Toward a mixed-methods framework for evaluating digital health systems in low-resource settings: an infrastructure-aware perspective
Ronald Danny Nyatuka, Pazion Cherinet, Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin · 2026
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Ronald Danny Nyatuka, Pazion Cherinet and Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin argue that judging digital health tools in poor settings must start with infrastructure, not apps. Weak power, patchy internet, scarce hardware and thin support sink many projects, yet most scoring frames treat those as background. Their perspective piece proposes an infrastructure-aware framework that mixes methods and builds on implementation science.
Infrastructure becomes a core scored domain, beside technical, operational and money matters. Energy reliability, connectivity, device supply, upkeep skill and support all count as drivers of whether a system lasts. The Bright Health programme in Kenya and Ethiopia illustrates the frame. The authors call for set indicators and field tests of the approach.
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| CREATOR | Ronald Danny Nyatuka, Pazion Cherinet, Md Shafiqur Rahman Jabin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |