Oliver Wyman March 28, 2025
Discover how digital health solutions address poor access and health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, enhancing care delivery.
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on the World Economic Forum Stories site.
Nowhere is the wealth divide crueler than in healthcare. In low- and middle-income countries, preventable diseases like respiratory infections, malaria and tuberculosis account for eight of the top 10 causes of death, according to 2021 figures from the World Health Organization. In high-income nations, by contrast, the primary causes are heart disease, cancer and other noncommunicable diseases.
These areas for decades have battled a trio of related problems — low funding, insufficient staff and underdeveloped infrastructures — that combine to worsen health outcomes dramatically.
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