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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