Innovating in healthcare.
'Burden of disease' is a concept that describes death and loss of health due to diseases, injuries and risk factors for all regions of the world. Innovation in healthcare is accelerating, fueling optimism that low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs) can expedite and broaden recent gains.
Governmental donors as well as philanthropic organisations will place more emphasis on financial sustainability.
More capacity and availability of diagnostic services, for example to identify patients, needs more spending on treatment infrastructure.
Task-shifting (distributing tasks across health teams), will benefit from legislative and regulatory support raising acceptance and usage.
Telemedicine is only available to connected patients; connecting more people, especially in remote areas of LIMCs, will be key.
