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2025 Conference : Digital Health in a time of crisis

Mental health, epidemiological surveillance, tackling disinformation: digital technology to support health in a time of crisis . On 9 October 2025, the ODESS Conference will bring together international experts to discuss these major issues.

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Study Case : TraumaLink Project in Bangladesh

TraumaLink is a non-profit organisation formed in 2013 in Bangladesh, in association with the social enterprise mPower. Its legal form changed in 2016, when it became a trust fund. Today, TraumaLink presents itself as a network of volunteers. The case study focused on the digital health tool that was developed as part of the project to support road accident victims and awarded at the Observatory's annual conference in 2018.

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Watch again the key moments of the 8th ODESS international conference

With the theme of "Breaking Barriers : Gender Equity in Digital Health", this event is a chance to explore the opportunities and limits of digital technologies for gender equity in healthcare systems in developing countries.

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Our mission

Our mission

Created in 2016, the Observatory aims to recognize, analyze, share, encourage and support innovation in digital health. With a people and needs-centered approach, it is as well an e-health resource center in the Global South, a laboratory of ideas and initiatives which supports and promotes innovative projects, and a portal to share this innovation with the greatest number.

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Breaking barriers : gender equity in digital health.

Entitled "Breaking barriers : gender equity in digital health.", the 2024 edition bring together international experts, field actors and partners of digital health ecosystems to discuss the impact of digital technologies on gender equity in healthcare systems in developing countries .. Replay available!

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ehealth, at the heart of today's issues

Internet and mobile coverage has grown significantly in recent years as has the adoption of information and communications technology (ICT). The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) estimates growth of these at more than 1 billion users every 5 years. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of mobile subscriptions was multiplied by 90, reaching 944 million in Sub-Saharan Africa (83% of the population). At the same time, and despite significant progress in recent decades, inaccessibility to quality healthcare is still prevalent in most developing countries. The use of digital technology has the potential to accelerate access to quality healthcare by facilitating patient follow-up, training health professionals, and improving coverage of health services. Moving towards Universal Health Coverage, digital tools can support and promote the transformation of health systems.

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