[kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities
Barrack Otieno
otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Fri Jun 3 15:04:39 EAT 2011
Interesting Victor, i just got wind of some interesting Mhealth initiatives
being developed by the better option but i am not well placed to discuss the
same without breaching protocol, may be they should lead the way in this
considering the success of mpesa, i wonder whether KICTANET can be kind
enough to organise a Kamukunji to look into this issue, could the lister who
drafted the ehealth strategy please stand up and help us walk the talk?
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Victor Gathara <vgathara at vimak.co.ke> wrote:
> While in DFiD I got involved in a project with WHO to help MOMS come up
> with a eHealth strategy. Sad to have left without seeing the final document
> but I basically came to question the level of buy in from government for
> this. A couple of years ago an AfriHealth conference basically concluded
> that there was a lot of silo working and ‘pilotitis’ in this field.
>
>
>
> It would be good to see whether the strategy was ever completed and
> launched. I believe a lister led in drafting it. There is a lot that can be
> done with IT in health if the will is there but you need the structures in
> place first.
>
>
>
> Victor
>
>
>
> *From:* kictanet-bounces+vgathara=vimak.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke[mailto:
> kictanet-bounces+vgathara=vimak.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of
> *Edith Adera
> *Sent:* 02 June 2011 22:29
> *To:* vgathara at vimak.co.ke
>
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities
>
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>
> Very sad indeed!
>
>
>
> I was faced with the same problem in March and the poor lady died right
> before our eyes - her relatives called me when it was too late and they did
> not have a cent to take her to hospital, so they feared even going there
> without money! I was surprised to learn that even Kenyatta hospital does not
> take any patient without money!
>
>
>
> I was so sad to face the reality
> thatyou can die justbecause you are poor and not because there's no
> treatment for your illness.
>
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>
> In his recent experience with cancer,
> Hon. Anyang Nyongodrovethis point home! BUT - if a Minister for Health can
> say this, what chance does a mere mortal have to live?
>
>
>
> There are many examples of eHealth
> initiatives thathave saved lives e.g. Uganda Health information Network,
> Mozambique Health Information Network,pulsa plus HIV/AIDs project in South
> Africa using cellphones, cell life in South Africaetc
>
>
>
> Edith
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> *From:* kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke[kictanet-bounces+eadera=
> idrc.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Barrack Otieno [
> otieno.barrack at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 02 June 2011 13:22
> *To:* Edith Adera
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> I wonder whether i have used the right title for this post. I have had an
> interesting month and i thought i should share some of my experiences from
> the Bundus and the City as well. Three weeks ago i visit Ebuyangu Village
> somewhere between Gem and Emuhaya to look for my childhood football coach,
> while combing the area i meet one resident by the name Harambee who
> gleefully agrees to help me find my former coach. I asked him some of the
> challenges they are facing and was taken aback by his answer 'Watu wanakufa
> sana, sijui ni nini' (Translated There are too many deaths, i don't know
> what is happening) I tried squeezing more information from him and realised
> the problem is Malaria and waterbone diseases (of course there is River Yala
> in the hood), it is common knowledge that this are Malaria prone areas and
> many of us who hail from the region take preventive measures before
> travelling but it appears this information is simply not readily available
> to the villages, how can we prevent this unnecessary and avoidable deaths
> through ICT? do we have developement partners and or government agencies
> prepared to invest in e-health initiatives that will reverse this trends? or
> better still are all this noble initiatives and flagship projects targeting
> Nairobians (where the real Kenya is?) no wonder everyone is fleeing the
> countryside to be close to the city, we might end up building Malili
> Technolopolis and lack customers for the same as has been the case in the
> past, it is good we are boasting and fighting about Mobile money, 3G and the
> rest which is good but i guess the greatest wealth a nation can ever have
> are healthy citizens.
>
> On 1st of June i find myself in another weird situation involving health
> facilities we have an emergency case which several health Facilities say
> they cannot handle but instead of advising on what we should do they advise
> us to run around and look for options, the saddest bit is this are respected
> health facilities that have 'professional' Doctors and Nurses, to cut the
> long story, proffessionals hoarding information on what we should do so that
> we can do something (what a shame on this great republic), i was left
> wondering where does the poor man go, he may as well just die in his little
> hut because he doesn't know what to do. When i looked at the bill and
> compared it to the service rendered your guess is as good as mine.
>
> I wonder whether its a high time we channeled the same effort and
> investment we have made in Mobile Money, BPOs and Fibre into Electronic
> Health, anyone with successfull case studies to start us off, othewise we
> might all be swept away by an epidemic before we Vision 2030 materialises.
>
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