Linked by a high-speed Internet connection, the doctors in Care Hospital in Hyderabad, India, study X-rays and laboratory results being transmitted by doctors from Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Flipping between charts, they use light pens to point out important features. They can see each other in windows on their screens, while medical charts fill the rest of the display.
India and other developing countries are set to lobby hard for funding mechanisms to develop medicines,
mostly aimed at neglected diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, at a forum set up by the World Health Organization or WHO. Developed countries have long maintained that patents are sufficient incentive for innovation.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Up-to-date, accurate data is a necessity for public health, and providing that data requires affordable information technology.
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Editorial
[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The growing popularity of e-Health in India is a healthy indication that the country�s development sector has the potential and the necessary technical expertise to set in place such initiatives.
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.
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.
An Internet-based training programme will be introduced in the Veterinary schools in sub-Saharan Africa, allowing the vets to pursue postgraduate degrees while working simultaneously.
