Digital health and COVID-19: challenges of use and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

Digital health and COVID-19: challenges of use and implementation in sub-Saharan Africa

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COVID-19 is a global discount greenery health emergency that exposed the gaps in health systems globally, especially in sub-Saharan Africa home to many fragile healthcare systems and a region beset with a large burden of disease.Various mitigation strategies have been put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19 and management of patients in sub-Saharan Africa.However, much still need to be socksmith santa cruz done.Digital health provides the promise for the continent to bridge the gap in decreasing the negative impact of COVID-19 and effectively mitigate the pandemic.This commentary argues how countries in sub-Saharan Africa need to embrace the use of digital health in public health interventions to vigorously mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and to contribute towards attaining universal health coverage (UHC).