Enhancing preventive medicine over curative medicine: Role of telemedicine

Historically, healthcare has been skewed towards curative medicine neglecting preventive care leading to high cases of preventable diseases and mortalities. Preventive medicine does not only contribute towards improving health and well-being (SDG3) but also reduces poverty (SDG1). This article aims...

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Autores principales: Babatunde, Abdulhammed Opeyemi, Shobanke, Habib Ayomide, Akinade, Abdulsabur Aderemi, Michael, Anayo James, Osadare, Modupe, Akanbi, Oluwatomisin Khadijat, Favour, Obiorah Chioma, Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9461501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100130
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Sumario:Historically, healthcare has been skewed towards curative medicine neglecting preventive care leading to high cases of preventable diseases and mortalities. Preventive medicine does not only contribute towards improving health and well-being (SDG3) but also reduces poverty (SDG1). This article aims to highlight the need for prioritizing preventive medicine over curative medicine and also explore opportunities of telemedicine in its promotion.

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