By Robin Meyerhoff, Director, SAP Global Corporate Affairs
Last month the World Health Organization reported that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill 38 million people each year. Many NCDs — primarily heart disease, diabetes, pulmonary diseases and cancer – are preventable or curable with appropriate medical intervention and ongoing care.
For people in rural areas, particularly in developing countries, this is a huge challenge. Despite rapid urbanization worldwide, 50....