[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
There is a need to provide connectivity and access to the much needed and poorly distributed health knowledge and expertise within the health system in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Around nine million people live in Rwanda and approximately, 200,000 of them are infected with HIV. So, the government of Rwanda is using mobile phones to track epidemics across the country.
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The terms e-Health and health information technology (HIT) are used somewhat interchangeably in the United States.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
It is true that e-Health is gaining currency in the developed countries of the west, but the awareness of its enormous potential seems to be very limited in Africa.
Mobile phones have become more useful for citizens of Africa. Now the continent is using mobile phones to fight with the HIV/AIDS. US Government and 5 member groups from the mobile phone industry have taken this initiative step, named ‘Phone for Health’ to combat with HIV/AIDs.
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has joined the “Call to Stop Tuberculosis,” a global partnership to eradicate the curable disease, because of which around 2 million people die every year.
The Ministry of Health, Rwanda has launched a Telemedicine Project that will allow doctors to conduct their medical services through online.
The US Government and the leading mobile phone companies have joined together to fight with HIV/AIDS and other health related issues in 10 African countries.
Children’s measles deaths have fallen by around 60 per cent since 1999 in Africa in just 6 years, exceeding the goal of reducing cases of children’s measles death by 50% as set by the United Nations.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in a UN backed campaign, will provide a grant of US$ 3 million to Africa for fighting against Malaria, because of which 1 million people die every year, particularly children under five years of age.
CA has updated its network performance management software with improved reporting capabilities and unified administrations. Last year CA has acquired the e-Health developed by Concord Communications. The company is monitoring the performance of IT infrastructure and applications.
In the conclusions of the first meeting of the Telemedicine Task Force (TTF) for sub-Saharan Africa was held in Brussels, the potential of satellite telecommunication technology was demonstrated as a tool for supporting healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa.
