The demand for new healthcare services is growing rapidly. Improving accessibility of the African population to diabetes care\nseems to be a big challenge in most countries where the number of care centers and medical staff is reduced. Information and\ncommunication technologies (ICT) have great potential to address some of these challenges faced by several countries in providing\naccessible, cost-effective, and high-quality health care services. This paper presents the Mobil Diab system which is a telemedical\napproach proposed for the management of long-term diseases. The system applies modern mobile and web technologies which\novercome geographical barriers, and increase access to health care services. The idea of the system is to involve patients in the\ntherapy process andmotivate them for an active participation. For validation of the system in African context, a trial was conducted\nin the Democratic Republic of Congo. 40 Subjects with diabetes divided randomly into control and intervention groups were\nincluded in the test. Results show that Mobil Diab is suitable for African countries and presents a number of benefits for the\npopulation and public health care system. It improves clinical management and delivery of diabetes care services by enhancing\naccess, quality, motivation, reassurance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
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