WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE

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ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Provisional agenda item 8 Leveraging digital transformation for better health in Europe: Regional digital health action plan for the WHO European Region 2023-2030 Progress report At the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe (RC72) in September 2022, the Regional Committee adopted the Regional Digital Health Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2023-2030 in resolution EUR/RC72/R2. In collaboration with Member States and other key stakeholders, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has begun implementing the Action Plan. The first two years focused on developing research, strengthening capacity-building and supporting Member States in the area of digital transformation of the health sector. Progress has been made in all of the 18 key regional focus areas identified across the four strategic priorities. Over the upcoming third year of implementation, the WHO Regional Office for Europe will continue this progress, helping to deliver the Empowerment through Digital Health flagship initiative of the European Programme of Work, 2020-2025, and strengthening its relevance to all 53 Member States in the WHO European Region. Following the resolution EUR/RC72/R2, Leveraging digital transformation for better health in Europe: Regional digital health action plan for the WHO European Region 2023-2030, and the commitment to report to the Regional Committee every two years on progress made in implementing the Action Plan, and to review and update the list of illustrative actions as necessary, a new list of illustrative actions has been appended to this progress report.