Infographic Mobile Healthcare in Africa

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Mobile Healthcare in Africa:

SERVING POPULATIONS, SAVING LIVES only 1/3

countries in Africa spend

of individuals aged 15-25 years

6% of their GDP

have comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS

on health

1 out of 2

individuals in Africa has to walk HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and pregnancy-related problems account for

6.2 miles

each day for potable water

health promotion 3 million deaths & prevention in Africa every year

5

miles

H

the average distance between a person and the nearest medical centre

city this way

distances density of physicians

HIV/ AIDS

67%

62%

of Africa’s populations reside in rural areas

322 physicians per 100,000 population in France

AFRICA =

11%

of the world's population

15 physicians per 100,000 population in Africa mobile penetration rate in Africa reached

82%

but

case reporting

of HIV

mHealth could save over 1 million lives in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next five years.


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The mobile health market in Africa is expected to rise to

1 opportunity

mobile health

US $1.2 billion

by 2017.

PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS

With mHealth,

twice as many patients in

TREATMENT

In Kenya, mHealth helped to improve antiretroviral medication compliance

rural areas can have access to basic care. In Botswana, a mobile telemedicine program with the Ministry of Health using mobile devices enables the collection of clinical data and images. They are sent to a remote specialist for diagnosis.

My Healthline is an SMS based information service in Cameroon providing advice on contraception, sexuality, HIV/AIDS and STDs.

Delivering prevention and awareness information via text messages to pregnant and young mothers in Mali has helped reduce perinatal and maternal mortality

by 30%.

Botswana has successfully deployed a mobile-enabled program that reduced government response times to malaria outbreaks from four weeks to three minutes.

by 11%.

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Sources: www.statistiques-mondiales.com | WHO | Eds Kinney MV, Lawn JE, Kerber KJ, Science in Action – Saving the lives of A frica’s mothers, newborns and children, ASADI, 2009 | PwC | AMREF | The Lancet


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