<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:lucida console,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Reality check,<br>
We <span style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> have to start from the grass roots.The only way Kenya can be
seen implementing what they have policy made is for the government
especially the <span style="font-weight: bold;">ministry of Info and technology </span>to <span style="font-weight: bold;">work with</span>
E-learning centres,equip them with internet connectivity and fund them
to implement what they(Government) have policy made.<br>
<br>
Thereafter its the duty of the
E-learning centre(e.g Kimathi information cente),to train the
communities on a certain level then another higher institution picks
them up and takes them to a much higher level.<br>
<br>
The government has the capacity.All it needs is to slot in E-learning
centres on the grassroots level.We are doing it in our Kimathi
community.It surely works!! <br>
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<font face="courier">Best Regards, <br>Jose' Njuki-Imwe Ngunjiri</font><font color="#0000ff"><font face="courier"> </font> </font><br>
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<div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Pauline Muthigani <pauline@nordic.co.ke><br>To: ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com<br>Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 9:20:29 AM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] 2-Day eHealth Workshop closes with a suprise<br><br><div><br><br><br><br><br>Hello,<br>I too had a chance to attend the same workshop .And relate to what Walu is<br>saying.I have studied many African countries and I can simply state that<br>the difference between Kenya and the likes of Rwanda and Namibia is that<br>Kenya we are GREAT In policy making BUT not as GREAT when it comes to<br>implementation! Kenya got GREAT plans/policies but challenged when it<br>comes to fast implementation.<br><br>SA ,Namibia Morocco,Egypt, Tunisia and the Rwandas of Africa have their<br>govt supporting ICT fully, same here our government does , but then why is<br>the implementation speed so low. What must we do to
expedite implementing<br>of these.. WE NEED ACTION ACTION ACTION!!<br><br>albest,<br><br>Pauline<br><br>> Last week on Wed 21st/Thrs 22nd, I had the opportunity to<br>> attend the above regional (East African) meeting on eHealth<br>> at the Nairobi Safari Club. Member states (Ke, Ug, Tz, Rw,<br>> & Burundi) were showcasing their eHealth projects and<br>> sharing experiences.<br>><br>> As usual, Rwanda's experience was way ahead of the pack.<br>> The chaps are pretty focused and have established eHealth<br>> Task forces that have been on the ground for over five<br>> years. The have a comprehensive (Vision, Mission,<br>> Objective, Activities, etc) eHealth Strategy that is well<br>> integrated into their National Health Plan (Solved their<br>> Budget/Funding Wars that way).<br>><br>> Amongst some of the acitivities they have implemented was<br>> to link up their three National Referral Hospitals with<br>>
fiber and are running Telemedicine & Other applications<br>> such as: Doctor-to-Doctor Consultations, Doctor-to-patient<br>> consultations(e.g. sharing digitized X-rays), Drug<br>> Inventory Control & Monitoring, Blood Bank Control &<br>> Monitoring, Epidemic Surveillance amongst others.<br>><br>> They are currently looking forward to mapping their Health<br>> Information Systems (HIMS) onto a Geographical Information<br>> Systems (GIS) in order to extract 'Health-Intelligence'<br>> from their data. For example, using the two systems, they<br>> would be able to 'see' why consumption of Malaria drugs is<br>> higher in some locations as compared to the other -<br>> probably due to the surrounding swampy conditions. This<br>> would get their Health managers to intervene by way of<br>> treating the swampy conditions rather than just increasing<br>> the stock levels of Malaria drugs for that region.
{I think<br>> that is clever}<br>><br>> It always beats me:- How comes we are having to learn from<br>> Rwanda every now and then and yet we are supposedly the<br>> 'big brother'?<br>><br>> walu.<br>><br>> ____________________________________________________________________________________<br>> Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast<br>> with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.<br>> <a target="_blank" href="http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather">http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather</a><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> kictanet@kictanet.or.ke<br>> <a target="_blank" href="http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br>><br>> Please unsubscribe or change your options at<br>> <a target="_blank"
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