TY - JOUR
T1 - Imagining a Lean and Agile Digital Health Ecosystem – a Measure of Pandemic Responsiveness
AU - Samad, Zainab
AU - Mahmood, Sana
AU - Siddiqui, Sameen
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Ali Najib Sidiki for procurement of the photograph. Funding: None. Authorship contributions: ZS – Concept, drafting of the manuscript, critical revision. SM – Concept, drafting of the manuscript, critical revision. SS – Critical revision. ZAB – Critical revision. Competing interests: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon requestfrom the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The COVID19 pandemic has laid bare stark inadequacies and disparities in health systems all over the world, particularly so in low/middle income countries [1]. Recent events highlight that strong political will and prior preparedness for health-related emergencies are critical to being able to think and act at the same time. A necessary requirement is rapid access to, and synthesis of, the right information. In a time of crisis, the question we are all asking ourselves is, how do we come together, leverage our strengths and resources to combat this enormous challenge? The other question we need to be asking ourselves is, how can our systems be set up to do the same? A digital health system that is smart, agile, performs early warning functions and is programmed to detect and inform on inequities in health care, can be a life-saving tool, especially in low resource settings.
AB - The COVID19 pandemic has laid bare stark inadequacies and disparities in health systems all over the world, particularly so in low/middle income countries [1]. Recent events highlight that strong political will and prior preparedness for health-related emergencies are critical to being able to think and act at the same time. A necessary requirement is rapid access to, and synthesis of, the right information. In a time of crisis, the question we are all asking ourselves is, how do we come together, leverage our strengths and resources to combat this enormous challenge? The other question we need to be asking ourselves is, how can our systems be set up to do the same? A digital health system that is smart, agile, performs early warning functions and is programmed to detect and inform on inequities in health care, can be a life-saving tool, especially in low resource settings.
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U2 - 10.7189/jogh.10.020391
DO - 10.7189/jogh.10.020391
M3 - Article
C2 - 33312498
AN - SCOPUS:85098266993
SN - 2047-2978
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 3
JO - Journal of Global Health
JF - Journal of Global Health
IS - 2
ER -