Background and context:

iPath is an open source software developed at the University of Basel. It allows the publication of cases requiring a second medical opinion from experts who are members of the iPath network. The cases must be anonymous and submitted to the "RAFT Forum" group. RAFT means Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine.

Cases are reviewed by the group’s facilitators who insure their completeness and are published for the concerned group or groups of experts.

For the RAFT, the facilitators and administrators of these groups are Dr. Cheick Oumar Bakayoko, Dr. Ousmane Ly and Professor Antoine Geissbuhler. They can also facilitate the participation of people who want to register and use the platform.

In Mali, the ipath platform is found in the Mère Enfant hospital in Bamako within the national reference center for E-health activities, a project from the REIMICOM kènèya Blown Association.

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