Akinleye Foluke Esther, Akinbolaji Gbemisola Rebecca, Olasupo Joseph Oladimeji
Department of Clinical Nursing, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Department of Anatomy, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria.
Pan Afr Med J. 2020 Jul 30;35(Suppl 2):128. doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.24769. eCollection 2020.
With social distancing being a key preventative measure of COVID-19, proper provision of healthcare services becomes a challenge as healthcare professionals are concerned about the risk of potential infection. Telemedicine, a practice that uses telecommunication networks for the delivery of healthcare services and medical education, has been adopted by several countries and has shown to provide positive outcomes. This concept is poorly practiced in African Countries compared to other countries of the world. This paper reiterates the need for the expansion of telemedical systems in Africa for the dual goals of COVID-19 prevention and provision of quality healthcare services to people.
社交距离是预防新冠病毒病的关键措施,由于医护人员担心潜在感染风险,因此妥善提供医疗服务成为一项挑战。远程医疗是一种利用电信网络提供医疗服务和医学教育的做法,已被多个国家采用,并已显示出积极效果。与世界其他国家相比,这一概念在非洲国家的实践较少。本文重申,为实现预防新冠病毒病和为民众提供优质医疗服务这两个双重目标,非洲有必要扩大远程医疗系统。