Innovating healthcare delivery to address noncommunicable diseases in low-income settings: the example of hypertension.
London Dialogue event, The Hospital Club, 24 Endell St, London, WC2H 9HQ, London, UK, 1 December 2015 Hypertension is a global health issue causing almost 10 million deaths annually, with a disproportionate number occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The condition can be managed effectively, but there is a need for innovation in healthcare delivery to alleviate its burden. This paper presents a number of innovative delivery models from a number of different countries, including Kenya, Ghana, Barbados and India. These models were presented at the London Dialogue event, which was cohosted by the Novartis Foundation and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre for Global Noncommunicable Diseases on 1 December 2015. It is argued that these models are applicable not only to hypertension, but provide valuable lessons to address other noncommunicable diseases.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Peter
P
Piot
Novartis Foundation, Novartis Campus Forum 1 - 3.93, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Ann
A
Aerts
Imperial College London, The Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN, UK.
David A
DA
Wood
FHI360, 359 Blackwell Street, Suite 200, Durham, NC 27701, USA.
Peter
P
Lamptey
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), 150 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 0B2, Canada.
Samuel
S
Oti
The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Bridgetown BB11000, Barbados.
Kenneth
K
Connell
Centre for Chronic Conditions & Injuries & Public Health Foundation of India, Delhi NCR Plot No. 47, Sector 44, Institutional Area Gurgaon - 122002, India.
Prabhakaran
P
Dorairaj
The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA.
Jo I
JI
Boufford
Novartis Foundation, Novartis Campus Forum 1 - 3.93, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Aya
A
Caldwell
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Pablo
P
Perel
D001460:Barbados; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005869:Ghana; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D007194:India; D007630:Kenya
global health; healthcare; healthcare telemedicine; high blood pressure; hypertension; low- and middle-income countries; management; noncommunicable disease