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- system software
- application software
- networking
- studio equipment
- UPS
medical equipment at 53 patient-end hospitals
- 10 numbers each
tele-education and tele-medicine application software.
2.2 Implementation
The project was implemented by TCIL, a Government of India enterprise on a turn-key basis. The parameters
of the programme were dynamically altered based on the inputs from the African nations.
Policies/ strategies that made its implementation possible:
a master agreement between the African Union Commission and the Ministry of External Affairs,
India, to help in the process of implementing this programme;
country-level agreement between individual African nations and TCIL, enabling the implementation
of this project;
agreements between the 48 universities of Africa with each of the five universities of India,
recognising the Indian graduate and postgraduate degrees;
agreements between the 48 Super Specialty hospitals of Africa, with each of the 12 Super Specialty
hospitals of India.
The various stakeholders involved in this project are:
African Union Commission
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
Doctors of Super Specialty hospitals of 48 countries in Africa
Doctors of five designated regional Super Specialty hospitals of Africa
Professors in state universities of 48 countries in Africa
Professors of five designated regional universities of Africa
Professors of five leading universities of India
Doctors of 12 leading Super Specialty hospitals of India
Digital content developers in India
Tele-education/Telemedicine software companies of India
ICT equipment manufactures
RASCOM satellite – Africa’s own satellite
MPLS/bandwidth connectivity provider
TCIL – implementing agency.
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