Center for Global Digital Health Innovation
Advancing innovation in digital healthcare through collaboration, evidence, and education
The Center for Global Digital Health Innovation (CGDHI) aims to ameliorate access to health care, improve health outcomes, and advance health equity through context-appropriate and evidenced-based digitization.
We bring together faculty from schools across Johns Hopkins University to foster interdisciplinary collaborations that support governments, donors, and development agencies worldwide in strengthening health services through digitization.
New and Noteworthy
Bloomberg Philanthropies Renews Support for Data for Health Initiative
Bloomberg Philanthropies has renewed its partnership with BSPH, awarding a $4.7 million grant through March 2027. Led by Dr. Smisha Agarwal, Dr. Dustin Gibson, and Dr. Michelle R. Kaufman, the D4H work conducted by CGDHI and the Gender Equity Unit is driving innovation in national health data systems across more than 25 LMICs.
New Launch: The Digital Health Evidence Gap Map
Where do digital health interventions deliver the greatest value? The Digital Health Evidence Gap Map–an interactive tool– helps policymakers, practitioners, and innovators see what works, where evidence is strong, and where gaps remain—based on a review of 12,000+ reviews and 4,500+ studies as part of the Landscaping Analysis project.
Online Courses on Population Health Data Now Available
Three online courses developed by CGDHI faculty are now available to global learners who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in digital data collection tools, translating data into effective health policy, and using civil registration and vital statistics systems and methodologies.
Evaluation of e-IMNCI (IeDA) in India
New Project Announcement: We’re partnering with Terre des hommes foundation, IIHMR-Jaipur, and government stakeholders in #Jharkhand, India, to evaluate and scale e-IMNCI (IeDA) — a digital decision support tool that helps providers deliver higher-quality care for children under five.
"CGDHI brings together unlike minds -- with a healthy disregard for the impossible -- to solve some of the world’s most vexing healthcare problems, especially where the need is the highest."
Dr. Soumya Acharya, Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design