Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats Analysis of the Use of Digital Health Technologies in Primary Health Care in the Sub-Saharan African Region: Qualitative Study

Niki O'Brien   ¹ , BA, MSc ;   Edmond Li   ¹ , MB BCh BAO, MPH ;   Cynthia N Chaibva   ^{2, 3} , RN, RM, MSc, PhD ;   Raquel Gomez Bravo   ^{4, 5} , GP, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Lana Kovacevic   ¹ , BA, MSc ;   Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng   ^{6, 7} , MBChB, MPhil ;   Olivia Lounsbury   ⁸ , MSc ;   Ngnedjou Francoise F Nwabufo   ^{9, 10, 11, 12} , RN, RM, MPH, PhD ;   Ephraim Kumi Senkyire   ^{13, 14, 15, 16} , BSc, RGN ;   Alice Serafini   ^{17, 18} , MD ;   Eleleta Surafel Abay   ^{19, 20} , MD ;   Steven van de Vijver   ^{21, 22} , MIH, MD, PhD ;   Mercy Wanjala   ²³ , MBChB, MFM, MBA ;   Marie-Claire Wangari   ²³ , MBChB ;   Shabir Moosa   ^{24, 25} , MMed, MBA, PhD ;   Ana Luisa Neves   ²⁶ , MBChB, MSc, PhD

¹ Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

² Department of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

³ Africa Forum for Primary Health Care (AfroPHC), Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

⁴ Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

⁵ Rehaklinik, Centre Hospitalier Neuro-psychiatrie, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

⁶ Department of Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

⁷ World Organisation of Family Doctors, Africa Region, Kumasi, Ghana

⁸ Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States

⁹ Africa Forum for Primary Health Care, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹⁰ Department of Health Sciences, Adventist University Cosendai, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹¹ Family Health and Development Foundation, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹² One Health Network, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹³ Africa Forum for Primary Health Care, Accra, Ghana

¹⁴ GA West Municipal Hospital, Accra, Ghana

¹⁵ Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

¹⁶ University of British Colombia, Okanagan, BC, Canada

¹⁷ Local Health Authority of Modena, Modena, Italy

¹⁸ University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

¹⁹ Department of Public Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

²⁰ Africa Forum for Primary Health Care, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

²¹ Department Family Medicine, OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands

²² Amsterdam Health & Technology Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

²³ Africa Forum for Primary Health Care, Nairobi, Kenya

²⁴ Department of Family Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

²⁵ Johannesburg Health District, Johannesburg, South Africa

²⁶ Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom