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Global health technology experts, the BroadReach Group, has announced their early endorsement of the equity and human-rights based Health Data Governance Principles. A critical step in the journey towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030.
Launched on World Health Day (7 April 2022), the principles build on the existing World Health Organisation (WHO) data principles, among others, aiming to protect people, promote health value through innovative uses of data, and prioritise health equity.
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Over the past 20 years, BroadReach has used its deep health system expertise and tech-enabled solutions to tackle healthcare challenges in some of the world’s most complex environments. “As a business, we believe that access to good health enables people to flourish and that technology is key to making equitable access to healthcare a reality. The Health Data Governance Principles align closely with our approach to health data and we are honored to be an early endorser,” says Chris A. LeGrand, CEO of the BroadReach Group.
The eight Health Data Governance Principles are to:
- Protect individuals and communities
- Build trust in data systems
- Ensure data security
- Enhance health systems and services
- Promote data sharing and interoperability
- Facilitate innovation using health data
- Promote equitable benefit from health data
- Establish data rights and ownership
“Encouraging a culture of data-led insights can help strengthen the delivery, quality and equity of health services, providing an important opportunity to accelerate progress towards UHC,” explains Mathilde Forslund, Executive Director of Transform Health, which stewarded the development of the Principles.. “Ultimately, we hope to see the principles adopted by governments, technology companies and other institutions involved in collecting and managing health data, in order to maximise the public value of health data whilst protecting individual rights.”
“We encourage other organisations to endorse the principles and incorporate them into their policy, programmatic and advocacy work, so that we can work together towards the common goal of UHC,” concludes LeGrand.
