C-DEP was invited by the Indian Ocean Region Association of Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) to present the details of the eHealth Centre (eHC). The purpose of this was to consider the eHC adoption in the member countries from South Africa, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, to Madagascar, Mozambique, East Africa, Australia, and Indonesia among others. The presentation was well received with keen interest on the roadmap ahead.
The 20 member states of IOR-RC, which include East and South-East Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, South East Asia, and Australia, have distinct healthcare challenges. Whereas, on one hand developing countries in Asia and Africa are facing numerous problems arising from poor health infrastructure, especially in rural areas, the more developed countries such as Australia are facing a shortage of skilled medical staff including doctor and nursing staff for which they have to often rely on other countries. These problems are different from the healthcare challenges being faced in the countries of the west, where the population is declining, and sufficient healthcare infrastructure is already in place.
The commonality between the developing and developed countries of the IOR-RC is that all of them are facing an increasing population pressure and existing or widening gaps in the delivery of healthcare. This is where the cloud-enabled infrastructure provided by the eHC can be instantaneously beneficial. Given these growing global challenges in healthcare, the eHC - a rapidly-deployable, fully-integrated, cloud-enabled, and affordable solution for healthcare - can effectively help these countries surmount their healthcare challenges by cutting down on the critical lead time needed for setting up of the required infrastructure.
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eHealth Centre presentation at the IOR-RC
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Attendees at the IOR-RC
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