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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.
❓How can data be used to strengthen antimicrobial stewardship while ensuring fairness and shared benefit? In a new report by DTH-Lab Research Fellow Clare Kahuma explores how data-driven approaches can support efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
📖 Read here: https://tr.ee/Ig3swL
❓How can youth engagement move beyond participation to become truly meaningful? DTH-Lab Research Fellow Fellow Ratu Bintang Assyifa Arweys examines the experiences of the Regional Youth Champions (RYCs) – DTH-Lab’s longest-running youth initiative. 📖 Read the research: https://tr.ee/8Idpo2
📣Call for applications for DTH-Lab Research Fellowship Programme 2026 opening soon
✨ Research Fellows Dissemination Series 2026 I Save the date 🗓️24 March
🎨Theme: Designing healthy digital futures for young people
🗓️31 March 🎨Theme: Governing digital health systems to promote solidarity, equity and youth well-being 🔗 Register now: https://tr.ee/05mGWr
👩💻 Rapid growth of digital technologies has brought both benefits and risks – new research from DTH-Lab Research Fellow Oluwapelumi Solagbade presents findings on healthy use of digital technologies by children and adolescents.
📖 Read the full report: https://tr.ee/DnZZD4
🌐 From agency to accountability in digital governance
Read #AferditaBytyqi's blog ‘From agency to accountability: aligning caring masculinity with digital regulation’ here: https://tr.ee/gxZVsd
🌍 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.
🌏 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.
🇦🇺 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
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.
We 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...
💭 “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/...
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
