Telemedicine in French-speaking Africa

Welcome to the project for Telemedicine in French-speaking Africa.

The Network in French-speaking Africa for Telemedicine (Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine, RAFT) needs learning materials for public health topics such as Tuberculosis and HIV.

• Public Health Strategies for Tuberculosis
• Public Health Strategies for HIV

Additional helpful readings include :

• RAFT, un réseau de télé-enseignement et de télémédecine en Afrique francophone
• notes from a forum in Geneva; Wikimedia discussion of RAFT
• English description of RAFT - "The RAFT network: five years of distance continuing medical education and tele-consultations over the Internet in French-speaking Africa" by Antoine Geissbuhler, Cheick Oumar Bagayoko and Ousmane Ly.