[Olpc-open] Fwd: [P2P Forum] Telemedicine for Sub-Saharan Africa

[Edward Cherlin]

I have some ideas about using OLPC XO laptops for telemedicine. There is a
maker of low-cost telemedicine kits in India who should get in on this
discussion.

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From: enawgaw mehari <emehari at yahoo.com>
Date: Mar 30, 2007 12:37 PM
Subject: [P2P Forum] Telemedicine for Sub-Saharan Africa
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Telemedicine for Sub-Saharan Africa
-- Jai Ganesh, India
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Cross-posted from the HIF-net discussion group

Dear All,

United Press International carried an article "African telemedicine
projects proposed" that mentions about the telemedicine initiative for
Sub-Saharan Africa proposed by European telemedicine task force. The
article is available at
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/African_telemedicine_projects_proposed/20070321-084714-9833r
(see article below)


Regards,
Jai

A.U.Jai Ganesh, MSc, MBA.,
Project Coordinator, Enterprise Healthcare Information systems
India
Email: "Jai Ganesh, India" <au_jaiganesh at rediffmail.com>


Copied as fair use.

African telemedicine projects proposed

GABORONE, Botswana, March 21 (UPI) -- A European telemedicine task
force has proposed using satellite technology to deliver health information
and communication services to sub-Saharan
<
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/African_telemedicine_projects_proposed/20070321-084714-9833r#
>Africa.

Three specific activities were proposed by the task force that met
recently in Botswana: increasing that area's health workforce, increasing
the number of available clinical services and a third aimed at
strengthening the intelligence gathering capacity of the area's health
systems.

The third meeting of the Telemedicine Task Force, which includes
various African organizations, the World Health Organization, the European
Commission and the European Space Agency, was in Botswana earlier this
month.

One of the task force's key goals is to develop a complete picture of
telemedicine opportunities in the sub-Saharan region and to formulate
recommendations for future action.

Sub-Saharan Africa, with 47 nations and 750 million inhabitants, has
one with the highest rates of communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria. The average life expectancy at birth in
sub-Saharan Africa was 46 in 2004.

The region faces a serious health workforce crisis due to the migration
of physicians and nurses to more developed countries as well as the
death of skilled personnel from disease.

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