Abstract
Technology and innovation in global health leadership education: A new model
Highlights
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is highly prevalent in subSaharan Africa; resources for accurate diagnosis and treatment are largely unavailable
Alkaline hemoglobin electrophoresis (HbE) was easy to set up and operate, inexpensive compared to other gold standard tests, and reliably delivered prompt and clinically meaningful results to patients and clinicians
We found that HbE was accommodated within existing UNC Project Malawi laboratory infrastructure
Summary
Myanmar ranks 190th (out of 190) in the WHO’s global ranking of healthcare systems. 70% of the population is rural while physicians and nurses are concentrated in urban centers. Access to health workers remains well below the global standard of 2.28 per 1,000 people. The recent adoption of mobile technology has grown at unprecedented rates, such that Myanmar will soon be the world’s first mobile-only country. Current estimates suggest that 80% of citizens will own a cell phone (mostly smartphones) by the end of 2015. The combination of health system challenges and the expansion of the telecommunication infrastructure introduces an opportunity to expand the reach and quality of healthcare throughout the country
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