Impact of Information and Communication Technology Diffusion on HIV and Tuberculosis Health Outcomes among African Health Systems

Ibeneme, Sunny; Revere, Lee; Hwang, Lu-Yu; Rajan, Suja S.; Okeibunor, Joseph; Muneene, Derrick; Langabeer, James R.

doi:10.3390/informatics7020011

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“…The increasing digital solutions have opportunities to transform health systems from reactive to proactive to predictive systems that consolidate integrated care and sustainable developments in countries ( 7 ). This has led to increased access to reliable health information and has strengthened TB and HIV outcomes ( 8 ) as well as psychiatric outcomes ( 9 ) among others.…”

Section: Digital System Fragmentation Creates System Inefficienciesmentioning

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Strengthening Health Systems Using Innovative Digital Health Technologies in Africa

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Karamagi

Muneene

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Front. Digit. Health

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While effective health systems are needed to advance Universal Health Coverage and actualize the health Sustainable Development Goals, information system verticalization remains a challenge among African health systems. Most investments are vertical, partner-driven and program-specific with limited system-wide impacts. Poor linkages exist amongst different solutions as they are not designed to capture robust data across multiple programmatic areas. To address these challenges, the World Health Organization Africa Regional Office has proposed the adoption of a Digital Health Platform (DHP) to streamline different solutions to a cohesive whole. The DHP presents a pragmatic approach of bringing multiple platforms together using recognized standards to create a national infostructure, which bridges information solutions toward healthy and sustainable outcomes. It has capacities to curate accurate, high fidelity and timely data feedback loops needed to strengthen and continuously improve program delivery, monitoring, management, and informed decision-making at every level of the health system regardless of location. This paper contributes to the ongoing regional conversations on the need to harness innovative digital solutions to improve healthcare delivery in Africa.

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Section: Digital System Fragmentation Creates System Inefficienciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strengthening Health Systems Using Innovative Digital Health Technologies in Africa

Ibeneme

Karamagi

Muneene

et al. 2022

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“…Considering the specific problems in the health-care sector, the studies have been taken up for the treatment of HIV (Zhang et al. , 2020; Ibeneme et al. , 2020) and tuberculosis (Ibeneme et al.…”

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ICT – a surviving tool for economy in the phase of social distancing: a systematic literature review

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to recognise the role of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in different sectors like Education, Health Care, Business, FMCG and Entertainment in the phase of social distancing. This study also attempts to provide a quantitative review of the scholarly literature on this topic.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive literature evaluation was undertaken using a database encompassing 150 English-language papers with publication dates ranging from 2019 to 2021. The research profile and thematic analysis are presented through a comprehensive content analysis, resulting in four themes. The study reviews various research articles and reports related to social distancing and opens a discussion on the growing importance of ICT tools during this COVID-19 era.FindingsICT acts as a surviving tool for the economy by creating a virtual environment and helping people to stay socially connected during this pandemic. There is a lack of empirical evidence to support the facts so further research is required.Research limitations/implicationsThere are two drawbacks to the current study. Firstly, this study established a rigorous review methodology in which the researchers opted to exclude any grey literature, non-peer-reviewed articles, books, notes and book chapters from consideration. These sources could have had pertinent literature. Secondly, even after protocol’s rigour and numerous rounds of checks by a team of academicians and researchers, an anomaly may have sneaked into the evaluation.Originality/valueThe current study contributes to the growing literature on ICT tools particularly in this phase of social distancing. This paper highlights the need for future research in this area supported by different statistics.

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“…Thus, mobile phones provide platforms through which the SMS technology and other treatment-reminder protocols can be harnessed by patients with TB to improve efficiency and optimize outcomes (6,8). Our study assumed that increased mobile phone use translates to broader access to TB services and represents the potential for impact on health with utilization of mobile phones to send/receive TB-related health information (9).…”

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Geospatial Clustering of Mobile Phone Use and Tuberculosis Health Outcomes Among African Health Systems

Ibeneme

Ukor

Droti

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BackgroundWhile multiple studies have documented the impacts of mobile phone use on TB health outcomes for varied settings, it is not immediately clear what the spatial patterns of TB treatment completion rates among African countries are. This paper used Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) techniques to explore the clustering spatial patterns of TB treatment completion rates in 53 African countries and also their relationships with mobile phone use. Using an ESDA approach to identify countries with low TB treatment completion rates and reduced mobile phone use is the first step toward addressing issues related to poor TB outcomes.MethodsTB notifications and treatment data from 2000 through 2015 that were obtained from the World Bank database were used to illustrate a descriptive epidemiology of TB treatment completion rates among African health systems. Spatial clustering patterns of TB treatment completion rates were assessed using differential local Moran's I techniques, and local spatial analytics was performed using local Moran's I tests. Relationships between TB treatment completion rates and mobile phone use were evaluated using ESDA approach.ResultSpatial autocorrelation patterns generated were consistent with Low-Low and High-Low cluster patterns, and they were significant at different p-values. Algeria and Senegal had significant clusters across the study periods, while Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, South Africa, and Cameroon had significant clusters in at least two time-periods. ESDA identified statistically significant associations between TB treatment completion rates and mobile phone use. Countries with higher rates of mobile phone use showed higher TB treatment completion rates overall, indicating enhanced program uptake (p < 0.05).ConclusionStudy findings provide systematic evidence to inform policy regarding investments in the use of mHealth to optimize TB health outcomes. African governments should identify turnaround strategies to strengthen mHealth technologies and improve outcomes.

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Impact of Information and Communication Technology Diffusion on HIV and Tuberculosis Health Outcomes among African Health Systems

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Strengthening Health Systems Using Innovative Digital Health Technologies in Africa

Strengthening Health Systems Using Innovative Digital Health Technologies in Africa

ICT – a surviving tool for economy in the phase of social distancing: a systematic literature review

Geospatial Clustering of Mobile Phone Use and Tuberculosis Health Outcomes Among African Health Systems

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