Digital health and COVID-19: challenges of use and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

被引：11

作者：

Mogessie, Yidnekachew Girma ^{[1
]}

Ntacyabukura, Blaise ^{[2
]}

Mengesha, Dawit Tesfagiorgis ^{[1
]}

Musa, Mohamed Babiker ^{[3
]}

Wangari, Marie-Claire ^{[4
]}

Claude, Nsabimana ^{[5
]}

Buntongyi, Nit ^{[6
]}

Eliseo Lucero-Prisno, Don, III ^{[7
,8
]}

机构：

[1] St Pauls Hosp, Millennium Med Coll, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[2] Karolinska Inst, Solna, Sweden

[3] Omdurman Islamic Univ, Fac Pharm, Khartoum, Sudan

[4] Nazareth Hosp, Nairobi, Kenya

[5] Kibagabaga Dist Hosp, Minist Hlth, Kigali, Rwanda

[6] Univ Puthisastra, Fac Med, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

[7] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Global Hlth & Dev, London, England

[8] Univ Philippines Open Univ, Fac Management & Dev Studies, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

来源：

PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2021年 / 38卷

关键词：

Digital health; COVID-19; sub-Saharan Africa;

D O I：

10.11604/pamj.2021.38.240.27948

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

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).

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