Redefining Public Health: December 2009 Issue

EDITORIAL Technnovation in Healthcare Dr. SMS “ a novel mobile-Health Application Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State IT Mission & Sabarish. […]

Saving Children Through Tele- Consultation in Remote Egypt : Sherif El Tokali, Poverty Reduction, MDGs & Private Sector Team Leader, UNDP- Egypt; Ada Fishta, ICT Specialist, UNDP- Egypt; Alexandra Gil, UN University Volunteer Khaled Shams, World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office

[This article was published in the December 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

This paper illustrates an example of telemedicine applied in remote areas with limited resources through the presentation of a case-study of tele-consultation network in Siwa Oasis, one of the pristine desert environments in the world.