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The DTH-Lab is a global consortium of partners working to drive implementation of The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030’s recommendations for value-based digital transformations for health co-created with young people.
🌍 Our new publication, Engaging youth in shaping health futures, uses desk-based research and insights from a survey of young people in 40+ countries to explore global definitions of “youth” and what meaningful engagement looks like.
📘 Read the brief: https://tr.ee/gzzPpo
DTH Lab and PLOS logo with light blue colored poster to announce the launch of curated collections - digital zitizenship for health - a youth authored series for PLOS digital health.
🌏 Digital citizenship for health – a youth-authored series for PLOS Digital Health, curated with DTH-Lab just published. Read: https://tr.ee/zvtAM2 I #digitaltech is reshaping health - but without #equity & $participation, many risk being left behind. Read to know why #DC4H is essential.
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🌏 DTH-Lab will present two posters at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference #PMAC2026 on January 30th! The posters explore policy action to address digital impact on youth mental health and co-designing digitally enabled health systems with young people.
👉 Link to posters: https://tr.ee/QPBOsB
We are happy to announce new strategic partnerships with the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) and the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF). Find out more about the partnership: https://tr.ee/l0T5I3
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✨New report! Shaping our health futures captures the impact of the 2024-25 cohort of DTH-Lab Regional Youth Champions (RYCs) and our unique approach to facilitating youth engagement in digital transformations for health.
Authored by RYCs read the report: https://tr.ee/DkiOmQ
✨ New research spotlight: Digital Citizenshi for Health: platform assessment for cooperation, sustainability and impact by #RachealOgundipe.
📗 Read the report: https://tr.ee/L6wOYj
📽️ Watch the video for key findings and insights
Wishing all our supporters, partners and friends a very Happy New Year 2026.
Stay connected with us and hear about upcoming events, research and youth-led initiatives that drive action towards an inclusive and just digital health space for all.
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As #2025 draws to a close, DTH-Lab is thrilled to reflect on a year defined by meaningful progress and lasting impact in digital health.
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🇦🇺 Australia bans social media for under-16s today! Our new research confirms the urgency of holding social media platforms accountable as they prioritize revenue over user safety. 👉 Read report by #ErzaSelmani: https://tr.ee/CkmD6D
#TechAccountability #YouthMentalHealth #DigitalHealth
The Council of Europe has launched an ambitious new Road Map for Strengthening Digital Citizenship Education, however youth health and well-being remain critical gaps. Read our Youth Engagement Coordinator Whitney Gray's blog: https://tr.ee/0M6o6R
03.12.2025 03:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for World Childrens Day blog by Louise Holly with quote: It has been established that children’s rights apply as much online as they do offline but too often children are an afterthought in the design and governance of the digital world. Has DTH-Lab Logo and image of earth over a grass field.
My day, my rights – including online. This #WorldChildrensDay @louiseholly.bsky.social reflects on why children’s rights must be protected in a #DigitalWorld. 👉 blog: https://tr.ee/oQq5to
#MyDayMyRights
The digital environment is a public health priority!
Last week @ephconference.bsky.social #WHOEurope × DTH-Lab session, experts & youth called for #SstemicChange to address #digitalharms to young people. 🗝️actions: multisector collab + stronger #publichealth guidance.
Read policy brief: tr.ee/TrJZwn
🌍 As the European Year of Digital Citizenship Education 2025 closes, DTH-Lab Fellow Hein Thu reveals only 57% of initiatives include health and well-being. Read - Digital citizenship education for the health and well-being of young people in Europe: https://tr.ee/j1Zrir
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🌍 Save the Date! @ephconference.bsky.social #Helsinki 🇫🇮 for a roundtable by #WHOEurope & #DTH-Lab on public health’s role in addressing the digital determinants of youth mental health. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕔 16:45–17:45 (EET) | 📍 Hall B I More 👉 loom.ly/J1D6rkk
#EPH2025
🆕 Introducing a new paper by DTH-Lab Research Fellow Shajoe Lake: Youth health and well-being in national, regional and global AI governance Instruments. 🎥 Shajoe discuss the Y5 Framework and its crucial role in advancing inclusive AI governance. 📖 Read the full report: https://tr.ee/CpN5Np
🌏 Digital citizenship for health – a youth-authored series for @plos.org Digital Health, curated with @dthlab.bsky.social just published. Read: tr.ee/zvtAM2 I #digitaltech is reshaping health - but without #equity #participation, many risk being left behind. Read to know why #DC4H is essential.
29.10.2025 13:30 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0We are happy to share the first publication from our second cohort of DTH-Lab Research Fellows.
🎥 Watch André Thiombiano’s video as he discusses a key finding: the relationship between AI and young people’s nutrition.
📖 Read the full report: https://tr.ee/BmuY9i
Their response builds on the WHO Europe, DTH-Lab & Poland’s Ministry of Health Policy Brief – The digital determinants of youth mental health and well-being – calling for balanced actions that recognize both risks and benefits of online life. Read here: www.who.int/europe/publi...
