Dimmbal rural hospital, area of Dogon, Mali

The rural hospital of Dimmbal is located 120 kilometres from Mopti, the regional capital where the Internet currently stops. The satellite connection, put into operation in this rural hospital in 2003, has enabled a doctor to be recruited and maintained on site. He benefits from remote diagnosis and teleconsultation support, regularly following the continued training broadcast on the RAFT network from the university hospital of Bamako..

 

Without leaving his post, he has recently obtained a diploma in epidemiology from Bordeaux University, by distance learning. The same satellite connection enables him to manage aeromedical evacuations and to communicate with the pharmacy and other suppliers, but also to maintain contact with his social and family network who, for the most part, have stayed at the capital 800 kilometres away. It is also used to supply a cybercafé, from which the revenue is used to partially finance the connection costs, and is available to the Town Hall and to the school teachers of the commune.