E-health Literacy: An urgent need of developing Countries

In today's world, digital technology has become a necessity for everyone. Whether in the health sector or any other field, the use of the internet is on the rise.The concept of electronic health (E-health) has become essential in today’s digital health landscape. It offers various virtual opportunities to improve the quality of care and provide evidence-based health services. Health literacy is an important factor for the communities to develop and thrive. The recent advent of Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for e-health literacy, especially given the widespread misinformation and fake news proliferating through social media. There are numerous challenges associated with low e-health literacy among the masses. In a country like India which has a population of more than 1.4 Billion andsignificant internet penetration, appropriate usage of internet technology has becomethe need of the hour particularly in the healthcare sector. Therefore,it becomes of utmost priority to develop and enhance the public health sector on an urgent basis. E-health has the potential to revolutionize the way health information is being provided considering the needs and preferences of the low-health literate population. Training and skills need to be imparted to the frontlinehealthcare workers to further educate and aware the masses about the basic skills required to utilize the digital health ecosystem at the grassroots level.