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SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Telehealth Initiative (WTI), a leading nonprofit organization working to advance sustainable access to healthcare in under-resourced communities around the world, today announced an investment from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC). The investment will be used to support WTI's global scale, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and further leverage Teladoc Health's (NYSE:TDOC) virtual care enablement platform to expand access to care worldwide.
Founded in 2017, WTI enables access to care in more than 15 developing communities worldwide – including Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Lilongwe, Malawi, and Port au Prince, Haiti – and plans to expand to 40 communities within the next two years. WTI's network of volunteer medical professionals leverage Teladoc Health's virtual care platform and devices to interact with people in under-resourced community clinics and facilities, despite being countries apart. Teladoc Health's proprietary technology offers improved connectivity and breaks down traditional barriers to health by providing local care teams and physicians additional capacity and specialty care services. WTI will use Intel's investment to partner with more community clinics in developing countries.