As we move through the first decade of a new century,
a global health care crisis threatens the future.
Non-communicable or chronic illness including
cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease
and diabetes are leading
causes of morbidity and mortality. The pandemic,
termed a silent epidemic, is a by-product of cultural
transformation and disengagement of individual
responsibility. Technology, arguably one of the
contributing elements to the escalation of social
disease, can be a driver to improve health education,
health promotion and clinical care. Effective health
care for a...