An article on “COVID-19 Crisis and Developing Countries: Digital Health Perspective” authored by Ambassador Fauzia Nasreen, Advisor (SDGs); Dr. Azeema Fareed, Principal Medical Officer; and Ms. Huma Balouch, Sr. Assistant Director (Programmes), COMSATS Secretariat has been featured in SouthViews of The South Centre.
The article explores digital health-developing countries nexus and establishes the significance and efficacy of digital tools and mechanisms for bringing in the required reforms in the healthcare systems to help deal with the public health issues in the post COVID-19 period. Pakistan’s case study of digital health to support pandemic’s management has also been discussed in the article. The article can be accessed here: https://www.southcentre.int/southviews-no-198-8-june-2020/.