How can blockchain help refugees in the Middle East?

When we talk about digitalisation, we often look to the future and imagine futuristic scenarios that do not exist right now. And by doing that we often forget about the current world problems that we have trouble solving, mostly because the system that is currentlz in place is not capable of offering a solution.

This is why I think the Iryo secure mobile health records are a big deal. Not because they are boosting the blockchain hype, but because they are offering a concrete solution to a systemic problem that is plaguing us all for way too long.

Secure mobile health records would mean better access to care for refugees. ‘It will make it easier when seeking care. Often refugees have to visit several sites to get the help they need. At the moment, they carry small slips of paper with doctor notes, or X-rays, or lab-work for each doctor to review. These are just snapshots of the current treatment or diagnosis with no access to prior medical history. So having full medical records would be extremely valuable, especially when we think about immunization schedules when people migrate through multiple countries,’ says Mitchell.

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