The advent of mobile health and of telemedicine has presented new opportunities to facilitate surveillance, diagnosis and care of congenital anomalies in low resource areas. This webinar will focus on some of the tools available, and provide an opportunity for discussion of further needs.
Chair: Dr Ayede Adejumoke Idowu, Pediatrician researcher, Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Speakers:
Dr Leke Aminkeng, Ulster University United Kingdom: The Global Birth Defects App – an overview.
Dr Ushma Mehta, University of Cape Town, South Africa: Modifying the GBD App for the Ubomi Buhle project
Dr Stephanie Dellicour, MiMBa project Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK and Dr Caroline Osoro, MiMBa project Kenya: An addition to the GBD App for the MiMBa project – a platform for expert case review.
Dr Brian McCrossan, Paediatric Cardiologist, United Kingdom: Experience with telemedicine for diagnosis and care of congenital heart disease.
Dr Bose Adebayo, Paediatric Cardiologist, Nigeria: Congenital heart disease in subSaharan Africa – opportunities for new technologies.