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ICT Tools for Health
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ITU Wireless Broadband Partnership
Connecting the unconnected remains a challenge. While mobile connectivity has improved over the world, high speed broadband connectivity necessary for the transmission of large amounts of data and high quality images required for key e-health applications, is either not available or prohibitively expensive in many developing and least developed countries. Traditional business models, especially in rural and remote areas often do not support the needed investment. In addition, insufficient local content is available and too few people have training in the required technologies.
By International Telecommunication Union
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 Innovation: New Technology- New Partnerships- Going to Scale
UNICEF and partners will be presenting a concept health system and monitoring facility. The booth area will be separated into two parts. One section will be key items and products with innovations ranging from auto-disable (self-blocking) syringes, Plumpy'nut (a ready to use therapeutic food used to treat severe malnutrition), and the Anti-shock garment for postpartum haemorrhage. In addition more "technological" endeavours like mobile phone triaging and portable field analysis units from an award winning open source project will be showcased.
By UNICEF
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Telemedicine in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is a country with a population of about 75 million inhabitants, of which about 85 percent live in rural areas. The present healthcare facilities and manpower availability in the sector remain insufficient. Over one-third of the population lacks access to primary health care service, and two thirds lack access to primary hospitals. Moreover, Ethiopia?s inadequate transportation infrastructure makes it difficult to provide healthcare services in remote rural areas.
By International Telecommunication Union
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e-Health in Nepal
Access to healthcare is of great importance, especially for remote areas where there are a few or no health workers available to provide quality healthcare. Nepal is a mountainous country with a population of about 24 million, of which a large percentage lives in mountain villages accessible only by foot. As a result of the lack of roads and industrial development in such communities, there are very few facilities that provide health services to the rural population.
By International Telecommunication Union
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RAFT (Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine)
Continuing education of healthcare professionals and access to specialized advice are keys for the quality and efficiency of a health system. In developing countries, these activities are usually limited to capitals, and delocalized professionals do not have access to such opportunities, or even to didactic material adapted to their needs. This limits the interest of such professionals to remain active in the periphery, where they are most needed to implement effective strategies for prevention and first-line healthcare.
By RAFT (Réseau en Afrique Francophone pour la Télémédecine)
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Telepathology in Zambia with Patologi oltre Frontiera
Pathologists are phisicians involved in the diagnosis. The diagnosis is essential for a correct treatment of a patient. In the rich countries is discounted that when a patient gets sick there is a pathologist's diagnosis. In many developing countries, particularly in subsaharan Africa, pathologists are a very small number or they are totally absent.
By Patologi Oltre Frontiera
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