Within the framework of digital solidarity, the DSF offers the possibility to finance telemedicine units in Africa. These are “à la carte” partnerships in the context of a far-reaching project across the African continent, in collaboration with The Network of French-speaking Africa for Telemedicine (RAFT), University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) and the Africa Health Infoway(AHI), World Health Organisation(WHO).

 

 

Objective

More particularly, the project aims to reinforce the skills of doctors at district hospital level. Making Internet access available, together with equipment for diagnostic aid, enables knowledge to be brought to the same level and will, in the long run, enable the practice of telemedicine.

 

Project Description

 

The project consists of equipping district hospitals with modern and adapted diagnostic tools (ultrasound scan, electrocardiography), as well as Internet connections permitting live or deferred exchanges with experts at a distance and the continued training of health professionals by e-learning.

 

For district hospitals (intermediary step between regional hospital centres and local dispensaries), the simultaneous availability of the connection and adapted medical tools presents three major advantages: 

• speed of roll-out, through installation of light-weight infrastructures, (VSAT satellite connection, plus one computer per doctor), easily managed at local level.


• fast and easy appropriation of IT and medical tools through "hands-on" training.

• connection with existing active networks in the area of telemedicine.

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