Medical diagnosis in developing countries

Abstract

In many developing countries, no medical services of any kind reach large parts of the population. An exception is the primary health scheme in Tanzania, where a novel method of medical diagnosis is used. This method of diagnosis has been extended, with the help of computer methods, for use in tropical countries in general. Many of the computer methods are derived from biology, where parallel techniques for identifying plant and animal specimens are often used. Computers are only used to prepare the diagnostic scheme, which is then applied without any computer technology.