Proposal for an IoT-based e-health model in developing countries: case of Senegal

In Senegal, as in most developing countries, access to health care remains a major problem for the population, especially in rural areas. E-health aims to facilitate disease diagnosis and treatment decisions. Thanks to the Internet of Things devices, this field, offers many opportunities and possibilities to relieve the traditional health system in our countries that does not follow the evolving needs of the population in terms of care. These IoT devices can follow patients over a long period of time and transmit data in real time. In this paper we presented the current state of e-health technologies that promise to greatly disrupt healthcare in developing countries. Following this study, we proposed a model that aims to provide intelligent e-healthcare services based on IoT and machine learning for internal or external patient monitoring.