Mapping digital health ecosystems in Africa in the context of endemic infectious and non-communicable diseases.

ABSTRACT: Investments in digital health technologies such as artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and telemedicine may support Africa achieve United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal for Health by 2030. We aimed to characterize and map digital health ecosystems of all 54 countries in Africa in the context of endemic infectious and non-communicable diseases (ID and NCD). We performed a cross-national ecological analysis of digital health ecosystems using 20-year data from the World Bank, UN Economic Commission for Africa, World Health Organization, and Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS. Spearman's rank correlation coefficients were used to characterize ecological correlations between exposure (technology characteristics) and outcome (IDs and NCDs incidence/mortality) variables. Weighted li

SUBMITTER: Manyazewal T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10213589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature