“Digital health is a great equalizer and enabler to support universal health coverage and sustainable development goals and can help ensure accessibility and affordability of healthcare delivery. Addressing a session on ‘Unlocking the Power of Digital Health’ at the World Economic Forum, Mandvia said that with a major focus on moving towards an ecosystem approach to digital health, India is building a national framework for digital health in India.WEF) Annual meeting in Davos.
Mandvia also reaffirmed India’s commitment to closing the vaccine gap and reaffirmed: “Support Africa in its journey from vaccine availability to vaccination, focusing on implementation based on India’s vaccination experience, with 96 per cent of its population receiving the first dose and 86 per cent both.” Dose. “
“India wants to further support and strengthen our ongoing relationship with Africa. India offers to support African countries in enhancing their resilience to medical research and development, “Mandvia said during the second session on” Closing the Vaccines Gap “.
Mandvia said the country has already embarked on a digital transformation in healthcare with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.
“We have already issued more than 220 million unique health IDs with health facilities and provider registry,” he said.
India has also used digital health intervention to manage its national program. The Health Management Information System regularly compiles data related to the health programs of over 2 lakh health facilities.
Highlighting the digital penetration in various other programs, Mandvia said the reproductive and child healthcare IT platform tracks more than 120 million pregnant women before their birth and post-natal check-ups, delivery planning and vaccination of more than 90 million babies.
“Through the NCD application, we have screened over 80 million citizens for diabetes, hypertension and cancer, and in turn created a population profile of India. The telemedicine platform e-Sanjeevani has benefited more than 390 million beneficiaries through video counseling during the Kovid-19 epidemic, making it the largest platform in the world, ”he said.
The Minister also emphasized the role played by the CoWIN platform during Covid-19 management.
It was India that moved the Digital Health Resolution to the WHO to prioritize the global framework for digital health.
We have offered Co-WIN to other countries as Digital Public Good to support their vaccination efforts in line with India’s commitment to the traditional philosophy of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” – The World is One Family. Digital health interventions can help deliver healthcare delivery to the last mile and ensure equal healthcare service delivery. With such technology Artificial intelligenceWith cloud computing, 5G and nanotech, we need to create tech-supported healthcare service delivery that is resilient, reliable and accessible up to the last mile, ”said Mandvia.
