DTH Lab

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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.

🤖 As the EU AI Act introduces new transparency rules, one question remains: Are we building AI systems that young people can trust - or building them without their voices? Our pub explores how youth-centred AI governance can better protect and empower younger generations. 📖 https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

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💻 Have you registered yet? Join us on 12 Aug for the launch of Being Online: Visual Expressions of Youth Experiences of Digital Well-Being, a digital gallery curated in collab with Global Mental Health Action Network. 🗓️ 12 Aug | 12:00 CET 🔗 Register now: https://tr.ee/KhxZ0d or scan QR code

📘 What does it take to build digitally enabled health systems that truly respond to the needs of young people? 📖 Learn more about the framework -Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders: https://tr.ee/RweKoI

📕Shaping AI governance for young people: Perspectives on health, policy and regulation brings together four papers by young researchers examining how AI governance can better protect young people's health, rights and well-being. Read- https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

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🚸Early data from Australia indicate that social media companies can’t be relied on to protect children. Louise Holly argues that age restrictions alone won’t make online spaces safer. Policymakers must focus on platform accountability, safer design and enforcement. 🔗 Read: https://tr.ee/obSrXv

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🌍 Welcome to the 2026–2027 DTH-Lab Research Fellows. Selected from over 2,250 applications worldwide, they represent a diverse group of emerging researchers and professionals committed to advancing knowledge at the intersection of digital transformation, health and meaningful youth engagement.

Erza Selmani’s new paper AI oversight and youth well-being: comparing self, state and hybrid approaches draws on a comparative analysis of different models of AI governance published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

Rebecca Raeside shares findings from a new paper: Safeguarding adolescent health and well-being in the AI era: integrating risks, vulnerabilities and governance gaps to inform solutions published in a collection by DTH-Lab. Read it here: https://tr.ee/GDGaWt

⏱️ Save the Date! At GIDH's Global Convening 22-24 June, we will launch Digitally enabled health systems that address the needs of young people: A framework for health leaders involved in the development & implementation of national digital health strategies 🔗 Register here: https://tr.ee/IOzjNE

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📊 2025 in numbers I The DTH-Lab’s Annual Report 2025 reflects both scale and impact. Behind these numbers is a growing movement to ensure digital transformations in health are equitable, inclusive and shaped by young people. Read more in the Annual Report 2025: https://tr.ee/Av4bNM

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