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Telemedicine delivery to developing countries.

D Wright
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This paper highlights current activities with regard to telemedicine activities in and for developing countries. The paper reviews: the preparation of a telemedicine report by a study group of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the aim of which is to provide recommendations and guidelines for developing countries; the formation of the European Telemedicine Collaboration Group (ETCG), which is undertaking telemedicine pilot projects in developing countries; and telemedicine delivery via inmarsat, which is coordinating production of the ITU report and is a participant in the ETCG.

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D Wright. 1997. Telemedicine delivery to developing countries.. https://doi.org/10.1258/1357633971930472

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