The “Health Online Indicators” project will present, in an easily readable form, five indicators that can help enable access to safe and affordable health solutions using the Internet in LAC. The information that will be part of this dataset will be taken from various national laws, executive orders, communications from national authorities, and academic research. So, while the data mostly exists already, it is neither properly organized nor accessible.
Once these indicators are compiled, they can be used to: inform policymakers on the broader situation of Latin America so then can coordinate (or compare with) the situation in their own jurisdictions; to provide data for the creation of maps, statistics, and other reference materials; and to serve as a starting point for discussions on health-related topics in Internet Governance spaces. The ultimate goal is to bring data-driven research on this matter to our region, in order to generate a productive debate.