ICT for development
Promoting
good health, preventing illness and communicating about health issues are
important aspects of effective health care. Increasingly, health communication
is moving from a simple one-way delivery of messages to a more interactive
dialogue that engages people and communities and helps them
find appropriate solutions.
Our projects often include information and communication technology (ICT), where appropriate and always matched to identified needs. We have researched the use and prevalence of ICT in health care in developing countries, developed online networks and forums for our partners, and we provide access to information online via Source the international information support centre (of which Healthlink Worldwide is a partner). It has over 25,000 free or low-cost information resources on the practice, management and communication of health and disability issues worldwide.
Find out more about ICT for development in the background reading section
Find out more about our work below:
Access to disability information
Through a partnership with Handicap International UK, Source International Information Support Centre developed a website, CD-ROM and directory to provide easy access to key disability information
ICT and health: Investigating knowledge gaps
This consultancy for InfoDev investigated the knowledge gaps in ICT and health (available online), and provided recommendations to policy makers and donors...
Online access to free or low-cost resources
Find
over 25,000 free or low-cost resources on the practice, management and
communication of health and disability issues worldwide at Source our
online international information support centre, many of the resources
are from developing countries and include both published and unpublished
literature not readily available elsewhere in the UK...