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Identify key focus areas and best practices required to transition digital health initiatives from pilot phases to sustainable, scaled integration within low- and middle-income countries.

November 3, 2018SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Best practices in scaling digital health in low and middle income countries

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ALAlain LabriqueJohns Hopkins University CWChristina WadhwaniNovartis (Switzerland)KWKoku Awoonor WilliamsGhana Health Service

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Review identifies critical success factors for scaling digital health in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting the need for systemic policy alignment and technical interoperability.

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Identify key focus areas and best practices required to transition digital health initiatives from pilot phases to sustainable, scaled integration within low- and middle-income countries.
Review and qualitative synthesis of real-world case studies evaluating digital healthcare interventions across diverse low- and middle-income country settings.
Identified five core pillars necessary for scaling success: addressing tangible unmet needs with end-user input, continuous stakeholder engagement and training, simple and interoperable technical architecture, alignment with national health policies and sustainable financing, and supportive extrinsic infrastructure.
Emphasized that cross-sector, unsiloed international collaboration and leadership are essential to expand digital solutions beyond localized pilots into permanent health system frameworks.

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Labrique et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69daa35e615cc0c8eaa3c404 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0424-z

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Review identifies critical success factors for scaling digital health in low- and middle-income countries, highlighting the need for systemic policy alignment and technical interoperability.

Best practices in scaling digital health in low and middle income countries

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Best practices in scaling digital health in low and middle income countries

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