On Monday 5 June, the European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the launch of a historic partnership in the field of digital health.
The WHO will take up the European Union’s digital Covid-19 certification system to set up a global system that will help facilitate international mobility and protect citizens around the world against current and future health threats. This is the first component of the WHO Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN), which will develop a wide range of digital products to improve health for all.
This initiative follows the agreement of 2 December 2022 signed by the Commissioner for Health Stella Kyriakides and WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to strengthen strategic cooperation on global health issues.
“I am delighted that as of 1 July, the World Health Organization will take up the framework of the EU Digital Covid Certificate”, said Ms Kyriakides (https://aeur.eu/f/787 ).
Although Covid-19 is no longer a ‘public health emergency of international concern’, this new system “will remain a key part of our global preparedness to face future health threats”, added the Commissioner. Thanks to this system, “we will build a genuine world standard in digital health documentation”, she concluded. (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)