Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions

Health systems around the world face significant challenges in financing and providing affordable, quality health services. The health systems in developing countries—an area frequently referred to as the “Global South”—operate under increased pressure because of shortages of trained healthcare workers, the growing burden of disease, poor infrastructure, unequal access to healthcare information and research, economic distortions from vertical disease programs and supply chain inefficiencies. Addressing these challenges requires creative multisectoral approaches that envision delivering health services and information in a fundamentally different way.