TECNOLOGY & DISTRUPTION
for Poverty Reduction
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First Aid, Emergency and Telemedicine Systems are conceived and applied in developed countries where normally a widespread welfare is the first expencies of the state.
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There are many hospitals not far from each other. Furthermore, the service are based on update technology and requires smartphones and fast and extensive bandwidth coverage.
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Without a doubt advanced telemedicine will be very useful for complex situations and covered by the availability of rapid patient transportation.
INTRODUCTION
Doctor, hospital, transport, bandwidth & IT availability
SOME DATA
Bandwidth & IT availability
Population without internet access
SOME DATA
Doctors and hospital availability
Hospital bed x 1000 Doctors x 1000
the maps show the comparison between Europe and Africa in terms of doctors and hospital beds for 1000 inhabitants
WHAT HAPPEN
What happens in developing countries with a reality of wellfare absent or available only in large cities.
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Most of the population lives in rural areas.
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Does not have a smart phone and wifi coverage.
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The doctor is often far away and the hospitals even more.
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Does not have the resources to be able to treat themself.
WHAT HAPPEN
So what happens in case of emergency in rural areas ??
Often the only way is a prayer, but ……. it is possible a distruption of advanced telemedicine technology for an emergency service that can reduce poverty and offer hope in case of emergency.
SIMPLICITY IS THE LAST INNOVATION !
The concept of using SMS is based on simple but effective factors, that is to say that everyone has a simple mobile phone even from an older generation and that the service can have a very low cost ....
( SMS today is very cheap) and an SMS CAN SAFE YOUR LIFE
Many people have a mobile phone that can receive and transmit text messages SMS
Just SIMPLE