Dr Karthik Adapa is the Regional Adviser, Digital Health, World Health Organization- South East Asia Regional Office (WHO-SEARO).

Dr Adapa is a physician-scientist and his work broadly focuses on designing, developing, implementing, validating, and evaluating digital health interventions. Dr. Adapa uses methods from human factors engineering, implementation science, and artificial intelligence based on his training in internal medicine, public health, public policy, and digital health.

At WHO-SEARO, Dr. Adapa provides strategic advice to member countries on the digital transformation of health systems and supports member countries in exploiting opportunities provided by digital technologies and use of big data while safeguarding privacy, security and confidentiality.