AfriDoctor Smartphone App for Remote Diagnosis

AfriDoctor is a new app for Nokia smartphones that hopes to bring a bit of medical expertise to people and places where it is not readily available. The basic premise is that people who are experiencing an externally visible condition, like a rash or pink eyes, would take a photo of it using the app. The image is then forwarded to a panel of doctors from Health24, a South African health portal, and they reply within 48 hours with their “diagnosis”. Somehow this app won Nokia’s Africa Calling All Innovators contest, though there doesn’t seem anything particularly novel about sending pics. Considering that live streaming video teleconferencing is insufficient to examine the great majority of patients, using camera phone photos will surely not be practical for much.
Product page: Afridoctor …
Buy at Nokia’s OVI store…