Paper Info
Title
Developing the IoT to Support the Health Sector - A Case Study from Kikwit, DR Congo.
Abstract
Effective implementation and evaluation of development projects depends on access to accurate, complete, and timely information about the outcomes of project implementation. We explore the proposition that next-generation ICTs offer solutions for development actors operating in decentralised and extremely low-power environments to improve data collection, monitoring, and project feedback. This paper describes the potential integration of novel distributed monitoring technologies and techniques within the health sector in developing countries, and in particular the use of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies for monitoring widely distributed projects in areas with little or no infrastructure. We discuss the application of an emerging low-power wide area networking technology, LoRa, which is ideally suited to resource-limited contexts due to its low cost, low power usage, and long range. We describe our experiences in implementing a pilot project carried out in Kikwit, DR Congo to develop a LoRa-based wireless network to track the temperature of blood products, ensuring their security and viability through a decentralised, low-power, and low-cost monitoring system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-67837-5_5
AFRICATEK
Field
DocType
Citations 
Health sector,Wireless network,Data collection,Monitoring system,Computer security,Computer science,Engineering management,Internet of Things,Computer network,Developing country,Cold chain,Power usage
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Piers W. Lawrence1214.77
Trisha M. Phippard200.34
Gowri Sankar Ramachandran34711.39
Danny Hughes438549.25