The situation surrounding adoption of medical technology in the developing world is a complex and an unsatisfactory one. Global health has progressed over the last century from a focus on infectious diseases to one on research and aggressive treatment of noncommunicable diseases and improving health care quality. This has precipitated a shift in strategy from implementation of discrete health care interventions, often employing a vertical strategy and targeting a single issue, to transformation of health systems and integration of infectious disease control programs into a strong foundation of primary health care (M Bhatia 2004)
