Just to add to the E-health discussion I saw on ICT Works, a related program by the Gates Foundation that seeks to innovate immunization systems:<br><br><h2>Deadline May 15! Gates Foundation seeks ideas to optimize immunization systems</h2>
<p>Ground-breaking
ideas often come from people like you who know that information systems
are a critical component of any effective health program.</p>
<p>The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations
grant program encourages bold ideas from innovative thinkers by
offering US$100,000 grants to prove the potential of new approaches to
optimize immunization systems. Examples of information system
innovations could include logistics management and vaccine tracking
software; low-cost, durable hardware and devices to improve data
collection and accuracy; or other interventions. </p>
<p>There is still time to apply—the deadline is May 15! All you need to
do is submit a TWO-PAGE proposal outlining why your idea is innovative,
how you’ll prove it, and the impact it will have.</p>
<p>Priority areas for funding include:</p>
<p>• Vaccine product characteristics.<br>
• Supply system design.<br>
• Environmental impact.<br>
• Information systems.<br>
• Human resources.<br>
• Vaccination acceptance.</p>
<p>Ideal proposals should be responsive to the topic area, daring in
premise, and clearly different from the approaches currently under
investigation or employed. Solutions should focus on the operational
aspects of immunization systems and must have the potential to be scaled
up or reproduced in multiple low-resource settings.</p>
For further information about the grant, please visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/immunizationsystems" title="http://tinyurl.com/immunizationsystems">http://tinyurl.com/immunizationsystems</a>. For application tips, please visit: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/GCEtips" title="http://tinyurl.com/GCEtips">http://tinyurl.com/GCEtips</a>. If you have additional questions, feel free to email: <a href="mailto:GCEhelp@gatesfoundation.org">GCEhelp@gatesfoundation.org</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Victor Gathara <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vgathara@vimak.co.ke" target="_blank">vgathara@vimak.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Francis,</p>
<p>While it is true that ehealth holds huge potential there is insufficient evidence to convince national governments it is really worth investing in. We need programmes at scale but building them is not easy. Building a strong evidence base would be a step in the right direction.</p>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<p>Victor</p></font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
<div class="gmail_quote">On 7 May 2012 16:47, "Francis Hook" <<a href="mailto:francis.hook@gmail.com" target="_blank">francis.hook@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks. If there is one sector that can benefit from ICT, its the<br>
health sector (to enhance speed of services, accuracy of records,<br>
accrue usable research data, telemedicine, reduce costs, etc).<br>
<br>
Oft I have remarked abt how we tend to always gravitate towards "ICT<br>
for everything" - which sort of calls to mind the saying "if the only<br>
tool you have is a hammer, you tend to view every problem as a nail".<br>
And that calls to mind a recent discussion on this list abt a certain<br>
road that uses up two lives every day (vis a vis how many lost waiting<br>
for healthcare at clinics?) With all due respect to the contributors<br>
of that thread - where ICT is somehow supposed to solve or ameliorate<br>
long standing/pent up cultural/social/economic/infrastructure<br>
problems...with e-health such interventions can be huge, immediately<br>
realised and for the greater good. And there will be no fear about<br>
corruption - no need to enforce any laws or create new ones....<br>
<br>
<br>
On 7 May 2012 09:02, Victor Gathara <<a href="mailto:vgathara@vimak.co.ke" target="_blank">vgathara@vimak.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> Not sure if this has circulated on the list but it may be of interest to<br>
> some here.<br>
><br>
> Victor<br>
> ______________________<br>
><br>
><br>
> The African Development Bank launches an eHealth award - Please share the<br>
> information<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 19 April, the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a competition for<br>
> innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT)<br>
> solutions for the health sector in Africa. The eHealth Award aims to<br>
> discover current work being done in the fields of e- and m-health in Africa;<br>
> to encourage the production and sharing of knowledge on eHealth solutions,<br>
> and provide added value through the sharing of lessons learnt in e- and<br>
> m-health.<br>
><br>
> The award targets a range of participants, including individuals, NGOs,<br>
> development organizations, companies, academic institutions and research<br>
> facilities. The criteria and focus of the award are centered on a) using ICT<br>
> to increase access to health services, particularly for the poor and<br>
> marginalized b) using ICT to increase the utilization of essential health<br>
> services and/or c) the evaluation of eHealth solutions to improve efficiency<br>
> in the delivery of health services.<br>
><br>
> The deadline for submissions from participants is 30 May 2012. Submissions<br>
> should be an abstract of 500 words from their projects, after which the<br>
> shortlisted candidates will need to produce an evaluation report. The<br>
> winning projects will be presented in an AfDB publication and winners will<br>
> be given a prize.<br>
> All information can be found on the Bank’s website<br>
> (<a href="http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/afdb-launches-ehealth-award-to-seek-african-ict-health-solutions-9067/" target="_blank">http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/article/afdb-launches-ehealth-award-to-seek-african-ict-health-solutions-9067/</a> )<br>
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