Telemedicine and Telementoring in Nyanga District

Provision of telemedicine consultations and online telementoring nursing education platform for rural and remote clinics

Project start date : 01/10/2015

Beneficiary country : Zimbabwe

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Mother and child health
  • Primary healthcare
  • Malaria/paludism
  • Infectious diseases
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Access to quality medicines/pharmacies
  • Vaccination
  • Chronic diseases
  • Cardiovascular illnesses
  • Cancer
  • Dermatology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Emergency services

Fields of application

  • Health professional training
  • Telemedicine (remote diagnosis and consultations)

Stage of development

  • Pilot project/testing/trials

Financing method

Area where the project is utilised

  • Provincial/regional (in one region of a single country)

Economic model(s)

  • Donations

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)
  • Entire population
  • Sick people
  • Dependents/persons with disabilities
  • Pregnant women
  • Children - adolescents (ages 6-18)
  • Young children (0-5 years)
  • Patient family/entourage

Project objectives

  • Decreased mortality
  • Decreased morbidity
  • Reduced suffering
  • Improved treatment
  • Other (please explain)

Materials used

  • Smartphone
  • Tablet
  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Internet
  • Mobile app (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, HTML5, etc.)

About the sponsor

Zimbabwe Telemedicine Network

Sector : Healthcare (professionals and structures)

Country of origin : Zimbabwe

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

Offline use

Yes

Open source

Yes

Open data

No

Independent evaluation

No

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