Source: News on Air
Subject: International Relations
Context: India is hosting the second Regional Open Digital Health Summit (RODHS) 2025 in New Delhi, bringing together WHO-SEARO nations to advance interoperable digital health systems.
About Second Regional Open Digital Health Summit 2025:
What it is?
- The Regional Open Digital Health Summit 2025 is a three-day multilateral platform convened by India, WHO-SEARO, UNICEF, and partner governments to accelerate standards-based digital health transformation in South-East Asia.
- It serves as a capacity-building and policy harmonization forum for LMICs in the region.
Objectives:
- Build interoperable, people-centric digital health ecosystems aligned with UHC and SDGs.
- Promote adoption of global standards such as FHIR, open APIs, and open-source health tools.
- Integrate and modernise legacy health information systems, reducing fragmentation.
Key Features of the Summit:
- Two focused tracks: Standards and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPIs).
- Technical sessions and hands-on learning from India’s ABDM, CoWIN, UPI, Aadhaar.
- Showcases on Generative AI in diagnostics, clinical documentation, and health data analytics.
- Focus on interoperability, full-stack digital health architecture, and ecosystem-wide collaboration.
- Demonstrations by innovators such as eClinicalWorks, Google, NiramAI, IIT Delhi, showcasing scalable AI health solutions.
Significance:
- Positions India as a regional leader in Digital Public Infrastructure and open-source digital health.
- Helps SEAR countries move from isolated digital pilots to scalable, interoperable national health systems.
- Strengthens regional preparedness for pandemics and public health emergencies through shared standards and data exchange models.
