Technologies for Primary Health Care Help Meet Global Goals

Access to health care has long been considered to be a human right. It was formally declared in 1946 when the heads of states wrote the constitution of the World Health Organization (WHO). But more than 70 years after the fact, the global community still has yet to achieve it. Healthcare technology is critical," says Austen Peter Davis, a Senior Adviser for the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation. "It's potentially a game changer. It can assist in meeting primary healthcare goals to understanding public health challenges, or to power individuals to participate in their own health."