Pesinet - Early disease detection and care for children

Children in Africa are not dying of major epidemics but, in 70 % of cases, of complications of simple diseases. This is an aberration as personnel and affordable treatment are available locally. To address this, Pesinet delivers an innovative detection and early-care system. For a monthly fee worth a day of earning, a Pesinet child gets weekly home-based check-up by mobile agents, remote medical monitoring by the community doctor, early treatment, access to discounted medication and medical follow-up. Four agents, one coordinator and one doctor are recruited for each Pesinet program, to follow-up on 1000 subscribers. By using non-qualified agents and telecommunication technologies to operate a first triage of patients at lower cost, Pesinet acts as a multiplier of medical radius for public healthcare structures; increases demand for and facilitates access to affordable treatment, thus driving a cultural shift in the perception of prevention. We collect key statistics to monitor impact on mortality reduction, decrease in health spending, increase in prevention awareness and job creation. Aggregated data is used to inform the development of national policies. With 200 subscribers, a very low mortality rate (5 per thousand) and 20% of children called in for examination every month, the pilot in Bamako Coura is already demonstrating on its promises. Pesinet has been designed as a financially self-sustaining service to envision a broad replication of the model and drive dramatic change in healthcare for low-income countries.

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Science & Technology

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• World Congress
• World Health Care Congress
• affordable health care
• health care technology
• Grameen