New technologies towards international health cooperation. Review

Abstract

[EN] According to the World Bank statistics, 83% of world’s population lives in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). These countries, often run by Governments that make an inadequate distribution of the national budgets, undergo issues in assessing the health and educational needs of their communities. Thus, from the last 80s the presence of non-governmental organizations(NGOs), which appeared as an option to fill the gaps in the system,has grown significantly. However, NGOs are usually unevenly distributed and there is rarely coordination among them, which often results in duplication of services or waste of resources.Nevertheless, the unprecedented and ubiquitous proliferation of mobile phone-based technology and internet,amongother factors, appear as a promising scenario to face the health needs of the LMICs.