Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al'Nahya Hospital attending to a patient in Mogadishu, Somalia.. Telemedicine could be instrumental in solving the continent’s health challenges. Copyright: Tobin Jones / AMISOM, (CC0 1.0 DEED).
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Season 4, Episode 28
In this episode of Africa Science Focus, we examine what role telemedicine could play in plugging Africa’s healthcare gaps.
Our reporter, Royal Uche speaks with Abubakar Ibrahim, founder of telemedicine solution provider Medicliq, who tells us how remote methods of healthcare could be instrumental in solving the continent’s health challenges.
We also hear from Omolola Salako, public health expert and clinical oncologist at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, about how such technology can benefit rural and underserved areas.
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Meanwhile, Joana Eva Dodoo, lecturer in the department of business programmes at the College of Distance Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, shares her findings on the shortfalls of telemedicine in Africa and how to overcome them.
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Africa Science Focus is produced by SciDev.Net and distributed in association with your local radio station.
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This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.
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