The European Commission-funded BETTEReHEALTH project aims to contribute to better, more accessible, and more efficient health and care services in low and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa, by coordinating and supporting the deployment of sustainable eHealth solutions.

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The African and European partners that are involved in the BETTEReHEALTH initiative, strongly believe in the project’s credo: “Better eHealth is Better Health,” whereby eHealth is not the goal in itself, but rather a tool to support better health services and health outcomes. The project maps and identifies various human, technical, and public policy factors that are a barrier, or on the contrary, an enabler for eHealth implementation, and deploys strategies and policies for more successful use of eHealth, and thus better health.

 

At the same time, BETTEReHEALTH also supports the development of new and existing strategic partnerships on the African continent, as well as between European and African stakeholders in healthcare, research, education, business, and government. This emphasis on networking, partnership building, and exchange of knowledge is evidenced by the four regional hubs that are being set up in Tunisia, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Malawi, already endorsed by each country's Ministry of Health, which is important, as strong ownership of national eHealth programs is crucial to their success.

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Furthermore, BETTEReHEALTH has created open-access registries with information on eHealth policies and solutions. The registries can be used to identify best practices and provide useful knowledge on eHealth implementation. This information can lead to well-informed policy roadmaps and strategic implementation plans for better eHealth services for the four countries hosting the regional hubs but also can be of high relevance for all other African countries who will be involved in the project.

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BETTEReHEALTH has increased the level of international cooperation in eHealth, informed and strengthened end-user communities and policymakers to make the right decisions for the successful implementation of eHealth, and lead to increased collaboration opportunities for stakeholders in Africa and Europe with the overall aim of better health outcomes through better healthcare accessibility and higher quality.

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