Mobile Teledermatology Service

 
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Region: 
Africa & Middle East
Country: 
Botswana, Malawi
Partners: 
ClickDiagnostics;
University of Pennsylvania;
Medical University of Graz;
University of Botswana;
Activities: 

The Africa Teledermatology Project, initiated in 2007, operates in six African countries, using ICT to capture and send images of patients to specialists in other African countries, Austria and the United States. These provide diagnostic and treatment support to local physicians, dermatologists, and health care workers in hospitals and clinics in underserved regions. Due to inconsistent access to the internet, mobile applications were tested to provide wireless connectivity for the transfer of patient history and photographs, focussing on the diagnosis of cervical cancer, HIV, and skin diseases.

Further reading: 

Penn University Medicine 2010, Penn Dermatology Global Health

Africa Teledermatology Project, Homepage

Weinberg, J., Kaddu, S., Gabler, G., Kovarik, C. 2009, The African Teledermatology Project: Providing access to dermatologic care and education in sub-Saharan Africa, PanAfrican Medical Journal (3) 16.

Netsquared 2008, A Micro-Entrepreneurship Based Model to Transform Healthcare Delivery through Mobile Telemedicine

[added Oct. 2010, updated Nov. 2011]

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