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Jiwa A, Ngatia A, Benali K, Boehmer N, Delle S, Emedom-Nnamdi P, Fofie CO, O’Brien C, Olatunji T, Obayabgona K, Tambe M, Fletcher RR, Boatin AA, Hedt-Gauthier B
Africa’s Digital Health Revolution: The Digital Fit-Viability Model to Move From Innovation to Scaled Implementation
Africa’s digital health revolution:the digital fit-viability model to move from innovation to scaled implementation
Afra Jiwa;
Antony Ngatia;
Karim Benali;
Niclas Boehmer;
Sangu Delle;
Patrick Emedom-Nnamdi;
Chris Opoku Fofie;
Christine O’Brien;
Tobi Olatunji;
Kate Obayabgona;
Milind Tambe;
Richard Ribon Fletcher;
Adeline Adwoa Boatin;
Bethany Hedt-Gauthier
ABSTRACT
Background:
Digital innovations hold immense potential to transform healthcare delivery, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where financial, geographical, and infrastructural constraints continue to hinder progress towards universal healthcare delivery. While a growing health tech sector offers creative solutions, few digital health interventions reach scaled implementation. In this paper, we present the digital fit/viability model – an adapted determinant framework to describe facilitators and barriers to moving from digital tools to integrated digital health implementation. We then use this model to describe the specific challenges and recommended solutions when developing digital health tools for health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
Citation
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Jiwa A, Ngatia A, Benali K, Boehmer N, Delle S, Emedom-Nnamdi P, Fofie CO, O’Brien C, Olatunji T, Obayabgona K, Tambe M, Fletcher RR, Boatin AA, Hedt-Gauthier B
Africa’s Digital Health Revolution: The Digital Fit-Viability Model to Move From Innovation to Scaled Implementation