Digital health funding for COVID-19 vaccine deployment across four major donor agencies.
Journal
The Lancet. Digital health
ISSN: 2589-7500
Titre abrégé: Lancet Digit Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101751302
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2023
09 2023
Historique:
received:
10
11
2022
revised:
10
04
2023
accepted:
11
07
2023
medline:
28
8
2023
pubmed:
26
8
2023
entrez:
25
8
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The international response to the COVID-19 pandemic provided opportunities for countries to use digital technologies for vaccine deployment and associated activities, but misaligned digital investments could weaken or fragment national systems. In this review of 311 funding applications from 120 country governments to four donor agencies (UNICEF; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and the World Bank) up to May 1, 2022, we found that 272 (87%) of the applications included at least one digital aspect and that substantial funding has been dedicated towards digital aspects from donors. The majority of digital aspects concerned immunisation information systems, vaccine acceptance and uptake, and COVID-19 surveillance. As the global community sets its sights on a COVID-19-free world, continued coordinated investments in digital health and health information systems for pandemic preparedness and response will be key to strengthening the resilience of health systems.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37625897
pii: S2589-7500(23)00134-6
doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00134-6
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e627-e631Subventions
Organisme : World Health Organization
ID : 001
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of interests We declare no competing interests.