ALESSIA D’ ANDREA , FERNANDO FERRI, PATRIZIA GRIFONI

Physicians and healthcare workers of poor countries can not often access to updated health and medical information they need, because their activities are mainly carried out in remote rural locations without electricity or structures of fixed-line phones. It stands to reason that in a large part of African countries mobile devices, such as mobile phones, PDAs and so on, could represent a solution into areas without electricity and connectivity in order to enable the information access and healthcare services delivering. This paper discusses of the e-health prospective in Africa. E-health systems and infrastructures are considered focal for the future of an efficient, safe and citizen-centred health care. It offers an exciting opportunity to reduce the growing health care inequity, which is particularly relevant in the African continent.