Continuity of health service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of digital health technologies in Uganda.
COVID-19
Uganda
digital health
telehealth
telemedicine
Journal
The Pan African medical journal
ISSN: 1937-8688
Titre abrégé: Pan Afr Med J
Pays: Uganda
ID NLM: 101517926
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
27
04
2020
accepted:
27
04
2020
entrez:
24
2
2021
pubmed:
25
2
2021
medline:
2
3
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
In response to coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic (COVID-19), the government of Uganda instituted movement restrictions to curb disease spread. However, this affected accessibility to medical services in a setting where the healthcare system is not equipped to handle most healthcare needs of the populace outside hospital premises. This gap led to the prominence and unprecedented rise in the use of digital health technologies to deliver health information and services at a distance (telehealth) during the COVID-19 outbreak. The use of telehealth modalities including tele-consultation, tele-psychiatry, call centers and mobile phone health information dissemination increased. The COVID-19 pandemic augmented the rising role of digital health technologies as a much needed aspect of medical service delivery in our times. However, the efficacy and impact on clinical outcomes across various healthcare thematic areas need to be explored further and more evidence generated.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33623568
doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23115
pii: PAMJ-SUPP-35-2-43
pmc: PMC7875742
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
43Informations de copyright
© Louis Henry Kamulegeya et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The author declares no competing interests.
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