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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Integrating Digital Health Innovations to Achieve Universal Health Coverage: Promoting Health Outcomes and Quality Through Global Public Health Equity.

Mohamed Mustaf Ahmed, Olalekan John Okesanya, Noah Olabode Olaleke, Olaniyi Abideen Adigun, Uthman Okikiola Adebayo, Tolutope Adebimpe Oso, Gilbert Eshun, Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Mohamed Mustaf AhmedSIMAD Institute for Global Health, SIMAD University, Mogadishu 2526, Somalia.ORCID 0009-0006-5991-4052
Olalekan John OkesanyaDepartment of Public Health and Maritime Transport, University of Thessaly, 382 21 Volos, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3809-4271
Noah Olabode OlalekeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife 220282, Osun State, Nigeria.
Olaniyi Abideen AdigunDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna 800001, Kaduna State, Nigeria.ORCID 0000-0002-2375-6375
Uthman Okikiola AdebayoDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta 110101, Ogun State, Nigeria.ORCID 0009-0000-2000-7451
Tolutope Adebimpe OsoDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta 110101, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Gilbert EshunThe Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9836-0834
Don Eliseo Lucero-PrisnoDepartment of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health innovations are reshaping global healthcare systems by enhancing access, efficiency, and quality of care. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, telemedicine, mobile health applications, and big data analytics have been widely applied to support disease surveillance, enable remote care, and improve clinical decision making. This review critically identifies persistent implementation challenges that hinder the equitable adoption of digital health solutions, such as the digital divide, limited infrastructure, and weak data governance, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). It aims to propose strategic pathways for integrating digital innovations to strengthen universal health coverage (UHC) and bridge health disparities in the region. By analyzing the best global practices and emerging innovations, this study contributes to the ongoing dialogue on leveraging digital health for inclusive, scalable, and sustainable healthcare delivery in underserved regions.

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artificial intelligencedigital healthglobal healthhealth equitytelemedicineuniversal health coverage

Identifiers

PMID40361838
PMCPMC12071628

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