SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute

About this programme

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI) is an enabling platform for global health activities across the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre. Harnessing the strengths and expertise of SingHealth and Duke-NUS Medical School, the institute aims to address current and emerging health challenges across Asia and beyond. Working in collaboration with partners globally, we seek to tackle prevalent health challenges, strengthen health systems, and better insulate countries from pandemics and disease threats.

For more information, please visit https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/sdghi

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From Accession to Acceleration: Building Digital Health Capacity in Timor-Leste and ASEAN

To accelerate progress toward universal health coverage following its admission as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s 11th member, Timor-Leste is positioned to leapfrog traditional
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Transforming the Digital Health Landscape in ASEAN

In this article, Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo and Daniel Azlan Mahadzir from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute reflect on key

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Featured authors

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Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo is a Research Fellow at the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI). His research focuses on integrating artificial intelligence into regional health systems. Fadjar holds a Master's in Global Health from Karolinska Institute (Sweden) and a Doctor of Medicine from Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta Sultanate). For his contributions to global health, he received awards from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany) and Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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Research

Rigorous studies and data that inform regional tech policies

Insights

Expert analysis on regional emerging trends

Country Spotlights 05 Jan 2026

From Accession to Acceleration: Building Digital Health Capacity in Timor-Leste and ASEAN

To accelerate progress toward universal health coverage following its admission as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s 11th member, Timor-Leste is positioned to leapfrog traditional healthcare barriers by integrating digital tools directly into primary care. In this article, Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo and Muhammad Daniel Azlan Mahadzir from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute call for sustained investment in digital infrastructure and workforce capacity, advocating for an inclusive ASEAN framework where Timor-Leste actively contributes its rural health insights to regional innovation.

Perspectives 14 Jul 2025

Transforming the Digital Health Landscape in ASEAN

In this article, Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo and
Daniel Azlan Mahadzir from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
reflect on key policy gaps discussed at the 2025 ASEAN Summit, highlighting what ASEAN must address to unlock digital health's full potential.

Engagements

Dialogues connecting policymakers, researchers and industry

Across the region

Perspectives 14 Jul 2025

Transforming the Digital Health Landscape in ASEAN

In this article, Mochammad Fadjar Wibowo and
Daniel Azlan Mahadzir from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute
reflect on key policy gaps discussed at the 2025 ASEAN Summit, highlighting what ASEAN must address to unlock digital health's full potential.

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Focus areas that might interest you

Digital Economy

Tech Governance

Examining how Southeast Asia is shaping tech governance through evolving regulation, policy innovation, and regional cooperation to support responsible digital development.

Digital Economy

Responsible AI Adoption

Examining how AI can be adopted responsibly to strengthen businesses, improve livelihoods, and address emerging risks across Southeast Asia.

Digital Society

Inclusive Digital Growth

Exploring how Southeast Asia can foster more inclusive digital growth through stronger readiness, participation, and future-ready digital capabilities.

Digital Economy

Financial Inclusion

Exploring how digital technologies can expand financial inclusion and improve access to financial services for underserved communities across Southeast Asia.

Digital Economy

Digital Sustainability

Exploring how Southeast Asia can harness digital innovation, regional cooperation, and responsible business to advance sustainable development and growth.

Digital Economy

Digital Resilience

Examining how Southeast Asian economies can strengthen resilience against cyber threats through stronger capabilities, coordination, and adaptive governance.

Digital Society

Digital Platforms for Public Benefit

Examining how digital platforms can create public value through inclusive access, cross-sector collaboration, and more effective digital governance in Southeast Asia.

Digital Society

Confident Digital Society

Exploring how Southeast Asia can build a more confident digital society through stronger trust, resilience, and protection against emerging digital risks.

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Mouna Aouri

Programme Fellow

Mouna Aouri is an Institute Fellow at the Tech For Good Institute. As a social entrepreneur, impact investor, and engineer, her experience spans over two decades in the MENA region, South East Asia, and Japan. She is founder of Woomentum, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to supporting women entrepreneurs in APAC through skill development and access to growth capital through strategic collaborations with corporate entities, investors and government partners.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow & Founding Executive Director

Dr Ming Tan is Senior Fellow at the Tech for Good Institute; where she served as founding Executive Director of the non-profit focused on research and policy at the intersection of technology, society and the economy in Southeast Asia. She is concurrently a Senior Fellow at and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore and Advisor to the Founder of the COMO Group, a Singaporean portfolio of lifestyle companies operating in 15 countries worldwide. Ming was previously Managing Director of IPOS International, part of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. Prior to joining the public sector, she was Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group.


Ming also serves on the boards of several private companies, Singapore’s National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC), and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre. Her current portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation.