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Telemedicine Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Frost & Sullivan, Sep 2011, Pages: 79
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Telemedicine Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa presents a comprehensive analysis of the telemedicine landscape in South Africa. This research offers an overview of the important telemedicine initiatives in South Africa, and analyses key issues such as stakeholder involvement and government policies and funding. It also describes key challenges, market trends and the competitive scenario in South Africa. It identifies crucial market gaps and opportunities.
In this research service, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following countries: South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mali and Cameroon.
MARKET OVERVIEW
Primary Healthcare Focus To Drive Telemedicine as South Africa Prepares to Roll out National Health Insurance
The uptake of telemedicine solutions in the sub-Saharan African health sector is expected to be driven by advances in IT infrastructure, increasing inequities between rural and urban healthcare, increased focus on primary healthcare and more public-private partnerships. Providing broadband access in rural areas remains a challenge and transmission costs are high. Innovative partnerships between government, telecom companies and other participants can however be harnessed to create cost-effective telemedicine solutions.
“Government recognition of the meaningful role that telemedicine can play in strengthening primary care will be key to its development,” notes Industry Analyst Ishe Zingoni. “As the South African government prepares to roll-out its National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, strengthening the primary healthcare system has been identified as a priority to ensure successful implementation.” Of particular concern is the current shortage of doctors in rural areas, a situation that has affected the delivery of effective primary healthcare. Telemedicine can potentially alleviate this challenge by making use of cost-effective telecommunications technologies to deliver healthcare services to patients in rural areas.
Public Private Partnerships can Support the Provision of Cost-effective Healthcare Solutions
Lack of connectivity and high telecommunications costs are affecting the deployment of telemedicine in rural areas. “Despite the tremendous progress witnessed in the field of telecommunications, particularly from an infrastructural perspective, bandwidth costs remain high in South Africa,” explains the analyst. “The problem is that most of the infrastructure rolled out has been in the metropolitan areas, leaving rural areas with little or no connectivity.”
Public private partnerships (PPPs) have been identified as a potential solution to this problem. “The government can partner with telecom companies to provide cost-effective healthcare solutions,” concludes the analyst. “For example, telecom operators can provide dedicated bandwidth for use in telemedicine projects.”
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