Field Desk sector dossier
Health Tech Dossier
A working readout on digital health, clinical validation, procurement, and the evidence required before a tool belongs in care delivery.
Last reviewed 2026-08-04 · Quarterly review cadence
What we are tracking
Health-system workflow and procurement
Validation, safety, and data governance
Public-health analytics and decision support
Grounded signals
Source-led2025-05-23
WHO digital-health strategy extends through 2027
The World Health Assembly endorsed a two-year extension of the Global Strategy on Digital Health in May 2025.
A global strategy is an operating context. A health product still needs local governance, workflow ownership, safety evidence, and procurement fit.
WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-20272024
WHO Africa links data use to disease-control decisions
WHO Africa’s Precision Public Health Strategy 2024-2030 frames data, analytics, machine learning, geoscience, and modelling as decision-support inputs for disease control.
The credible wedge is a decision workflow with accountable health-system ownership, rather than a standalone AI demo.
WHO Africa Precision Public Health Strategy2026-02-06
Namibia launches a ten-year digital-health policy
Namibia launched a National Digital Health Policy for 2026-2036 covering governance, interoperable infrastructure, workforce, innovation, access, and financing.
It illustrates the policy-to-implementation gap Field Desk should inspect: systems integration, capacity, legislation, and adoption in care delivery.
WHO Africa: Namibia National Digital Health PolicyFrom the Weekly Radar
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A model result, demo, or pilot is not a clinical effectiveness claim. Clinical and regulatory statements require direct evidence.
Source: WHO Global Strategy on Digital Health 2020-2027 (2025-05-23)