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Over half the world’s population still lacks access to essential health services. Many live in rural regions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where traditional health systems don’t reach and there are chronic shortages of skilled health workers. Typical digital health services also don’t work in these low-connectivity areas – we need to remember 3.7 billion people are not connected to the internet.

Clearly this presents a significant challenge to combatting the global NCD epidemic, with four out of five people with an NCD living in LMICs. 

1:Community-led health systems in which the communities themselves are empowered to take control of their health services are the means to provide more accessible, quality care. There must be a rapid scale up of Community Health Workers (CHWs), given the predicted shortage of 18 million health workers by 2030. But it’s not just about the numbers – it’s about providing proper recognition, pay and capability building through a shift away from traditional classroom training and manuals. What our CHWs across South & Southeast Asia most want is mobile-based learning, checklists and diagnostic tools to support them in doing their job and dealing with problems on the front line.

2:BRIDGING CONNECTIVITY GAPS

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technologies across global health, and digital health is essential to building health systems that work everywhere. But the reality is many digital health solutions are of little use to patients in regions with low to no internet connectivity. There’s been a lot of fanfare about telehealth over the past 12 months, but if you’ve tried doing a basic video call or even phone call with people in rural regions in some LMICs, you’ll understand the limitations.

First and foremost, health tech services must be designed to be ‘offline-first’; in other words, they can function with or without the internet. This enables roaming health workforces to use mobile applications and devices to provide patient services for NCDs in offline areas, and then sync the data when back online at specific locations. Patients can also be connected directly to health services through offline-first mobile applications, so long as they’re designed with a simpler user experience and work on basic versions of mobile operating systems. It’s not just about the tech; we must also invest more in digital literacy programmes to equip patients to use the tech. Digital health literacy needs more focus as a social determinant of health, ensuring everyone benefits from digital health.

3:ENABLING NEW PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

Collaborations between different health sectors (including patients, healthcare providers (HCPs), government, civil society and private businesses) are essential for any effective health system. But new types of collaborations are needed to establish health systems that reach everyone on the planet. The constraints in resources, funding and capacity can be used to fuel innovation between new partners in new ways.

The World Health Organisation has already advocated the need for a comprehensive approach across all sectors (health, finance, transport, education, agriculture, planning and others) to lessen the impact of NCDs on individuals and society, and the inequalities that they create. We need to reframe the challenge away from filling the system gaps to shaping preventative systems. This means collaborations with financial services businesses to expand affordable insurance, because the fear of health expenses is often bigger than the fear of an NCD, putting people off seeking treatment until it’s too late.

This involves collaborations with schools to promote healthy diets to reduce treatment costs for diabetes and cardiovascular conditions. It also requires collaborations with tech companies to harness social media for positive health promotion and leverage AI capabilities.

New mindsets are needed to drive new collaboration . In particular, we need to reframe  ‘health for all’ as investment in GDP and growth, not just a cost to be managed. We need to shift from siloed programmes to scalable, sustainable models of care. And we must emphasise faster action to support policy statements. By doing so, together we can build the health systems everywhere that work for everyone, protecting lives from NCDs and driving inclusive growth for all. •

The solution serves all both male and female, young and Old. Because everybody needs healthy living. 

Currently now health systems are very poor in Nigeria, and those in the rural areas are having less or none of medical services.

The thread C's which are community led, connectivity and collaboration will really go a long way in providing quality health care system.

I and my team are very much ready to deliver this solution to the affected person's. 

First and foremost we been trying our best in given free healthcare services to them in collaboration with some private hospitals. 

So we have some community bonds hoping to educate them on some of those areas they can assist each other in the community.

Why I am applying for solve is to get parternship with them to improve the health of people especially those in the local remote places that don't have access to quality health systems.

My solution will really bring improve the life of people in the sense that it will take charge of people health even in remote places. The solution will enable broader positive impact from others in this space.

My impact goal for next year is have aleast 20% of the affected person's reach out medically.

And the next five years my goal is eradicate poor health systems in my country thereby giving people good quality health care for healthy living.

My plans to achieve them is through parternship with some organization like solve, and community-led.

1:Good health and well-being.

2:Clean water and sanitation

How I want my solution to how an impact on the problem is because I 

The technology that powers my solution are robot, Biotechnology.

Our organization is a place that everyone can work, provided you have the capacity to carry out the task. We equally support each other genuinely in term of work and to further your study's for improvement. We equally give respect to all, junior will respect the senior and vice versa.

How I provide value to the population I serve is by giving them good health that they deserve. 

And this good health is been provided with the health some private hospitals.

The major reason that they need that good health is because health is wealth. We must be healthy before talking about any other thing in life.

How I will be bring money to fund the organization is my low-income service, that's to say selling those services to those that can afford it and giving it total free for those that cannot afford it.

Second through  Donation and Grant from organizations. And probably Government assistant.

My plans for financial substantiality that has been successful is funding raising. The raising fund during my one year National youth service corps. The total amount of #200,000. And my family and friends supported me with #500,000 to start with.