Health data governance is extremely important and should be pursued at the highest level in countries and globally. Two issues: Number one is that many countries still do not have health data (quality and quantity). The data they collect is either manipulated to serve political or financial purposes or they don’t care about its collection in the first place; second I do recall that WHO published in year 2000 a publication titled eHealth governance. A revisit to that document will be wise.
With kind regards.
Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, PhD, IAHSI
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Director, Knowledge, Ethics and Research WHO/HQ (Retired)
e-Marefa Advisor
President, Jordan Library and Information Association
President, Middle East and North Africa Association of Health Informatics
IMIA Vice-President for MEDINFO 2023
Visiting Professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
Member of the International Academy of Pubic Health Scientific Council
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HIFA Profile: Najeeb Al-Shorbaji recently retired from the World Health Organization (WHO), where he has worked since 1988 in different capacities. He was most recently Director of the Knowledge, Ethics and Research Department at WHO headquarters, Geneva. Previously he was Coordinator for Knowledge Management and Sharing in EMRO (Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office), Egypt. He is a member of a number of national and international professional societies and associations specialised in information management and health informatics. He has authored over 100 research papers and articles presented in various conferences and published in professional journals. He is a member of the HIFA Steering Group and the HIFA Working Group on Multilingualism. http://www.hifa.org/support/members/najeeb http://www.hifa.org/projects/multilingualism
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