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Survey of Teleneurology Use by Neurologists in a Low-Middle Income Country.
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February 2024
Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Sagamu, NGA.
Background Teleneurology has been in existence for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated its widespread usage. Neurological conditions are a leading cause of death globally, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the bulk of the burden. Nigeria has few trained neurologists with the few available concentrated in an urban region.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh acceptability, convenience and reduced carbon emissions of tele-neurology outpatient services at a regional referral centre in Kenya.
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December 2023
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Medical College of East Africa (Nairobi Campus), Kenya.
Background: There is severe shortage of neurologists in sub-Saharan Africa. Tele-neurology consultations (TNC) can bridge this service gap, but there is very little published evidence on TNC in our setting, which we addressed through our study.
Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients at our neurology outpatients from October 2020 to October 2021.
COVID-19 and Teleneurology in Sub-Saharan Africa: Leveraging the Current Exigency.
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February 2021
Department of Neurology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Africa has over 1.3 billion inhabitants, with over 60% of this population residing in rural areas that have poor access to medical experts. Despite having a ridiculously huge, underserved population, very few African countries currently have any form of sustained and organized telemedicine practice, and even fewer have dedicated tele-neurology services.
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DREAM Program, Community of Sant'Egidio, Via San Gallicano 25, 00153 Roma, Italy; Telemedicine Department, San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Via dell'Amba Aradam, 9, 00184 Rome, Italy.
Tele-neurology in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the literature.
J Neurol Sci
September 2017
Medical University of South Carolina, SC, USA.
Background: The rapid advancement in telecommunications on the African continent has opened up avenues for improving medical care to underserved populations. Although the greatest burden of neurological disorders is borne by Low-and-Middle Income Countries (LMICs) including sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there is a profound paucity of neurologists to serve the population. Telemedicine presents a promising avenue for effective mobilization and utilization of the few neurologists in Africa.
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