It's time for a great reset of Africa's e-health systems
COVID-19 has highlighted the poor state of Africa's healthcare infrastructure. Mobile technology and broadband can unlock e-health services across the African continent
What can be done? Summary:
Unlock e-health and digital platforms
Unlock the insurance market through mobile innovations and micro-insurance
Providing identification to unlock the use of healthcare data
National informatization and training
Private companies will a driving force, maybe the must important
COVID-19 is a wake-up call for Africa
As COVID-19 rages on, it gives Africa multiple reasons to turn to mobile innovations in order to leapfrog the continent's e-health services. In this regard private companies will have a huge role.
Externally, the overwhelming of healthcare systems in G7 countries suggests a catastrophe is simmering in Africa, while the resurgence of the pandemic across the world suggests that we are in for a long fight. Lastly, COVID-19 is proving to be a ‘mother of inventions’ for healthcare, and Africa should not be left behind.
Across Africa, the pandemic has awakened everyone to the continent's sad state of healthcare infrastructure which, having been underfunded for a …
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