Non-communicable diseases

(NCDs) are rising faster than the

decline of infectious diseases and

maternal and child health issues

Four out of five deaths from NCDs

worldwide are in low- and middle-

income countries

Source: World Health Organization (2015) Global Status Report on non-communicable diseases 2014

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Source: The World Health Report 2006 / Doctors of the World, Netherlands 3

We need to innovate the delivery

of care ....

And there is no time to lose

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Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health

Geneva, 23-24 May 2016

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Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health

Geneva, 23-24 May 2016

Digital health - an enabler to empower patients, expand access, improve quality of care & make surveillance

action-oriented

Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health

Geneva, 23-24 May 2016

Telemedicine in Ghana