In rural Chad, solar kiosks bring healthcare closer
Bitkine, Chad – For Ache Kodo, seeing a doctor once meant saving money for the journey. Living in Bitkine, in central Chad, she said a medical visit could mean paying for transport, the consultation and other costs of travelling to a larger town.
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- Fact 1: “It was also the distance between those doctors and the communities that needed them.” In 2021, he launched Telemedan, a telemedicine initiative designed to bring consultations closer to communities where electricity, internet access and medical infrastructure are limited.
- Fact 2: The cost of getting to a doctor Abakar said some journeys for medical care can cost $200 or more once transport, accommodation, logistics and medical consultations are included.
- Fact 3: Telemedan consultations cost between $2 and $15, depending on the service.
- Fact 4: Abakar said the initiative now has 37 kiosks across 11 provinces and has reached an estimated 143,000 people.
Bitkine, Chad – For Ache Kodo, seeing a doctor once meant saving money for the journey. Living in Bitkine, in central Chad, she said a medical visit could mean paying for transport, the consultation and other costs of travelling to a larger town.
Now, she can consult a doctor remotely through a Telemedan kiosk closer to home. “Telemedan changed how my family accessed healthcare services,” Ache told Al Jazeera. “It was difficult before, as it involved me saving money to travel just to see a doctor.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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