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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Barrack,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I did attend the breakfast meeting and gave my view on the meeting in an earlier post (as did James Ratemo as I recall).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The meeting basically showcased Safaricom’s mhealth platform hosted on the cloud (very much along the lines of Microsoft HealthVault and Google Health) as well as some interesting applications such as Dial a Doc, m-pedigree, Cisco’s health presence, and Samsung’s Dr Smart. There was an ehealth application demonstrated too though it would need customising. All interesting but no quick wins for public health. There wasn’s much technical discussion as the plenary was short and not so well attended.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The government dignitaries made the right noises about fast tracking ehealth and mhealth initiatives (the positive news was that the ehealth strategy is complete and is set for launch soon). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Safaricom did promise to continue the discussion online though I presume this hasn’t taken off (or I am not in the loop).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regarding Malaria I am particularly interested in what can be done to improve disease surveillance and data collection. What systems can be used to monitor how well interventions e.g nets, spraying are working. Any mobile applications out there?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Victor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet-bounces+vgathara=vimak.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+vgathara=vimak.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Barrack Otieno<br><b>Sent:</b> 27 June 2011 18:45<br><b>To:</b> vgathara@vimak.co.ke<br><b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Of Vision 2030 and Misplaced Priorities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Dennis, would anyone who attended the breakfast meeting brief us on any tangible outcomes of the breakfast meeting?, on another note i just read an interesting Phrase from a book called Surgical Prayer by Tom Deuschle <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> ' <i>The Provision of Sound Medical services is key in the developement of any nation. the worlds Medical systems have failed whenever they have been driven by profit only, Without a consideration of the staff that work in the medical service arena, the population to be served and without ownership within the industr</i>y'<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Dennis Kioko <<a href="mailto:dmbuvi@gmail.com">dmbuvi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Going back to this case, it seems that a Post Mortem would have revealed cause of death. While some say drug interaction may have been the cause, Gachagua did not indicate which drug the deceased took. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have been reading a few documents on Malaria and the case described above is more associated with death from Malaria - does this mean the medicine failed to work? Kenya is also listed as a multi-drug resistant country. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As for malaria vaccine, a pal working at a KEMRI Malaria project in Kilifi tells me that the Malaria vaccine seems to be several years away. They say the Malaria parasite is yet to be documented and studied sufficiently hence not much is known about it. At the moment, KEMRI is studying resistance to the disease by looking at those who are rarely affected in epidemic areas. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a recent experience where I was prescribed the powerful drugs for the wrong disease (misdiagnosis). Our health sector is already in a mess as all sorts of drugs are available over the counter while "hospitals" are busy prescribing the remainder in abandon. <a href="http://blog.denniskioko.com/2011/06/medicines-in-kenya-cure-or-poison.html" target="_blank">http://blog.denniskioko.com/2011/06/medicines-in-kenya-cure-or-poison.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com" target="_blank">http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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