Terms of Use

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before installing, accessing and using the Digital Health Atlas (the “DHA”).

These Terms of Use governs your use of the DHA. By installing, accessing and/or using the DHA, you enter into an agreement with the World Health Organization (“WHO”) and you accept all terms, conditions, and requirements of the Agreement.

In these Terms of Use “you”, “your” means: (i) the individual user; and (ii) the entity on whose behalf the individual user is accessing and using the DHA. The individual user and the relevant entity are joint and severally responsible for the use of the DHA.

1. About the DHA

The DHA is an open-source web platform made available by WHO to support governments, product owners, implementers, investors and donors to better coordinate digital health activities. It can answer the question of which software applications are being used at which health facilities in any given country.

2. Registration

2.1 To use the DHA, you must first register via: https://digitalhealthatlas.org/en/-/login

2.2 Once registered, users are able to:

1. View digital health projects at global and country level
2. Research projects to design a health intervention
3. Registerer digital health projects
4. Export projects in a portable format
5. As an investor/country admin add on to the default questionnaire.

3. Rights and permissions

3.1 You agree to only upload or submit material that you are permitted to and that does not violate any rights, including intellectual property rights. Where you are not the owner of the material, you represent and warrant that you have the express permission from the owner of the material to upload, use or submit the material.

3.2 By uploading or submitting material to the DHA, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. If you wish to keep any information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not submit or upload them to the DHA.

3.3 You are solely responsible for any damages resulting from any infringements of copyrights, trademark rights, propriety rights, or any other harm resulting from any material that you have uploaded or submitted.

3.4 By uploading material to the DHA, you agree that the information will be made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY 3.0 IGO) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/legalcode, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

4. Maps

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the maps used in the DHA do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement.

5. Use of WHO name and emblem

You shall not:

1. in connection with your use of the DHA, state or imply that WHO endorses or is affiliated with you, or WHO endorses any entity, organization, company, or product, or any particular digital health activity; and
2. use the name or emblem of WHO in any way. All requests to use the WHO name and/or emblem require advance written approval of WHO.

6. Personal Information

6.1 The only personal information that we will collect about you is the personal information that you provide to us when you register with us or when you communicate with us through our website. We will at any time, at your request, provide you with a copy of any personal information that we are holding about you.

6.2 We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide information or services to you as requested by you.
• To let you know about information and services in which you may be interested.
• For internal review.
• To improve the content of the website.
• To customize the content and /or layout of the website for each individual user.
• To notify users about updates to the website.
• To compile and disclose statistics about our users and their preferences. However, these statistics are anonymous and do not identify individual users.

6.3 Where you have provided personal information of another individual you represent and warrant that you have:

1. advised the individual the purpose(s) for which their personal information will be provided; and
2. obtained their express consent to provide their personal information for such purposes.

7. Disclaimers by WHO

7.1 Information or content about individual digital health activities contained within the DHA is submitted by users. In no event shall WHO be responsible for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of material uploaded by any user on the DHA.

7.2 The DHA, including any information contained within it, is made available to you without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. You will be solely responsible for your use of the DHA. In no event shall WHO be liable for any damages arising from such use.

7.3 The DHA may contain links to resources on external websites. WHO is not responsible for the accuracy or content of any external link. The presence of any resource or external link on the DHA does not imply that the resource, or its author or entity, is endorsed or recommended by the WHO. These links are provided for convenience only.

7.4 The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers' products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by WHO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned.

8. Message Boards and other interactive features

8.1 Message boards, bulletin boards, blogs, and other services may be available on or through the DHA. In addition to any other rules or regulations that WHO may post in connection with these particular services, you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute, or otherwise publish through the DHA or any service or feature made available on or through the DHA any materials which:

1. restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the DHA;
2. are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libellous, defamatory, or offensive;
3. constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, federal, or international law;
4. violate, plagiarize, or infringe the rights of third parties, including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy, or publicity or any other proprietary rights;
5. contain a virus, spyware, or any other harmful content;
6. contain embedded links or advertising of any kind; or
7. constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsements, or statements of fact.

8.2 WHO reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the content of the message boards, bulletin boards, blogs, and other services available on the DHA to determine compliance with the Terms of Use and any other operating rules we establish. We reserve the exclusive right to edit, remove, or refuse to post any submitted materials or information. We are not responsible for and do not endorse any of the opinions, advice, or statements posted in messages, bulletin boards, blogs, and other services. We are not responsible for any offensive, defamatory, or obscene posting made on the message boards or other features on the Website. We reserve the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are inappropriate, objectionable or in violation of these Terms. We also reserve the right to deny access to the DHA any features of the DHA to anyone who violates these Terms or who, in our judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our website or infringes the rights of others. WHO assumes no liability for any action or inaction with respect to any conduct, communication, or posting on the message boards, bulletin boards, blogs, or other services on the DHA.

9. Modification/discontinuation of the DHA

WHO reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the DHA, or any means of accessing or utilizing the DHA, with or without prior notice to you.

10. Indemnification of WHO

You agree to indemnify WHO for, and hold WHO harmless against, any claims and liabilities, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising from your use of the DHA and/or breach of these Terms of Use.

11. Dispute Resolution

Any dispute relating to the interpretation or application of these Terms of Use shall, unless amicably settled, be subject to conciliation. In the event of failure of the latter, the dispute shall be settled by arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the modalities to be agreed upon by the parties or, in the absence of agreement, with the rules of arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. The parties shall accept the arbitral award as final.

12. Privileges and Immunities of WHO

Nothing in or relating to these Terms of Use shall be deemed a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities enjoyed by WHO under national or international law and/or as submitting WHO to any national court jurisdiction.

13. Entire Agreement

These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and WHO with respect to its subject matter. WHO is not bound by any additional terms that may appear in any communication from you. Any amendment of these Terms of Use shall be subject to WHO’s written agreement, it being agreed that WHO may amend these Terms and Conditions from time to time at its sole discretion, without prior notice.

Contact

If you have further questions about the DHA, do not hesitate to get in touch using the details below:

Email:  digital-health-atlas@who.int