DREPACARE

Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disease in the world. This genetic mutation that deforms and stiffens red blood cells is symptomised by very painful vaso-occlusive attacks, induced by the obstruction of blood vessels by half-moon-shaped blood cells, chronic anaemia, increased susceptibility to infections and other acute or chronic complications. Every year, 300,000 sickle cell children are born in Africa. In the absence of screening and adequate care, more than half of...

The Drepacare application includes features that are useful on a daily basis to support sickle cell patients wherever they are.
The application has three main feature groups :

Personalised follow-up :

Pain : the patients select the location of their pain and the pain threshold. The recorded data generate histograms that the patient can then download and make available to their specialist doctor, either by email or during an appointment.
Hospital admissions: a hi...

In Africa, access to smartphones is booming. In 2011, for every one billion inhabitants, there were 641 million SIM cards. After China, it is the market that is experiencing the highest growth rate, with nearly + 30% per year (source: Inaglobal). With these advances, the mobile phone makes it possible to provide e-health services.
Although it is a prototype, Drepacare is the first mobile application for personalised, preventive and informative monitoring for sickle cell patients ...