Med-e-Tel 2008
[This article was published in the July 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT
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India to ban mobile phone ads showing children, pregnant women
New guidelines have been drafted by the Indian government banning advertisements showing children and pregnant women.
UAE to adopt WHO disease alert system
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has finalised and deployed a regional disease alert system that will soon be adopted by the UAE, said a WHO expert recently.
GoI and World Bank group to rid health sector projects of corruption
The Government of India and the World Bank Group have joined forces to fight fraud and corruption and systemic deficiencies in India
Developing nations will lobby for research funds for TB, malaria
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.
Global medical tool makers throng India
Even as a lack of clarity in regulations is preventing Indian medical device manufacturers from making their presence felt in the USD 2 billion domestic medical equipment market, foreign players, mostly from the United States, are increasingly finding the country a preferred destination.
Rotary International and Gates Foundation commit USD 200 million to eradicate polio
Rotary International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) on 26 November, 2007 announced a
partnership to provide USD 200 million for the intensified push to eradicate polio.
FICCI’s new initiative: Medical Electronics Forum
Responding to the requirements of the medical electronics industry and to create awareness about the opportunities as the next growth area after IT sector, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry launched the “FICCI Medical Electronics Forum” (FICCI-MEF) on October 23, 2007 at FICCI New Delhi.
Mobile phones for rural health workers
The Union Government of India advised Orissa Government to put geographical information system (GIS) at each village to deliver health services.
UN releases pocket-charts for combating heart attack and stroke
Due to the launch of the “Pocket Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk”, which is available in six languages, health workers around the world will be able to easily identify those at risk of heart attacks and strokes and save some of the estimated 20 million lives lost to these diseases annually by prescribing the most appropriate treatment.
The International Health Partnership Launched Today
The International Health Partnership aims to improve the way that international agencies, donors and poor countries work together to develop and implement health plans, creating and improving health services for poor people and ultimately saving more lives.
An Initiative Towards Affordable Surveillance : Adele Waugaman
[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.
