[afro-nets] Request for your participation in a Telemedicine Survey (3)

[Ifedayo Adetifa <ifedayo_tiffy@yahoo.com>]

Request for your participation in a Telemedicine Survey (3)
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Right on Peter.

So much is being said about telemedicine and the exchange of
ideas between African Physicians and their colleagues in the
West. This is not a bad idea. There are benefits from such ex-
change but the emphasis on telemedicine in day to day health
care is inappropriate.

Despite the problems on the continent and diminishing standards,
the African Physician is in most cases still a well trained
medical practitioner competent in treating ailments relevant to
his locale. The main problem is the lack of tools to work with
(diagnostic capacity and drugs) and further down the spectrum a
lack of stimulation access to current information, poor wages
and the daily struggle for their own survival.

Donors should please fund projects needed by and relevant Africa
and not just conjure something to their benefit.

Ifedayo Adetifa
mailto:ifedayo_tiffy@yahoo.com