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- Title
Digital vaccine passports and digital health diplomacy: an online model WHO simulation.
- Authors
Godinho, Myron Anthony; Liaw, Siaw-Teng; Kanjo, Chipo; Marin, Heimar F; Martins, Henrique; Quintana, Yuri
- Abstract
In the wake of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several nations have sought to implement digital vaccine passports (DVPs) to enable the resumption of international travel. Comprising a minimum dataset for each unique individual, DVPs have the makings of a global electronic health record, broaching key issues involved in building a global digital health ecosystem. Debate simulations offer a safe, interactive space to foster participatory policy discussions for advancing digital health diplomacy. This study used an online simulation of a Model World Health Assembly to critically analyze the sociotechnical issues associated with the global implementation of DVPs, and to generate useful insights and questions about the role of diplomacy in global digital health. The debate arguments addressed and provided insights into the technological, scientific, ethical, legal, policy, and societal aspects of DVPs. Reflecting on the simulation, we discuss its opportunities and challenges for the digitalization, decolonization, decentralization, and democratization of participatory policymaking.
- Subjects
VACCINE passports; DIGITAL health; COVID-19; DIPLOMACY; DIGITAL technology; VIRTUAL communities
- Publication
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 4, p712
- ISSN
1067-5027
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jamia/ocac126