The Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health will be launched in London, today (20), with President Maithripala Sirisena attending as a special guest, the President's Media Division said.
The launch will be a part of a special side event to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018, on ‘Global Health Security and the Digital Health Society 2030 – Innovation and Investment for One Planetary Health & Universal Health Coverage’.
The Centre was proposed by Prof. Vajira Dissanayake of the University of Colombo in 2016 and incorporated into a Commonwealth Policy Brief on Digital Systems for One health approved by the Commonwealth Health Ministers in Geneva in May 2017. The keynote speaker at the event is Dr. Christopher Fearne, Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister of Malta.
Issuing a special message on the occasion, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, of the World Health Organization (WHO), stated “As you know, Universal Health Coverage is WHO’s top priority. Our aim is a world in which all people receive the high-quality health services they need without suffering financial hardship.”
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