusive access, and meaningful youth participation in decision-making processes.
This article from BMJ Global Health draws on DHRP's first participatory action research study in Ghana, Kenya and Vietnam in 2021-22 to investigate the impact of the digital transformation on health of diverse young adults.
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.
Kenya’s digital healthcare transformation is explored in this policy brief, addressing digital divides and the impact of the Digital Health Act, 2023, on health services and governance.
This research article in the BMJ Global Health journal examines how young adults in Ghana, Kenya, and Vietnam use mobile phones to access online health information and peer support, and the implications for their human rights.
The inception paper explores the role of digital health in Ghana, Vietnam, and Kenya, addressing the opportunities and challenges posed by digital transformation in health care.
