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Telemedicine, the European Space Agency, and the Support to the African Population for Infectious Disease Problems: Potentiality and Perspectives for Asia Countries and China
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Author(s): Giorgio Parentela (European Space Agency, France), Pierluigi Mancini (European Space Agency, France), Franco Naccarella (Italian Society of Telemedicine, Italy), Zhang Feng (First People Hospital of Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China)and Giovanni Rinaldi (Italian Society of Telemedicine, Italy)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 8
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Telehealth Networks for Hospital Services: New Methodologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vincenzo Gulla (Advanced Digital Technologies, Italy), Angelo Rossi Mori (National Research Council, Italy), Francesco Gabbrielli (Rome General Hospital Umberto 1, Italy)and Pietro Lanzafame (Centro Neurolesi, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2979-0.ch005
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Abstract
Telemedicine and the broader field of eHealth as the application of Information and Communication Technology in the health sector offer opportunities for improving health world-wide. The European Space Agency (ESA) is, since 1996, active in this field and has initiated various projects which have demonstrated that satellite communications is a powerful technology for enlarging the reach of Telemedicine services toward geographically isolated regions, especially those with a high burden of diseases, such as many areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2006 the Telemedicine Task Force (TTF) with the mandate to explore the potential of Telemedicine via Satellite for this region has been established on initiative of ESA and the European Commission, with representatives of African stakeholders and the World Health Organization (WHO). After a review of the current situation, the TTF has recommended short-term pilot projects to demonstrate the feasibility of an approach based on user demands, public private partnerships, African ownership, and building on existing successful initiatives. These projects shall begin in 2008, serving selected isolated areas in Sub-Saharan Africa by offering clinical services and eLearning via satellite for infectious diseases, in particular HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria. The projects should and will be presented in China for finding bilateral cooperation between Italian and Chinese Civilian and Military technologies and opportunities present already in the field.
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