Political prioritization for digital health and health equity through global health diplomacy

Vijay Kumar Chattu^{1

2

3}, Sujatha Alla^{4

5}, Bawa Singh⁶

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
² ReSTORE lab, Department of OS & OT, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada.
³ Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DMIMS), Wardha, India.
⁴ Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Frank Batten College of Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
⁵ Center for Evidence-based Diplomacy, Global Health Research and Innovations Canada (GHRIC), Toronto, ON M1J 2W8, Canada.
⁶ Department of South and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.

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Vijay Kumar Chattu et al. Health Promot Perspect. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 29;14(2):89-90.

doi: 10.34172/hpp.43067. eCollection 2024.

Vijay Kumar Chattu^{1

2

3}, Sujatha Alla^{4

5}, Bawa Singh⁶

¹ Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, India.
² ReSTORE lab, Department of OS & OT, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1V7, Canada.
³ Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DMIMS), Wardha, India.
⁴ Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Frank Batten College of Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.
⁵ Center for Evidence-based Diplomacy, Global Health Research and Innovations Canada (GHRIC), Toronto, ON M1J 2W8, Canada.
⁶ Department of South and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India.

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