![]() Of particular interest were diagnostic gaps affecting the earliest stages of the care cascade when health information and preventive care are sought. Communities, governments, and diagnostics stakeholders cannot arrive at efficient, data-driven digital health solutions, without first identifying the gaps those solutions can bridge.įIND and the Eureka Idea Consortium conducted an assessment from March to July 2020 to identify critical diagnostic gaps-and the digital health solutions that could contribute to addressing them-across 4 LMICs with varying digital infrastructures and needs (Peru, India, Nigeria, and Uganda). ![]() For example, bringing digital screening and diagnosis tools closer to people is imperative to improving health outcomes and expanding access to services in LMICs. With so much of the global population lacking timely and reliable access to the right diagnostic tools, the digital solutions boom must be leveraged to bridge inequity in access to diagnostics and care. Basic diagnostic capacity is available in only 1% of primary care clinics in some low- and middle-income countries. Although COVID-19 has made “PCR test” a household name in much of the world, the reality is that diagnostic testing remains the biggest gap in the “care cascade”-the series of steps people go through to access health care. ![]() While perhaps eye-watering, the swab used for a polymerase chain reaction assay is part of a decades-long diagnostic revolution. Raise your hand if you’ve experienced a far-reaching nasal swab at least once in the last 12 months.
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