Background:

The application of a variety of advanced technological approaches from hand-held devices to wireless internet access may be applicable to resolving barriers such as access to medical assistance, monitoring of treatment, treatment distribution and patient uptake, and communication flows to and from field based clinics to central medical facilities.

Resources:

Links to pilot projects, discussion forums, toolkits, and companies and organizations doing work in this field.

Conferences:

• 2005 CCA Summit Workshop: Applied Technologies and African Healthcare: New and Expanding Markets
  Sponsored by Jean-Raymond Boulle Corporation
  
  This workshop focuses on the role of applied information and communication technologies in African healthcare delivery. Panelists’ presentations will illustrate the potential for applied technology to improve healthcare delivery and expand health services while creating new and expanded markets for IT and communication technology.
  

• March 2005 Applied Technology Forum
  
  On March 9, 2005, the CCA HIV/AIDS Initiative, in collaboration with VOXIVA, BroadReach Healthcare, Development Gateway Foundation and Bridges.org, convened a meeting of CCA members, partners and invited guests representing the communications and the digital and information technology industries to discuss the creation of new markets, the expansion of current markets, and innovative applications for existing technologies for healthcare delivery in Africa.
  

 

Please contact Caroline Hope, HIV/AIDS Program Manager, Corporate Council on Africa at (202) 263-3533 or chope@africacncl.org for more information or to get involved with this initiative.