Digital health technologies to support access to medicines and pharmaceutical services in the achievement of sustainable development goals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study was to describe the conceptual and implementation approach of selected digital health technologies that were tailored in various resource-constrained countries. To provide insights from a donor-funded project implementer perspective on the practical aspects based on local context and recommendations on future directions.

Methods

Drawing from our multi-year institutional experience in more than 20 high disease-burden countries that aspire to meet the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3, we screened internal project documentation on various digital health tools that provide clarity in the conceptual and implementation approach. Taking into account geographic diversity, we provide a descriptive review of five selected case s

SUBMITTER: Konduri N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016570 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature