In an exhaustive interview with Gabe Rijpma, Director, Health and Human Services Industry, Microsoft Asia Pacific, eHealth has attempted to probe the Microsoft�s vision for fostering e-Health in the Asia Pacific region and also its pragmatic corporate initiatives towards fruition of that vision.
[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 June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The issue of rural e-Health software is a complex one. There are hundreds of open source Electronic Medical Record (EMR)systems supporting different platforms available around the world.
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.
A new Internet video game has been launched by the United Nations to make the children aware about natural disasters such as wildfires, floods, tsunamis and earthquakes.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an interactive website, which will struggle against hunger and provide practical information for policy-makers, legal practitioners, civil society members, UN staff, academics and the general public.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an interactive website, which is related to right to food.
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.
[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
‘And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.’ -Lord Tennyson (from ULYSSES)
Access to premium health consultations may soon turn into a reality for millions of Indians who live in the rural areas, as telemedicine promises to revolutionise the health sector in developing countries.
Medical experts are now discussing a pilot project using telemedicine, which was initiated by United States, India and the United Nations for providing healthcare to millions in war-torn Afghanistan, as a possibility for helping people in India and its neighbouring countries. This is a project actually co-sponsored by United States, India and the Unites Nations.
