[kictanet] Fwd: The African Development Bank launches an eHealth award

[Francis Hook]

Thanks.   If there is one sector that can benefit from ICT, its the
health sector (to enhance speed of services, accuracy of records,
accrue usable research data, telemedicine, reduce costs, etc).

Oft I have remarked abt how we tend to always gravitate towards "ICT
for everything" - which sort of calls to mind the saying "if the only
tool you have is a hammer, you tend to view every problem as a nail".
 And that calls to mind a recent discussion on this list abt a certain
road that uses up two lives every day (vis a vis how many lost waiting
for healthcare at clinics?) With all due respect to the contributors
of that thread - where ICT is somehow supposed to solve or ameliorate
long standing/pent up cultural/social/economic/infrastructure
problems...with e-health such interventions can be huge, immediately
realised and for the greater good.   And there will be no fear about
corruption - no need to enforce any laws or create new ones....


On 7 May 2012 09:02, Victor Gathara <vgathara at vimak.co.ke> wrote:
> Not sure if this has circulated on the list but it may be of interest to
> some here.
>
> Victor
> ______________________
>
>
> The African Development Bank launches an eHealth award - Please share the
> information
>
>
> On 19 April, the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a competition for
> innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT)
> solutions for the health sector in Africa. The eHealth Award aims to
> discover current work being done in the fields of e- and m-health in Africa;
> to encourage the production and sharing of knowledge on eHealth solutions,
> and provide added value through the sharing of lessons learnt in e- and
> m-health.
>
> The award targets a range of participants, including individuals, NGOs,
> development organizations, companies, academic institutions and research
> facilities. The criteria and focus of the award are centered on a) using ICT
> to increase access to health services, particularly for the poor and
> marginalized b) using ICT to increase the utilization of essential health
> services and/or c) the evaluation of eHealth solutions to improve efficiency
> in the delivery of health services.
>
> The deadline for submissions from participants is 30 May 2012.  Submissions
> should be an abstract of 500 words from their projects, after which the
> shortlisted candidates will need to produce an evaluation report. The
> winning projects will be presented in an AfDB publication and winners will
> be given a prize.
> All information can be found on the Bank’s website
> (http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/afdb-launches-ehealth-award-to-seek-african-ict-health-solutions-9067/ )
>
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