Integrating HealthCare: The role of ICTs in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
A number of the African countries have adopted a strategic focus in the development of their respective Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) policies. This approach is based on the argument that for most underdeveloped African countries, there is the need to use ICTs as a broad-base enabler of their socio-economic development process as […]
Integrating HealthCare in Africa: The Role of ICTs in eHealth; Can we scale up Governance and Accountability?
Start-up eHealth innovations are popping up all over in Africa, thus providing a glimpse of how ICTs can transform the delivery and governance of health services in the region. Many of these pilots show promise, but their rapid growth also poses challenges. At an eHealth conference held in Nairobi in May and co-organized by the World Bank, […]