How We Could Use Digital Health to Improve Action on Non-Communicable Diseases

Ogweno Stephen*

Received: August 09, 2022;   Published: September 02, 2022

DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2022.45.007277

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Abstract

Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading killer disease globally accounting for over 70 % of deaths globally [1] and significantly rising in sub-Saharan Africa [2]. In Kenya, noncommunicable diseases currently account for 27% of all deaths [3] and 55% of all hospital admissions [4]. NCDs is a huge burden in Kenya but receives a small percentage in the average of just 7% of the annual budget being allocated to health [5]. One of the biggest challenges in the fight on non-communicable diseases in Kenya is the vast misinformation and lack of it, insufficient access to early diagnostic services [6,7] and poor compliance to medication.