Telemedicine models and technologies used in rural areas to improve healthcare delivery across Africa.

Telemedicine was founded on a well-defined knowledge-based assumption to deliver healthcare services, where distance is a critical factor, by all healthcare professionals using information and communication technologies for the exchange of valid information for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and injuries, for continuing education for healthcare providers.This is the day-to-day reality of the majority of people living across rural areas in Africa, where demographics, poverty, and unavailable infrastructure negatively affect the basic needs and access to healthcare for the need