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

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.

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

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  1. 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

  2. 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)

  3. Pan-African e-NetworkConnectivity between India and Africa RASCOM Satellite Western Sahara (Morocco) Submarine Cable Link Between Chennai And Dakar in Senegal (14000 km long route) • HUB Station • SSH • Universities • Learning Centers • Patient End Locations

  4. Services on Pan African e-Network • 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.

  5. Indian Super Specialty Hospitals selected for Tele-Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.) Delhi ESCORTS Heart Institute and Research Center, New Delhi MOOLCHAND Hospital, New Delhi FORTIS Hospital, Noida APOLLO Hospitals, Chennai SRI RAMCHANDRA Medical College and Hospital, Chennai NARAYANA HRUDAYALAYA, Bangalore HEALTH CARE GLOBAL Enterprises, Bangalore CARE Hospitals, Hyderabad Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS), Kochi Dr. Balabhai NANAVATI Hospital, Mumbai Sanjay Gandhi PGI Lucknow

  6. Leading Regional Universities and Super Specialty Hospitals of Africa (selected by AU) Leading Regional Universities Makerere University – Uganda Kwame –Nkrumah University of Science & Technology- Ghana University of Yaounde, Cameroon Alexandria University, Egypt 5. Chancellor College of University of Malawi , Malawi Regional Super Specialty Hospitals Ibadan Hospital – Nigeria Brazzaville Hospital – Republic of Congo Sir SeewosagurRamgoolam National Hospital, Mauritius Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt 5. FannHospital,Senegal

  7. 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

  8. Major Components of the project • Construction of Hub Station Building • Supply, Installation & Commissioning of: • Satellite HubStation • 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 Equipmentsat 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

  9. 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

  10. 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, medical coordinators of African countries Beneficiary doctors, patients, nurses, paramedical staff, students, equipment operation staff in African countries

  11. 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.

  12. Benin • Botswana • Burkina Faso • Burundi • Cameroon • Cape Verde • CAR • Chad • Comoros • Congo • Cote d’Ivoire • D.R. of Congo • Djibouti • Guinea-Bissau • Egypt • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Gabon • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Kenya • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya 48 Countries of African Union have joined the Project 26 Madagascar 27. Malawi 28. Mali 29. Mauritania 30. Mauritius 31. Mozambique 32. Namibia 33. Niger 34. Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe 37. Senegal 38. Seychelles 39. Sierra Leone 40. Somalia 41. South Sudan 42. Sudan 43. Swaziland 44. Tanzania 45. Togo 46. Uganda 47. Zambia 48. Zimbabwe

  13. Installation of common network elements Satellite HUB STATION: Operational since April 2008. 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

  14. Operationalising the Network • and • Providing the Tele-education and Tele-Medicine Services

  15. Identification of educational Programmes • and medical disciplines: • AU has showed interest in 5 broad areas of education- • Physical Sciences, • Engineering & Technology, • Computer Science and IT, • Management – Business, Finance, • International languages – English, French, German, Arabic

  16. Educational Programmes Offered • Post Graduate Programs (4/5 semesters) University • MBA (HR/Marketing) (English)IGNOU • MBA–International BusinessAMITY • M.Sc.- IT Uni. of Madras • Master of Tourism Management IGNOU • Master of Finance and Control AMITY • MBA (HR, Marketing – French) * AMITY • Under Graduate Programs (3 years/6 semesters) • BBA (in English) Uni. of Madras • BBA (in French) AMITY • B.Sc.-IT, AMITY • Bachelor of Fin & Investment Analysis AMITY • Bachelor of Tourism StudiesIGNOU • * Reserved

  17. Educational Programmes Offered • Diploma Programs (1 year) University • French Language AMITY • PG Diploma – ITAMITY • Business Management AMITY • Tourism Studies IGNOU • Early childcare and • Education IGNOU • Certificate Programs (6months, 1 year) • Database & Information System (1year) BITS • 2. Networking & Operating System (1 year) BITS • 3. Electronics & Instrumentation (1 year) BITS • 4. English Language Delhi University • 5. Accountancy Delhi University • 6. German Language Uni. of Madras • 7. Arabic Language Uni. of Madras • 8. Tourism Studies IGNOU • Nutrition & Childcare IGNOU • Environmental Studies IGNOU

  18. Tele-Education Status • 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

  19. Medical Disciplines offered • General (Internal) Medicine • Radiology • Adult Cardiology • Pediatric Cardiology • Neurology • Dermatology • Endocrinology • Infectious Diseases/HIV-AIDS • Gastroenterology • Nephrology • Pathology • Psychiatry • Pediatrics • Medical Oncology • Urology • Genetics • Gynecology • Ophthalmology

  20. 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

  21. Awards bestowed On Pan African e-Network project

  22. SNAPSHOTS OF INSTALLATION SITES

  23. 9.3M ANTENNA AT THE HUB STATION

  24. SATELLITE HUB STATION EQUIPMENT

  25. Operation Room, HUB STATION, Dakar

  26. DATA CENTER INDIA At TCIL BHAWAN, NEW DELHI

  27. Tele-Education Studio TCIL Bhawan, New Delhi

  28. Snapshot of Electronic Medical Record

  29. Fortis Hospital, NOIDA

  30. Heads of Missions of 22 African countries watching the inauguration proceedings from the meeting hall

  31. Senegal Gambia   Nigeria Mauritius  www.televital.com

  32. MBA Students at Addis Ababa University Learning Centre attending the Tele-Education Session from IGNOU

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

  34. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam in CARE Hospital

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