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Currently submitted to: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Sep 24, 2026

Warning: This is an author submission that is not peer-reviewed or edited. Preprints - unless they show as "accepted" - should not be relied on to guide clinical practice or health-related behavior and should not be reported in news media as established information.

From idea to impact: A roadmap to bring digital health interventions to scale in low- and middle-income countries

  • Adeline Boatin; 
  • Afra Jiwa; 
  • Niclas Boehmer; 
  • Tobi Olatunji; 
  • Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi; 
  • Christine O'Brien; 
  • Antony Ngatia; 
  • Karim Benali; 
  • Sangue Delle; 
  • Chris Fofie; 
  • Kate Kate Obayabgona; 
  • Data Santorino; 
  • Sildio Mbonyumuhire; 
  • Martin Makuma; 
  • Milind Tambe; 
  • Richard Fletcher; 
  • Bethany Hedt-Gauthier

ABSTRACT

Digital health innnovations have potential to improve health care, particularly in low-and middle income countries, yet few progress from concepts to implementation at scale. We present the Digital Intervetions Idea to Impact (DI3) roadmap, as a practical roadmap that maps the interconnected steps require to move digital health tools and interventions from initial concept through development, evaluation, health system integration and scale. Developed by a multi-disciplianry, cross-sector group with experience advancing digital health innovations across Africa, DI3, is intended to help diverse stakeholders anticipate requirements beyond their individual areas of expertise, identify gaps that may impede progress and coordinate more effectively toward sustainable and equitable health impact.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Boatin A, Jiwa A, Boehmer N, Olatunji T, Emedom-Nnamdi P, O'Brien C, Ngatia A, Benali K, Delle S, Fofie C, Kate Obayabgona K, Santorino D, Mbonyumuhire S, Makuma M, Tambe M, Fletcher R, Hedt-Gauthier B

From idea to impact: A roadmap to bring digital health interventions to scale in low- and middle-income countries

JMIR Preprints. 24/09/2026:112909

DOI: 10.2196/preprints.112909

URL: https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/112909

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