🌐 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

🌏 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#PMAC2026

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#RachealOgundipe 📽️ 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. Sign up for our newsletter: https://tr.ee/UzR2XJ

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#ErzaSelmani #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

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#WorldChildrensDay#DigitalWorld#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

💭 “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/...

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

#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

📣 Panel Spotlight #WHS2025 Side Event Introducing Panel 2: How should public health ensure health information integrity – exploring how research, governance & civic engagement build trust and accountability in #digitalhealth. 🎤 Ben Johnson | Dr Scott C. Ratzan | Tanushree Jain | Vismita Gupta-Smith

Putting data solidarity into practice guide 🚀 @gasteinforum.bsky.social, produced by @univie.ac.at and DTH-Lab to help #policymakers #businesses put public value as a priority for data use. More: https://loom.ly/HavSD5g

📣 Panel Spotlight @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social side event room I - 14 Oct 2025. Panel 1: Lessons from countries that have taken steps to regulate digital platforms. 🎤 #IlonaKickbusch | #HelenaFrielingsdorf | #HansKluge (also delivering the keynote) #WHS2025 👉 Details: dthlab.org/world-health...

🌍 Next year marks 40 years of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion. In a new editorial, @docsamantha.bsky.social #IlonaKickbusch, #MihályKökény & #OrkanOkan reflect on this legacy and reaffirm the vision of #HealthforAll. Read: doi.org/10.1093/heap...

Tomorrow, #UNGA80 Heads of States and Government will meet to set a new vision on #NCDs & mental health. DTH-Lab RYC @sam1267.bsky.social stresses on his #blog that success of this depends on #youthengagement & tackling #DigitalDeterminantsOfHealth. 📖 Blog: loom.ly/A8wk-n0

Join us at @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social Side Event! in #Berlin on 14 Oct 2025 for “Building Healthier Digital Futures with Information Integrity” 🕘09:00–10:30 CET. #WHS2025 hosted by @bertelsmannst.bsky.social & @dthlab.bsky.social - Details: dthlab.org/world-health...

📢 On 3 Oct at #EHFG2025, our Director #IlonaKickbusch will discuss the policy brief on Addressing the digital determinants of youth mental health and well-being. Co-developed with WHO Europe & Ministry of Health Poland. Register: https://bit.ly/4m6kzZq I Read brief: https://loom.ly/-_x1r3A#EHFG2025

What are the #DigitalDeterminantsOfHealth – and why do they matter now? #Editorial by @louiseholly.bsky.social, #SoeYuNaing, #HannahPitt, @docsamantha.bsky.social & #IlonaKickbusch explores how #DigitalTech, #AI & #DataSystems are reshaping health. Read: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Call for Submissions: The Role of Public Health in Preventing Digital Harms Share your #research on how #publichealth can address risks of #digitaltransformation. Deadline 16 Jan 2026. Details: dthlab.org/research-top... Editors: #IlonaKickbusch #AnuragAgrawal @louiseholly.bsky.social #SalmanKhan

#EHDS is still in formation. Will it be a collective resource for fairness & inclusion – or a tool of exclusion for the powerful? #Blog by @bprainsack.bsky.social & Aferdita Bytyqi respond to Jon Rueda’s Nature piece on #DataGovernance. 📘 https://loom.ly/DQDKMyM

❓What do young people want from digital first health systems? Insights from 300+ youth in 80 countries show clear priorities: mental health, sexual & reproductive health and universal values for digital health. 📖 Read more: https://loom.ly/sNOVuRs #dfhs #youthvoices #digitalhealth

We are excited to share that DTH-Lab is now on Bluesky 🚀 Another way to connect, exchange ideas and join the growing conversation on digital transformation for health. 👉Follow us here: @dthlab.bsky.social