The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Digital Health & Health Education, hosted at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, was first designated on 21 June 2019 and redesignated on 21 June 2023. The Centre supports WHO's broader mission to enhance the digital health competencies and capacity of the global health workforce.

Under the leadership of Professor Jennifer Cleland, the Centre undertakes comprehensive reviews to synthesise authoritative evidence. This work informs key decision-makers on the strategic use of digital health education, with a particular focus on under- and post-graduate education, as well as lifelong learning across all health professions.

Building health workforce capacity in countries requires major barriers to be overcome in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, universal health coverage, and other health targets proposed in the WHO Thirteenth General Programme of Work.

Read our most recent WHO-commissioned report that tackles the factors required for building health workforce capacity in a framework that integrates digital tools for health workforce development into broader health systems, addressing external, system-level, institutional and individual factors.