Ankri R, Maroune M-H
Orange Labs, 44, avenue de la République 92320 Châtillon, France.
Med Sante Trop. 2017 Nov 1;27(4):360-363. doi: 10.1684/mst.2017.0728.
West Africa still faces important public health issues today: improving the health infrastructure, compensating for the lack of medical personnel, and bringing the rural "lost-to-follow-up" population into an inclusive healthcare system. At the same time, the boom in the mobile telephone market is providing important business opportunities for telecommunications companies in this field, leading to the rapid propagation of eHealth solutions. Thus, the telecom companies' technical innovations enable the creation of digital health solutions adapted to the specific needs of the West African market. The companies can thus increase their business through eHealth and simultaneously generate positive externalities (a healthier population), meeting the goals of their corporate social responsibility policies. We will see how these companies, aware of this opportunity, build these solutions and they meet the challenges they will confront.
如今，西非仍面临着重大的公共卫生问题：改善卫生基础设施、弥补医务人员短缺以及将农村“失访”人口纳入包容性医疗体系。与此同时，移动电话市场的蓬勃发展为该领域的电信公司提供了重要的商业机会，促使电子健康解决方案迅速传播。因此，电信公司的技术创新能够开发出适应西非市场特定需求的数字健康解决方案。这些公司因此可以通过电子健康增加业务，同时产生积极的外部效应（更健康的人口），实现其企业社会责任政策的目标。我们将看到这些意识到这一机遇的公司如何构建这些解决方案，以及它们如何应对所面临的挑战。
