Appropriate information-communications technologies for developing countries

Appropriate information-communications technologies for developing countries.

Many of the solutions to global health problems exist, but are not applied. This is called the “know–do” gap: the gap between what is known and what is done in practice.1 However, it is not enough that “someone, somewhere” knows about best practices; it is also essential that the very people who are dealing with health problems know what to do. Ironically, regions of the world with the least re...

Communication Technologies for Health Care Information Systems in Developing Countries

Wireless communication systems are considered a favourable information infrastructure for many developing countries, because they are easier and cheaper to introduce and to maintain, especially in remote and less developed areas. In this paper we present the application analysis of a distributed health care information system in Tanzania, and study which wireless communication technologies are ...

Contextualising information and communications technology in developing countries

This paper links two perspectives on the problems of introducing information and communications technology (ICT) and ICT education to developing countries. Ongoing projects aimed at establishing ICT provision for Tumaini University in Tanzania have led to the identification of a strategy (‘the CATI model’) that aspires at contextualising ICT in a progressive fashion, through activities that can...

Bureau Management Technologies and Information Systems in Developing Countries

This study focuses on bureau management technologies and information systems in developing countries. Developing countries use such systems which facilitate executive and organizational functions through the utilization of bureau management technologies and provide the executive staff with necessary information. The concepts of data and information differ from each other in developing countries...

Information and Communications Technologies for Economic Development