The article describes a new initiative of using mobile phones to leverage healthcare for the remote villagers in Bangladesh. Generally, medical doctors are reluctant to go and practice medicine in remote villages because of lack of government subsidies and economic incentives. With Grameen’s new mobile health plan, this problem can be resolved by gathering data and transmitting them over to a pool of doctors at a central location.
To read more, follow the link below:
http://www.muhammadyunus.org/Yunus-Centre-Highlights/telemedicine-tackling-rural-doctor-shortage-in-bangladesh/
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