Distance Diagnosis in Rural Tanzania

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Tanzania
Partners: 
IICD;
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania;
Activities: 

Clinical officers use mobile phones to take pictures and notes of patients in remote areas of Tanzania. The information on complex medical cases can be shared with specialists from Dar es Salaam and abroad via the iPath telemedicine platform. Specialists view the information and provide advice remotely.

Further reading: 

Lenoir, M. 2010, Tanzanian Health Worker Uses Mobile for Distance Diagnosis in Remote Areas, IICD, 24 Nov. 2010

[added Feb. 2010]

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