The DHDE project aimed to address healthcare challenges in developing economies, focusing on Africa and India’s rural areas. By integrating space assets like satellite communication, navigation, and earth observation, the project seeked to improve healthcare services and data management. Key components included digitising health information, smart monitoring of infections, predictive analytics, and last-mile healthcare delivery. The project progressed through various phases, including user requirement analysis, service definition, and data collection. The ultimate goal was to develop a Demonstration Project for seamless and sustainable healthcare, particularly addressing cervical cancer screening and enhancing access to underserved communities. The Feasibility Study has been successful.
Started 1st of July 2021, SCE2 conducted in the first 3months the initial project phase dedicated to Analysis and Consolidation of User Requirements through questionnaires sent to stakeholders in Germany (https://www.charite.de/en/), India (https://wishfoundationindia.org/) and Uganda (Salem Corp.), followed by regular meetings with WISH Foundation Teams.
Thanks to this initial work, SCE2 has considered three different types of services:
- Healthcare service concepts definition integrating with existing solutions
- Data assessment using artificial intelligence in satellite data
- Data visualization incorporating data gathered from stakeholders
The next 3 months were focused on activities related to the System Requirements and Specifications, the Definition of the related Services and their respective Business Models.
Activities for the second half of the project were related to Health Data collection, management and sharing with patient consent, both from a business plan and a technical implementation perspectives, with a first use-case on cervical cancer screening.
The last 3 months of the project were focused on activities for testing the solution foreseen through a Proof of Concept (POC) done in Germany, developing the Business Plan for the Demonstration Project and preparing such Project.
DHDE Final Review occurred on the 15th of September 2022 and the Final Presentation was held on the 20th of September 2022. This event was public, attended by 30 people representing all types of stakeholders.
DHDE Feasibility Study has been declared successful!
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