The Digital Divide in Health: Who's Left Behind in India's Digital Health Push
With nearly 690 million ABHA IDs generated, over 276 million telemedicine consultations completed, and ambitious targets to bring every citizen into the fold of connected healthcare, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and eSanjeevani represent one of the world's most ambitious attempts to digitize health at scale.
While India now boasts 886 million active internet users, approximately 630 million people, 41% of the population, remain offline. The majority of these disconnected citizens are rural, female, and low-income, the very populations that depend most heavily on public health systems. As digital platforms become increasingly integral to healthcare delivery, we risk creating a scenario where those who need care the most have the least access to it.
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