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Smartphones can Now Diagnose Infections: Here's How

Smartphone apps can be used to diagnose infectious diseases at home by patients themselves in remote and rural regions such as sub-Saharan Africa where health centers are very far. This will improve testing and drastically improve health and well being of the population.

Smartphones can Now Diagnose Infections: Here's How

Smartphones can Now Diagnose Infections: Here's How

Smartphone apps are the future of healthcare. Smartphones can allow persons living in rural areas such as sub-Saharan Africa to test themselves, obtain the results and be medically advised in their own homes where hospitals and clinics might be located far away.

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