May 4, 2021
Digital innovation is vital for the advancement of African economies and their health services – but to make this possible certain large stumbling blocks need to be removed.
This was the consensus among high-level global and African health experts who came together for an online discussion co-hosted by the Africa Health Alliance (AHA) and USA Healthcare Alliance (USAHA) on promoting healthcare infrastructure and bridging the digital divide in Africa.
Among the major challenges identified are a lack of broadband infrastructure, a shortage of digitised data for actionable systemic insights, and inadequate long-term investing and political support for innovative health technologies from Africa.
Solving the digital health divide in Africa through scaled up public-private support for digital innovation
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(1) Glocal Healthcare Systems ( Glocal or the Company ), a global industry-leading provider of digitally enabled healthcare that operates as a technology and process based platform to make healthcare affordable, and accessible, reported significant milestones during February. Our goal is to ensure that high quality and affordable healthcare is accessible globally. To achieve this goal, we have combined the examination room, test lab, and the pharmacy into one clinic which we call a Digital Dispensary. Its dimensions are only about 64 square feet making it easy to install or retrofit into any location. This solution provides the immense benefits of digital health for the consumers and providers said Dr. Sabahat Azim, CEO and founder of Glocal and CEO International Division of Uphealth. The digital dispensaries are staffed by a nurse who guides the patients through the whole healthcare consultation using the digital diagnostic tools at hand. In person presence of a doctor