Lecture 8. E-Health: Telemedicine and Health Information Initiatives

ICT4D 2005-6 Lecture 8. E-Health: Telemedicine and health information initiatives

Lecture outline 1. Introduction  The global e-Health agenda  Information and medical delivery  Examples 2. Health related MDGs  Reducing child mortality  Improving maternal health  Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases 3. ICTs and health agendas  Drivers for implementation  Long experience of ICTs (dance, film, video)  The potential of new technologies 4. E-Health  Information i. Managing health information ii. Disseminating information on health and primary care  Delivering medical practices i. Telemedicine initiatives 5. Global health initiatives and ICT  WHO  The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria  Roll Back Malaria 6. Information dissemination examples  Soul City South Africa  Imfundo’s support for malaria  Imfundo and the Interactive Health Network – HIV/AIDS 7. Delivering medical practices  Telemedicine in South Africa  Jiva in India 8. Conclusions

NOTE: The subject matter of this lecture will be taken further in Session 16 in which the visiting speaker will provide further detailed case studies of e-health programmes and initiatives.

REMINDER: non-assessed essays are due in on 2nd November for Tutorials on 15th November.

Relevant reading Derbyshire, H. (2003) Gender Issues in the Use of Computers in Education in Africa, London: DFID, Imfundo KnowledgeBank Paper 4. Epstein, D. and Vernaci, R.L. (1998) Telemedicine meets the global village, Perspectives in Health, 3(2). [in Reading Room] http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/Number5_article2.htm Fahamu (2002) Healthcare Training and Internet Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa, Oxford: Fahamu, for Nuffield Department of Medicine and Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford. http://www.tall.ox.ac.uk/globalhealthprogramme/report/default.asp Gates Foundation – Global Health site at http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/ ICT4D e-Health pages – www.ict4d.org.uk Jiva – Health site http://www.jiva.org/health Kaiser Network – Health Policy as it happens http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ Medical Research Council of South Africa – Telemedicine Research Centre http://www.mrc.ac.za/telemedicine/about.htm Myers, R. (1992) The Twelve who Survive: Strengthening Programmes of Early Childhood Development in the Third World, London: Routledge Roll Back Malaria partnership - http://www.rbm.who.int The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria - http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/