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Digital health and COVID-19: challenges of use and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Source :
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Pan African Medical Journal . Jan-Apr2021, Vol. 38, p1-3. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- COVID-19 is a global health emergency that exposed the gaps in health systems globally, especially in sub-Saharan Africa home to many fragile healthcare systems and a region beset with a large burden of disease. Various mitigation strategies have been put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 and management of patients in sub- Saharan Africa. However, much still need to be done. Digital health provides the promise for the continent to bridge the gap in decreasing the negative impact of COVID-19 and effectively mitigate the pandemic. This commentary argues how countries in sub-Saharan Africa need to embrace the use of digital health in public health interventions to vigorously mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and to contribute towards attaining universal health coverage (UHC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DIGITAL health
*COVID-19
*COVID-19 pandemic
*HEALTH equity
*PANDEMICS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19378688
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Pan African Medical Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152717944
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.240.27948