GA4GH standards, including Passports and htsget, have been implemented in the Rakeiora Genomics Platform to support data security and sovereignty in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Rakeiora Genomics Platform implements GA4GH standards to strengthen trust and privacy within Aotearoa New Zealand’s precision medicine strategy. Rakeiora is a research platform that integrates genomic information and patients’ health histories with genealogical knowledge that has been passed down from generation to generation, co-designed in partnership with Māori communities in Aotearoa (New Zealand). 

Globally harmonised health data standards, like those of GA4GH, offer a framework that can be adapted across a wide array of cultural contexts to establish transparency in health research, ensure data security, and protect data sovereignty rights, and facilitate the evolution of international best practice.

Read more about the Rakeiora Genomics Platform in the news story here.