Smartphone-enabled medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring for rural Africa

IF 6.1 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL Talanta Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-12 DOI:10.1016/j.talanta.2025.127703

Izabela I. Rzeznicka , Achmad Syarif Hidayat , Hideyuki Horino , Baatshwana Caroline Ditlhakanyane , Venecio U. Ultra Jr.

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Abstract

Africa has made significant progress in healthcare metrics over the past two decades. However, providing access and quality of healthcare to people living in rural regions remains a challenge. In this respect, so-called mobile health (mHealth) and smartphone-enabled diagnostics methods could be of great use in providing services, both necessary and novel, to rural populations. This review provides a basic background for understanding various concepts behind smartphone-enabled methods and summarizes existing examples in the fields of medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. The aim is to engage young African students to contribute to the field but also to provide decision makers with ideas on low-cost solutions for rural healthcare.

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非洲农村的智能手机医疗诊断和环境监测

过去二十年来，非洲在卫生保健指标方面取得了重大进展。然而，向生活在农村地区的人提供获得高质量医疗保健的机会仍然是一项挑战。在这方面，所谓的移动医疗（mHealth）和支持智能手机的诊断方法在向农村人口提供必要和新颖的服务方面可能大有用处。这篇综述为理解智能手机支持方法背后的各种概念提供了基本背景，并总结了医疗诊断和环境监测领域的现有示例。其目的是使非洲青年学生参与这一领域，同时也为决策者提供关于农村医疗保健低成本解决方案的想法。

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Talanta 化学-分析化学

CiteScore

12.30

自引率

4.90%

发文量

861

审稿时长

29 days

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