Advancing Health Outcomes with Culturally-adapted Mobile Technology
The AHOMKA Mobile Health Network is focused on capacity building
and mHealth technology development for hypertension management.
Mobile Health Care Innovation
The AHOMKA program will involve several layers of innovation that build on existing, evidence-based chronic disease management tools to adapt and assess a mobile technology platform to guide hypertension management.
Mobile Health Capacity Building
The AHOMKA Mobile Health Network is focused on capacity building for mobile health (mHealth) research in Ghana to advance hypertension health outcomes. The capacity building initiatives will have a long-term impact on mHealth research, interventions, assessment strategies, and policies in Ghana and the entire West African region.
Multidisciplinary Research
Our US-Ghana partnership includes cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, biostatisticians, electrical and computer engineers, and public health scientists across multiple academic institutions, hospitals, private industry, and government entities.
Artificial Intelligence in Global Health
The expansion of telecommunications network infrastructure coupled with mHealth tools and AI technology has potential to drive game-changing solutions to global health care delivery.
GLOBAL BURDEN OF HYPERTENSION
Did You Know?
Nearly 70% of adults with hypertension live in low- and middle-income countries
An estimated 46% of adults are unaware that they have hypertension
YEAR
1990
650 Million Adults
YEAR
2020
1.28 Billion Adults
The World Health Organization (WHO))goal is to reduce prevalence of hypertension by 33% by 2030.
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