McKinsey July 30, 2024
Steve Davis, Tobias Silberzahn, Ying Sunny Sun with Marilyn Kimeu

Lower- and middle-income countries can build on investments in ad hoc digital health solutions to transition to more-inclusive, digitally enabled health systems to improve health equity and outcomes.

Over the past decade, many lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have begun embracing digital health solutions in their health systems. More than 125 countries have announced national digital health strategies; many governments, donors, and corporations are funding ambitious digital health programs and initiatives in LMICs; and venture investments into digital health start-ups working in LMICs are accelerating.

This initial phase of digital health—digital health 1.0—has been rich in necessary experimentation with selected interventions and solutions, research, and political engagement....

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