Africa Cardiac Care

Annual cardiac monitoring

Project start date : 30/12/2016

Beneficiary country : Cameroon

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Chronic diseases
  • Cardiovascular illnesses

Fields of application

  • Telemedicine (remote diagnosis and consultations)
  • Patient monitoring and medical data
  • Financial access to care, microinsurance

Stage of development

  • Routine project/operational

Financing method

  • Public (grant/subsidies, call for proposals/call for tender, etc.)
  • Private (private investors, crowdfunding, philanthropy, etc.)

Area where the project is utilised

  • National (in one country only)

Economic model(s)

  • Income generated by beneficiaries
  • Subsidies
  • Advertising
  • Donations

Target audience

  • Entire population
  • Sick people
  • Dependents/persons with disabilities
  • Pregnant women
  • Children - adolescents (ages 6-18)
  • Young children (0-5 years)

Project objectives

  • Decreased mortality
  • Reduced suffering
  • Improved treatment

Materials used

  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Mobile telecommunications (without data connection)
  • Internet
  • Mobile app (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5, etc.)

About the sponsor

HIMORE MEDICAL S.A

Himore Medical is a social enterprise that designs and develops medical technologies. It designs and manufactures medical devices for emerging markets, enabling the production of remote interpretations through telemedicine. It also develops health programs based on the use of devices it manufactures, accessible to patients in an economical way in the form of an annual subscription.

Sector : Industrial (Startups, enterprises, etc.)

Country of origin : Cameroon

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

Offline use

Yes

Open source

No

Open data

No

Independent evaluation

Yes, evaluated independently

Partners

  • Ministere de la Sante Publique du Cameroun

    Healthcare (professionals and structures)

  • L'institut ROLEX

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

  • Royal Academy of Engineering

    Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

  • Intellicap

    Industrial (Startups, enterprises, etc.)

  • Addax Petroleum

    Industrial (Startups, enterprises, etc.)