SHOULD STAKEHOLDERS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSIDER DIGITAL HEALTH INNOVATIONS TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? - A WAKE UP CALL NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SDG 3.2.1
Mirza Adil Beig
, Rajeev Sharma
, Manmohan Singhal
, Frincy Francis
, Amos Solomon
, Isah Idris Ainavi
, Mohammed Hammad Jaber Amin
and Md Sohail Akhter
- Doctoral Student of Population Health Informatics, Dehradun Institute of Technology: DIT University.
- Assistant Professor, School of Pharmaceutical & Population Health Informatics, DIT University, Dehradun- 248009.
- College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud, Muscat.
- Department of Paediatrics, Federal Medical Center, Bida, Niger State.
- Kaduna State University, Kaduna.
- MBBS, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Alzaiem Alazhari University, Khartoum Sudan.
- Doctoral Student, School of Public Health University of Nevada Las Vegas, United States.
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This article draws attention to the need to prioritize the national budgets towards health planning and the importance of integrating innovative digital health solutions into thehealthcare systems especially in developing countries. It throws light on the increasing Infant Mortality Rates, especially newborn related deaths. Two countries Nigeria and India were chosen as the representative countries from among the developing countries to describe the Infant mortality rates and the need for digitalization. Examples of digital solutions and their impacts in creating awareness and reducing the infant mortality rates are quoted in this article. Digitalization is considered as easy to use, accessible way to improve health through proper implementation and political commitment of the nations.
[Mirza Adil Beig, Rajeev Sharma, Manmohan Singhal, Frincy Francis, Amos Solomon, Isah Idris Ainavi, Mohammed Hammad Jaber Amin and Md Sohail Akhter (2024); SHOULD STAKEHOLDERS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CONSIDER DIGITAL HEALTH INNOVATIONS TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES? - A WAKE UP CALL NEEDED TO ACHIEVE SDG 3.2.1 Int. J. of Adv. Res. (Apr). 478-483] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Doctoral student of Population Health Informatics, Dehradun Institute of Technology: DIT University
India
