New Technologies to Improve Healthcare in Low- and Middle-income Countries: Global Grand Challenges Satellite Event, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City, 17th-18th September 2019

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Journal Wellcome Open Res

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2020 Sep 3

PMID 32864470

Citations 5

Authors

Minh Ngoc Dinh

Joseph Nygate

Van Hoang Minh Tu

C Louise Thwaites

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Abstract

We report the outputs of a satellite event in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, organized as part of the "2 Global Grand Challenges of Engineering Summit". The event considered challenges and potential solutions for improving low- and middle-income country (LMIC) healthcare systems, with particular reference to critical care. Participants from key regional and local stakeholders in healthcare and engineering discussed how new advances in technology, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence, could be of potential benefit. This article summarizes the perspectives and conclusions of a group of key stakeholders from LMICs across South and South East Asia.

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