Africa turns to telemedicine to close mental health gap
Paul Adepoju
Abstract
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health in Africa was a major concern with the continent underperforming on several key mental health metrics, including the numbers of hospital beds for patients with mental illness and coverage of outpatient facilities being lower than the global average.
Topics & Concepts
TelemedicineMental healthPsychologyPolitical sciencePsychiatryHealth careLawTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation