GHFutures2030 Youth Statement + Call for Action
Creators: name: Wong, Brian Li Han
name: Gray, Whitney
name: Stevens, Enow Awah Georges
name: Ali, Mohamed El Amine Youcef
name: Galban, Dexter
name: Hasse, Alexa
name: Siepmann, Ines
name: Tandon, Sahil
name: Acosta-Gómez, Jaime
name: Ainomugisha, Martha
name: Azelmat, Marwa
name: Benslimane, Yasmina
name: Bewa, Joannie Marlene
name: Blom, Iris Martine
name: Retana, Francisca Milena Chacón
name: Chiu, Yi-Chi
name: Clausin, Mia
name: Fagan, Lucy
name: Francis, Toluse Dove
name: Iyere, Jordan
name: Janušonytė, Eglė
name: Kalmus-Eliasz, Michael
name: Madadi, Oussama
name: Mahesh, Rewena
name: Messerli, Natalie
name: Mgogwe, Dorcasbahati
name: Monley, Vanessa
name: Mullings, Danielle
name: Murgor, Mellany
name: Neumann, Micaela
name: Peace-Angel, Yinkore
name: Radyk, Rachel Elizabeth
name: Pujiani, Florensia Rahati
name: Toenjes, Ralf
name: Yi, Whitley
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111712 Health Promotion
subject: 160508 Health Policy
subject: FOS: Political science

description: For the first time, a joint The Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing health futures2030: Growing up in a digital world (hereafter: GHFutures2030, or the Commission) is exploring the convergence of digital health, artificial intelligence (AI), and universal health coverage (UHC) with a focus on improving and safeguarding the health and wellbeing of children and young people. Digital and data tools and technologies are fundamentally changing approaches to health and the design of health systems – but governance models have not yet followed the pace of innovation. Striving for integrated digital development that improves the health and wellbeing of children and young people in an ever more digital world, the objective of the Commission is to deliver a clear set of recommendations on the governance of digital health taking full account of geopolitical, economic, and social factors. The Commission brings together independent Commissioners from a range of sectors and disciplines to deliver a final report scheduled for late 2021. <br> For children and young people (hereafter: youth) to truly have agency with respect to digital technologies and approaches for which they are the intended end users or beneficiaries, they need to be enfranchised and empowered to participate – beyond just being loosely engaged – in every step of the process. The meaningful enfranchisement of youth is a central tenet of the Commission’s work. GHFutures2030 strives to ensure that digital health (DH) governance is codesigned and co-governed for and with youth to drive forward the agenda of achieving desired health futures for all. <br> Thirty-five participants representing twenty-three global youth networks participated in a two-part GHFutures2030 Youth Consultation, titled “What do youth want to see in the future of health governance?”. The aims of the consultation were threefold: first, to hear from youth as to how they identify as a group; second, to understand their main concerns and proposed solutions with respect to the digital transformations in health; and third, provide space for Commissioners to hear from youth on the health futures they they want.