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💭 “The debate on social media & youth must move beyond bans and binaries.” @acamh.bsky.social & experts urge nuanced, evidence-based policies that empower young people and hold platforms accountable. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Our sincere thanks to Dr Hans Kluge, Regional Director, WHO Regional Office for Europe, for the keynote address and to our distinguished speakers - Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, Director, DTH-Lab, Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Vice President/Senior Advisor, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf Psychiatrist & Senior Analyst, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Ben Johnson Chief Editor, Nature Health, Dr. Scott C. Ratzan MD, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Communication & Co-Chair, Nature Medicine Commission, Tanushree Jain, IPSF - International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation, Vismita Gupta-Smith, WHO, Dr. Sebastian Schmidt-Kaehler, Co-Director Healthcare program, Bertelsmann Stiftung for their insightful contributions to this vital dialogue.
Incredible energy at the #WHS2025 !
Proud to co-host -Building Healthier Digital Futures with Information Integrity- yesterday w @bertelsmannst.bsky.social – an important discussion on trust, accountability and collab in #digitalhealth #HealthInformationIntegrity @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social
Save the date invite for webinar on Youth Perspectives on Advancing Digital Citizenship for Health as part of digital health week. With logos of DTH-Lab and PLOS.
#Webinar: Youth Perspectives on Advancing Digital Citizenship for Health. As part of #DigitalHealthWeek 2025, @dthlab.bsky.social + @plos.org Digital Health explore how youth-led digital citizenship is shaping equitable, participatory & democratic health futures. 🗓️ 3 Nov 👉 Register: lnkd.in/g2M2qZAF
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Find our more info on the side event: dthlab.org/world-health...
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poster for the World Health Summit 2025 side meeting titled 'How should public health ensure health information integrity.' The event takes place on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, in Berlin, Side Meeting Room I, from 09:00 to 10:30 CET. Moderator is Ben Johnson, Chief Editor of Nature Health. Panelists include Vismita Gupta-Smith, Health Information Integrity, World Health Organization; Dr. Scott C. Ratzan, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Health Communication and Co-Chair of the Nature Medicine Commission; and Tanushree Jain, Chairperson of Public Health at the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF). Logos for Digital Transformations for Health Lab and Bertelsmann Stiftung are at the bottom.
📣 Panel Spotlight #WHS2025 Side Event
Introducing Panel 2: How should public health ensure health information integrity – exploring how research, governance & civic engagement build trust and accountability in #digitalhealth.
🎤 Ben Johnson | Dr Scott C. Ratzan | Tanushree Jain | Vismita Gupta-Smith
This guide also introduces #PLUTO (Public VaLUe Assessment TOol) as a structured method for evaluating the public value of data use: loom.ly/V7Oy6S0
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Post of Data Solidarity Implementation Guide with text - a guide for public and private organizations, authorities and policymakers. Launched at the European Health Forum Gastein.
Putting data solidarity into practice guide 🚀 @gasteinforum.bsky.social, produced by @univie.ac.at and DTH-Lab to help #policymakers #businesses put public value as a priority for data use. More: https://loom.ly/HavSD5g
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poster for the World Health Summit 2025 side meeting. The panel titled 'Lessons from countries that have taken steps to regulate digital platforms' under the theme 'Building Healthier Digital Futures with Information Integrity.' It takes place on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, in Berlin, from 09:00 to 10:30 CET, in Side Meeting Room I. The moderator is Prof. Ilona Kickbusch, Director of Digital Transformations for Health Lab. Panelists include Dr. Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization, and Dr. Helena Frielingsdorf, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist and Senior Analyst at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The bottom of the poster displays logos for Digital Transformations for Health Lab and Bertelsmann Stiftung.
📣 Panel Spotlight @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social side event room I - 14 Oct 2025.
Panel 1: Lessons from countries that have taken steps to regulate digital platforms. 🎤 #IlonaKickbusch | #HelenaFrielingsdorf | #HansKluge (also delivering the keynote)
#WHS2025
👉 Details: dthlab.org/world-health...
🌍 Next year marks 40 years of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
In a new editorial,
@docsamantha.bsky.social
#IlonaKickbusch, #MihályKökény & #OrkanOkan reflect on this legacy and reaffirm the vision of #HealthforAll.
Read: doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Poster with DTH-Lab logo with text: Making youth-driven responses to NCDs and mental health official in the Declaration would show that today's digital natives and tomorrow's leaders are important builders of solutions, not just passive recipients. Salman Khan DTH-Lab Regional Youth Champion New blog: Youth and digital gaps threaten success of UN declaration on NCDs and mental health.
Tomorrow, #UNGA80 Heads of States and Government will meet to set a new vision on #NCDs & mental health.
DTH-Lab RYC @sam1267.bsky.social stresses on his #blog that success of this depends on #youthengagement & tackling #DigitalDeterminantsOfHealth. 📖 Blog: loom.ly/A8wk-n0
