Pan-African e-Network Project - A practical example of South-South Cooperation

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Pan-African e-Network Project- A practical example of South-South

Cooperation

• Initiative of Government of India in collaboration with African Union

Non-commercial project, funded by the Govt. of India at a budgetary cost of USD116 Mn


Pan-African e-Network

• Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, the former President of India during his inaugural address to the African Parliament in Johannesburg on 16th Sep. 2004, proposed to connect all 53 AU member countries with Indian institutions with a satellite and fibre-optic network to share India’s expertise in the fields of Education and Health care for accelerated socio-economic development of Africa.

• AU accepted the Indian proposal and signed an umbrella MOU with Govt. of India (through Ministry of External Affairs – Nodal Ministry)

• Govt. of India appointed TCIL as the turnkey implementing Agency of the project

• The network primarily provides e-Services with priority on: - Tele-education, Tele-medicine, and VVIP Connectivity (video-conferencing and VoIP among the Heads of African States)


Pan-African e-NetworkConnectivity between India and Africa

RASCOM Satellite

Submarine

Cable

LinkBetweenChennai

And Dakar in Senegal

(14000 km long route)o HUB Stationo SSHo Universitieso Learning Centerso Patient End Locations

Western Sahara (Morocco)



Tele-education • Indian Universities• African Regional Universities

Tele-Medicine Consultations• Indian Super Specialty Hospitals• African Regional SSH

Continued Medical Education • Indian Super Specialty Hospitals• African Regional SSH

Special lectures by Eminent Personalities • Studio of Pan African e-Network at TCIL HQ• Topics :Art &Cultures, Science, Technology, Education• Health, Social Development

VVIP Communication • Head of States of African Countries from their respective VVIP sites.

Services on Pan African e-Network


Indian Super Specialty Hospitals selected for Tele-Medicine

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.) Delhi

2. ESCORTS Heart Institute and Research Center, New Delhi

3. MOOLCHAND Hospital, New Delhi

4. FORTIS Hospital, Noida

5. APOLLO Hospitals, Chennai

6. SRI RAMCHANDRA Medical College and Hospital, Chennai

7. NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA, Bangalore

8. HEALTH CARE GLOBAL Enterprises, Bangalore

9. CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad

10. Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi

11. Dr. Balabhai NANAVATI Hospital, Mumbai

12. Sanjay Gandhi PGI Lucknow


Leading Regional Universities and Super Specialty Hospitals of Africa (selected by AU)

Leading Regional Universities

1. Makerere University – Uganda

2. Kwame –Nkrumah University of Science & Technology- Ghana

3. University of Yaounde, Cameroon

4. Alexandria University, Egypt

5. Chancellor College of University of Malawi , Malawi

Regional Super Specialty Hospitals

5. Ibadan Hospital – Nigeria

6. Brazzaville Hospital – Republic of Congo

7. Sir Seewosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital, Mauritius

8. Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt

5. Fann Hospital,Senegal


Role of TCIL as the Implementing Agency

• Design of Total Network Solution • Turnkey implementation of the project;• Operations & Management Support for 5 years after

commissioning of the network;• Providing Tele-Education and Tele-Medicine Services in

collaboration with Indian universities and Super Specialty Hospitals selected by Govt. of India


Major Components of the project • Construction of Hub Station Building

• Supply, Installation & Commissioning of:

Satellite Hub Station VSATs in 172 locations in Africa Data Center and Studio Set up in TCIL HQ Data Center at the Satellite Hub Station

ICT Equipments (Computer hardware, system software, networking equipment, studio equipment and UPS) at 173 locations in Africa (54 LC,54 PEL, 54 VVIP Node, 5 RUC, 5 RSSH and 1 DC at hub) and 18 locations in India (5 UC, 12 SSH and DC at Delhi)

Medical Equipments at 54 Patient-end Hospitals

Tele-Ed and Tele-Med Application Software

• Operation & Management & AMC support for the network for 5 yrs

• Tele-Education and Tele-Medicine services for 5 years


Set of 10 Medical equipments installed in each Patient-end Hospital in Africa

DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENTS:• Portable X-Ray Machine • X-Ray Film Scanner-Digitizer (DICOM 3.0 Compliant)• 12-lead ECG Machine• Ultra-sound Machine with color Doppler (DICOM 3.0 Compliant)• Defibrillator - AED (Automated External Defibrillator)PATHOLOGICAL EQUIPMENTS: • Glucometer/Blood Analyzer• Urine Analyzer• Blood Pressure Measuring Instrument• Tele-Pathology Microscope with built-in Digital Camera• Sterilizer/ Hot air oven


Stake-holders/Collaborators/Beneficiaries of the project

• Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India (funding and control)• African Union Commission (sensitization, coordination, review)• Beneficiary African Countries (48 as of now, up to 54) • Services providers:

17 Super Specialty Hospitals (India – 12, Africa – 5)10 Universities (India – 5, Africa – 5)

• Project Implementer: TCIL (Management and Finance professionals, Technical Experts in telecom and IT, installers, project managers,O&M engineers)

• Specialist doctors of India and Africa• Educational experts/professors of India & Africa,

• Equipment suppliers and software developers

• National Coordinators, consignees, university coordinators, medicalcoordinators of African countries

• Beneficiary doctors, patients, nurses, paramedical staff, students, equipment operation staff in African countries


Major Benefits intended to African Nations

Capacity building by way of imparting Education to 10,000 African students over 5 year period (2009-14):

2000 in PG Programs, 3000 in UG Programs and 5000 in skill enabling Certificate, Diploma and PGD Programs

Tele-medicine components:• Online medical consultation for one hour everyday to each country

for 5 years

• Offline advice for 5 patients per day to each country for 5 years

• Continuing Medical Education (CME) for practicing Doctors and working Nurses/Physicians’ Assistants, to update their medical knowledge and upgrade their clinical skills.


