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Astrium and telemedicine in Africa

last updated Sep 27, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
SAHEL demonstration project (Satellite African e-HEalth vaLidation)
Implementation Partner(s): 
Astrium Spain,The European Space Agency (ESA);European Commission and the Telemedicine Task Force (TTF),AMREF
Legal Status: 
Private (unspecified)
Year Launched: 
2011
Stage: 
Short-term project
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
The European Space Agency (ESA)

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones › Internet, Camera (Video/Photo), Other

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
50-99
Summary: 

The project will offer excellent bandwidth, satellite-based solutions that can be rolled out quickly,and need only a minimum of communications infrastructure (a dish, a modem and electricity from solar panels or wind turbines where necessary) to hospitals and can cover a whole country.

Program goals/rationale: 

Through this setup, satellite-based telemedicine will meet two essential needs of Africa’s people i.e decentralize medical care and better communications.

Key program components: 

The SAHEL partners will be working with healthcare professionals and centres of excellence that provide medical care adapted to the targeted environments. NGOs will be part of the programme as they will help implement, monitor and assess the activities in the field.

The technical solution to be introduced includes three types of e-health services i.e Medical e-Learning that will provide continuous training for healthcare professionals in rural settings; Clinical e-Services that will link dispensaries and treatment centres to medical centres of excellence to provide assistance for diagnostics and the treatment of patients, and also Computerise health management system to manage patients’ files and collect medical data to monitor epidemics (such as AIDS in Kenya and malaria in Senegal).

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