Technology and Global Public Health
Publication year: 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-46355-7
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explores the pivotal role played by technology over the past decade in advancing global public health and health care. At present, the global community faces unprecedented healthcare challenges fueled by an aging population, rising rates of chronic disease, and persistent health disparities. New technologies and advancements have the potential to extend the reach of health professionals while improving quality and efficiency of service delivery and reducing costs within the public and the private health systems.
Subject: Medicine, technology and public health, global public health, healthcare technology, sustainable development goals (SDGs), SDG 3 health and well-being, United Nations (UN) agencies, World Health Organization (WHO), health systems and technology, universal health care, health in Global South, gender and health, social media in public health, telehealth and telemedicine, mobile health (mHealth), eHealth, public health law, interprofessional healthcare team and technology, digital health, health equity, healthcare disparities, Public Health, Health Promotion and Disease, Prevention, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Computer Applications, Health Informatics