48 Countries of African Union

have joined the Project

1. Benin2. Botswana3. Burkina Faso4. Burundi5. Cameroon6. Cape Verde7. CAR8. Chad9. Comoros10.Congo11.Cote d’Ivoire12.D.R. of Congo 13.Djibouti14.Guinea-Bissau15.Egypt16.Eritrea17.Ethiopia18.Gabon19.The Gambia20.Ghana21.Guinea22.Kenya23.Lesotho24.Liberia25.Libya

26 Madagascar27. Malawi28. Mali29. Mauritania30. Mauritius31. Mozambique32. Namibia 33. Niger34. Nigeria35. Rwanda36. Sao Tome and

Principe37. Senegal38. Seychelles39. Sierra Leone40. Somalia41. South Sudan42. Sudan43. Swaziland44. Tanzania45. Togo46. Uganda47. Zambia48. Zimbabwe


1. Satellite HUB STATION: Operational since April 2008.

2. IPLC end-to-end commissioned in Aug 2008; upgraded to 4 Mbps in March 2009;

3. Data Center, India at TCIL Bhawan, New Delhi Operational since September 2008

Installation of common network elements


Operationalising the Network

and

Providing the Tele-education and Tele-Medicine Services


Identification of educational Programmesand medical disciplines:

AU has showed interest in 5 broad areas of education- 1. Physical Sciences, 2. Engineering & Technology, 3. Computer Science and IT, 4. Management – Business, Finance, 5. International languages – English, French, German,

Arabic


Educational Programmes Offered

Post Graduate Programs (4/5 semesters) University

1. MBA (HR/Marketing) (English) IGNOU2. MBA–International Business AMITY3. M.Sc.- IT Uni. of Madras 4. Master of Tourism Management IGNOU5. Master of Finance and Control AMITY6. MBA (HR, Marketing – French) * AMITY

Under Graduate Programs (3 years/6 semesters)

7. BBA (in English) Uni. of Madras8. BBA (in French) AMITY9. B.Sc.-IT, AMITY10. Bachelor of Fin & Investment Analysis AMITY 11. Bachelor of Tourism Studies IGNOU * Reserved


Educational Programmes Offered

Diploma Programs (1 year) University

1. French Language AMITY2. PG Diploma – IT AMITY3. Business Management AMITY4. Tourism Studies IGNOU5. Early childcare and

Education IGNOU

Certificate Programs (6months, 1 year)

6. Database & Information System (1year) BITS2. Networking & Operating System (1 year) BITS3. Electronics & Instrumentation (1 year) BITS4. English Language Delhi University5. Accountancy Delhi University6. German Language Uni. of Madras7. Arabic Language Uni. of Madras8. Tourism Studies IGNOU9. Nutrition & Childcare IGNOU10. Environmental Studies IGNOU


• More than 9500 students from 36 countries have registered for various courses with the Indian Universities

• 40 Universities in 39 countries have signed MoU with Indian Universities for education.

• Two Years and nine months of Education taken place since 14 Sep 2009

• 3445 tele-education sessions have been delivered by all Indian Universities

• 19 out of identified 26 programmes being delivered at present as per students registration

PG-MBA-HR/Mkt), MBA-IB, MFC, MSc-IT, MTM, UG -BSc-IT, BBA, BFIA, BTS Diploma-PGDIT, DBM, DTS,HIV/AIDS, Early Childcare and education Certificate- DBMS, English, Accountancy, Nutrition & Child Care,

Environment Studies

Tele-Education Status


Medical Disciplines offered

1. General (Internal) Medicine2. Radiology3. Adult Cardiology4. Pediatric Cardiology5. Neurology6. Dermatology7. Endocrinology8. Infectious Diseases/HIV-AIDS9. Gastroenterology10. Nephrology11. Pathology12. Psychiatry13. Pediatrics14. Medical Oncology15. Urology16. Genetics17. Gynecology18. Ophthalmology

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Feedback from the participating Nations

• Seychelles experience – actual reduction in health budget anticipated

• Senegal experience- Patients saving on anxiety and expenditure

• Ethiopia- CME a run away success !

• Africa – Demand for extending TE and TM in Rural Areas – A PPP Model


Awards

bestowed

On

Pan African e-Network project




SNAPSHOTS OF INSTALLATION SITES


9.3M ANTENNA AT THE HUB STATION


SATELLITE HUB STATION EQUIPMENT


Operation Room, HUB STATION, Dakar


DATA CENTER INDIA

At TCIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI


Tele-Education Studio TCIL Bhawan, New Delhi




Snapshot of Electronic Medical Record


Fortis Hospital, NOIDA


Heads of Missions of 22 African countries watching the inauguration proceedings

from the meeting hall


www.televital.com

Senegal

Gambia

Nigeria

Mauritius


MBA Students at Addis Ababa University Learning Centre attending the Tele-Education

Session from IGNOU


Tele-Education Session in progress in Addis Ababa University Learning Centre


Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam in CARE Hospital

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Pan-African e-Network Project - A practical example of South-South Cooperation