NEWS REVIEW – INDIA UPDATE

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News

Government of Jamaica and the World Bank plan new HIV/ AIDS Initiative

The World Bank has recently announced that it will work with Jamaican authorities to prepare a Second HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Project based on the current program

ADB is supporting Philippines in combating spread of HIV/ AIDS

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will sponsor a programme to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS by raising awareness among high-risk groups in the Philippines in partnership with the government’s Department of Health, members of the private sector and non-government organizations.

Technology for Health is the Emerging Mantra

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Editorial

NEWS REVIEW – INDIA UPDATE

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News Review

India to use one-fourth World Bank loan to improve healthcare services

India will use about one fourth of the World Bank USD 3.8 billion loan to improve healthcare services in the country.

Mobile phones spread health awareness in 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.

Building Information Capacity for Better Health: US and Beyond : Ticia Gerber

[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.

The Economics of healthcare spending

[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

To sum up, the book is an effort at dealing with the matter of economic principles dominating the debate on healthcare and the consequences thereof.

Mobile Phone: New tool to combat with HIV/AIDs

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.

Ban Ki-moon joins the movement against tuberculosis

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.

Making CD 4 level test accessible to HIV/ AIDS victims in India

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Clinton Foundation and Becton Dickinson (BD) India, through a public-private partnership shows the way for HIV/ AIDS victims.

Tamil Nadu (India) moves for female condoms to fight against HIV/ AIDS

The state of Tamil Nadu (India) launched an initiative to introduce female condoms, which is backed by Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) and the Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust (HLFPPT).