Recent global challenges have underscored the urgent need to accelerate the digital transformation in healthcare. Particularly in low-income countries, patients encounter substantial barriers to accessing medical services due to inadequate infrastructure, compounded by other crises such as political instability and civil unrest. These factors contribute to a scarcity of medical professionals, hinder access to remote regions, and escalate the risk of mortality from severe illnesses. This context highlights the critical role of digital health solutions in bridging the healthcare gap, underscoring the necessity for innovation and strategic digital integration to enhance healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), since 2020, 68% of countries have experienced interruptions in the provision of medical services, including monitoring of diabetes, hypertension, and cancer screening. Such failures threaten an increase in mortality from serious diseases, the WHO (2022) notes. The situation is particularly exacerbated in certain regions of the world with a vast geographical expanse and low-income such as Ethiopia and Somalia. Lack of medical staff or difficulties in reaching remote regions can be overcome by the support of telemedicine and digital health. Higher education can play a crucial role training specialists in the domain of digital health.DigHealth projects aims at strengthen academic capacity of teaching staff on digital health in Ethiopia, and Somalia via development and implementation of micro-credentials equipping future doctors of the digital skills needed in the health sector.The development of the micro credentials in digital health will go through the following steps:-Need and competences analysis (involving relevant stakeholders)-Capacity building activities to train teaching staff and design new courses (micro credentials)-Test and validate the new micro credentials in digital health in each