1. 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005 The WHO eHealth strategy: Resolution, action plan and future WSIS commitments Dr. JC Healy, Director, Office of the ADG, External Relations and Governing Bodies Ref. Tromsoe

2. HABEMUS ….. WHO eHealth Strategy Stratégie de l'OMS pour la cybersanté Estrategia de cibersalud de la OMS Стратегия ВОЗ в области электронного здравоохранения 世界卫生组织的电子卫生保健 إستراتيجية الصحة الإلكتروني لمنظمة الصحة العالمية 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

3. 1. The WHO added value 1.1 Terms of reference and duties: UN specialised Agency: 192 Member States 1.2 Process: WHA, EB, WHO HQ and Regions 1.3 Structure and Instruments for Action 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

4. 2. The eHealth Resolution 2.1. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG), target 18 "…" 2.2. The WHO eHealth task force (see list) and the eHealth HQ and Region focal points (July 2004) 2.3. The 115 th Executive Board (January 2005) 2.4. The 58 th World Health Assembly (16-25 May 2005): 192 Member States, item 13.17 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

9. 2.5 Resolution … Rationale: MDG Article 2 of the WHO Constitution Demand of the Member States 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

10. 2.6 Resolution WHO EB115.R20 … Urges the Members States to -develop a national eHealth strategy, including legal and infrastructure frameworks, and public-private partnership -mobilize multisectorial collaboration -establish national eHealth centers and networks of excellence etc 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

11. … Requests the Director General to (inter alia) -promote international collaboration -provide technical support -facilitate integration of eHealth in the health systems -continue to promote health awareness and healthy lifestyle through elearning services such as Health Academy -support interregional initiatives among group of countries that speak a common language -document the best practices and report on it etc 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

12. 3. Follow-up of the Resolution 3.1 WHO HQ : Observatory, Health Academy, International relationships with ITU, UNESCO etc, Reports, assessment, Expert Group Regions: Regional cooperation and customisation 3.2Member States decision makers: legal, administrative, technical, and financial infostructures (G8, G20, G others), International cooperation 3.3HC professionals and industrialists 3.4 Citizens and final users: towards personalised public Health initiatives for Health education and promotion, lifestyle etc. 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

13. Health Academy A virtual school of public health

14. 4. Next steps 4.1 2 nd World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) (November 2005 Tunis ) -eHealth report -MoU with ITU -MoU with Satellite Telco companies. 4.2 World Bank commitment 4.3 The new EU/WHO partnerships (DG DEV,...) 4.4 The future UN Reform: role of WHO 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

15. 5. Conclusion: 5.1 eHealth Resolution: Achievement of 15 years of activities Starting point for the next 15 years of global eHealth development 5.2 New challenge: "eHealth for All" is achievable by 2012 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005

16. For additional info: Global: www.who.int www.who.int Resolution text: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/ EB115-REC1/e/Resolutions.pdf healyj@who.int 3 rd eHealth European Ministerial Conference Tromsoe, Norway, 23-24 May 2005