Copenhagen (GNP): WHO Europe Healthcare Denmark Digital Health 2026 partnership became a reality as the World Health Organization’s European office and Healthcare Denmark signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate cooperation on digital health, health data, artificial intelligence, and health system innovation across all 53 countries of the WHO European Region.
The agreement marks a significant step toward ensuring that no country in Europe has to build its digital health future alone, giving every nation in the region access to the knowledge and experience that Denmark has developed over many years of digital health transformation.
Under the terms of the WHO Europe Healthcare Denmark Digital Health 2026 agreement, WHO Europe will share its global technical expertise on digital health and artificial intelligence with Healthcare Denmark and relevant Danish stakeholders.
WHO Europe will also take part in delegation visits, roundtables, webinars, and other technical exchanges, contributing to the spread of evidence based and innovative health approaches that are tailored to the specific needs of countries across the region.
For its part, Healthcare Denmark will facilitate knowledge exchange by sharing Danish experiences and best practices with interested countries. The organisation will support study visits and technical exchanges for WHO Europe and partner countries with relevant Danish health authorities and institutions. It will also promote Denmark as a practical learning platform for health systems that are looking to advance their own digital health and data driven development journeys.
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, expressed strong enthusiasm for the partnership. He said he has seen what Denmark has built and described it as impressive. He highlighted that Denmark has created a health system where data flows safely between patients, doctors, and researchers, and where artificial intelligence supports clinicians rather than replacing them.
He said this agreement means that every country in the WHO European Region can now learn from Denmark’s journey and skip some of the hard lessons along the way. He described the partnership as health equity in practice, not a slogan, but a working agreement designed to benefit all 53 member countries of the region.
WHO Europe Healthcare Denmark Digital Health 2026 Shares Danish Expertise
WHO Europe Healthcare Denmark Digital Health 2026 cooperation will focus on several key thematic areas that are central to building modern and resilient health systems. These include digital transformation, health information systems, data analytics, and the use of artificial intelligence in health. All of these areas are consistent with WHO’s Regional Digital Health Action Plan for the WHO European Region, which covers the period from 2023 to 2030 and sets out a clear vision for the digital future of health systems across Europe.
Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, Chair of Healthcare Denmark, said digital transformation is not achieved through technology alone. He stressed that it requires trust, good governance, and genuine collaboration. He said that through this agreement with WHO Europe, Healthcare Denmark can help connect health systems across the region with practical and proven experience from Denmark’s own digital health journey, giving countries a real and reliable partner as they work to modernise their own systems.
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The memorandum of understanding will remain in effect until June 30, 2031, with the option to extend for additional periods of five years. Both parties have been clear that the partnership will not support business development activities, will not give any country privileged access to products or services, and will not imply WHO endorsement of any commercial entity. Any involvement of private sector organisations in study visits or technical exchanges will be managed in a fully transparent and strictly non promotional manner.
The WHO Europe Healthcare Denmark Digital Health 2026 partnership represents a model for how international health cooperation can work in the digital age, combining global expertise with national experience to build stronger, smarter, and more equitable health systems for everyone across the European Region and beyond.
