Uruguay's Digital Strategy for COVID-19
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
June 2022
Subject
Mobile App;
Digital Strategy;
Health;
Digital Health;
Pandemics;
Public Health;
Digital Technology;
Coronavirus;
Cybersecurity;
Telemedicine
JEL code
O33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes;
I10 - Health: General
Country
Uruguay
Category
Learning Materials
On March 9, 2020, four days before the first positive cases of coronavirus were reported in Uruguay and eight days after the new authorities took office, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) launched the National Contingency Plan called Plan National Coronavirus (PNC).
The plan, focused on the citizen and with the aim of transparent management of the pandemic, involved the creation of new communication channels focused on care and the integration of laboratories and providers on the same platform.
This document tells the story of the implementation of said plan and the results it obtained.
The plan, focused on the citizen and with the aim of transparent management of the pandemic, involved the creation of new communication channels focused on care and the integration of laboratories and providers on the same platform.
This document tells the story of the implementation of said plan and the results it obtained.
