KUWAIT: The Undersecretary of the Kuwait Ministry of Defense Sheikh Dr Abdullah Mishal Al-Sabah participated in the sixth Conference for the Development of the Workforce in the Field of Digital Health In the Gulf Cooperation Council countries which was hosted by Dubai with wide international participation.

The Ministry of Defense said in a press statement on Wednesday that the conference was held last week with the participation of the World Health Organization, governmental and academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and a number of health policy makers around the world. It witnessed the discussion of specialized topics and the presentation of lectures in the field of technological advancement for the various stages of Zamam 2023.

It added that the conference also dealt with research related topics of revolutionary technology, digital health, health information exchange (HIE), public health, artificial intelligence, data management, and workforce development.

The statement explained that Zamam is the Gulf Cooperation Council task force on workforce development in the field of digital healthcare is a non-profit initiative that seeks to create sustainable digital health ecosystems. It stated that this is done by providing sufficient supplies of a skilled and capable local digital workforce with the aim of developing a competency-based framework for developing specialists in Digital health and career paths that ensure a future-ready workforce. — KUNA