...Impact of ICTs on MDGs: Improve the Maternal Health Workgroup C|IE MiM – S2 Technology & Innovation Management Dr. Israr Qureshi Contents Introduction: 3 Maternal Health and ICT Usage in India 5 Maternal Health Initiatives with Mobile Components 5 Commonalities and Improvements of Current ICT Solutions 6 How to Leverage ICTs in Accomplishing the MDG 9 Proposed Feasible ICT-Based Solution 10 Conclusion 15 References 18 Introduction: Since the United Nations Millennium Declaration in September 2000, the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of improving maternal health has unfortunately not made the progress it set out to (The United Nations, 2015, a). Many information & communications technology (ICT) improvements towards this initiative have been made since 2000, however there is still a large amount of maternal mortality before, during, and after pregnancy around the world. The maternal health MDG was divided into 2 targets. The first target was to reduce the maternal mortality ratio by 75% between 1990 and 2015, however only 43% has been achieved so far (The United Nations, 2015:40-43). This maternal mortality statistic also reflects the eight million babies that die every year between the prenatal stage and the first week of life. Moreover, there is a large yearly amount of children left motherless that are statistically more prone to die during the first years after their mother has died (Unicef.org, 2015). The second target was to reach universal access...
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...Communications Technology (ICT) is defined as the set of technologies which provide information through devices for communication or application such as wireless networks , television and satellite systems cellular phones, just to name a few. Information and Communication technology is also linked to various services and applications such as video conferencing and distance learning. This essay will therefore be focused on the impact of Information and Communications Technology in the health sector. Benefits of Information and Communications Technology to this sector will also be highlighted as well as some of the concerns that evolve around it and also an emerging ICT trend. The use of health communication strategies and health technologies has improved the health of populations all throughout the world which has enabled persons to understand and use information from the health care sector effectively. One benefit of ICT to the healthcare sector is the building of social support networks. According to Bau, I (2011)“The widespread use of health and communications technologies has the potential to engage patients and health consumers in their own self-care” . Even though there are many persons with the same illness worldwide, not everyone is capable of handling the mental aspect of their illness, the same way. These social support networks provide the help needed and the comfort of knowing that there is in fact, someone there for you. Another benefit of using ICT is the use of electronic...
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...another". The definition of Information and Communications Technology(ICTs) is said to be a diverse set of electronic systemsand resources used to communicate, create, disseminate, store and manage the internet. The main purpose of communication technology is to facilitate effective communication between individuals or groups that are physically distant from each other. Specific defined technologies can be broadcasting devices like the radio, the television or the telephone. ICTs are often spoken of in a particular context daily such as ICTs in bussiness/commerce, government,health, logistics, medicine and science. However, ICTs in health will be the main focus in this discussion as I elaborate on the impact of information and communications technology. ICTs plays an important role in our modern day life. There is a growing consensus that the impact of information and communications technologies on health systems could be substantial or even revoluntary through the precise nature of the impact is much more difficult to predict, it seems that the health sector will benefit from advances in mobile telephony and Internet services. Some examples can be that patients and informal providers may routinely seek advice from doctors supporting any subscriber service implemented. Today, there are health information sysems for HIV and AIDS, there is a mobile phone-based systems that allows tracking the use of anti-AIDS drugs through text messages...
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...original attachment Page 1 IT and Health Submitted by Lekshmi P Roll no:09810036 MBA 1 ST year Department of Management Studies Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Page 2 Department of Management Studies,IIT Roorkee Page 2 Abstract This paper tries to present the overview of ICT and the health sector and also tries to identify the key issue and questions in this field .It also mentions the challenges facing the development of ICT implementation in health programmes and activities, and identifies the emerging trends and technologies that will shape ICT tools in the health sector. This paper also tells about the E- health standards existing and the various barriers related to establishing uniform standards. The paper also talks about the New Public Sector Management .And throughout the paper we will discuss some specific cases which will show us exactly how the ICT is changing the face of the health sector in some countries . Page 3 Department of Management Studies,IIT Roorkee Page 3 Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................4 2. ICTs and the health-related MDGs (Millennium Development Goals)...............................................5 3. Using ICTs in the Health sector...........................................................................................................6 3.E-Health Standards .............................
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...growth of ICT and to satisfy the country’s ambitions in producing fully develop status by the year 2020. In 1996, MSC was set to aimed to build competitive cluster of local ICT and attract word class companies with the passion of becoming a global ICT hub and multimedia variation, procedure and maintenance. The initiative spearheads a number of ICT projects that are intended to transform Malaysian society into a k-economy through the use of ICT including education, healthcare, commerce, governance and industries. The development of MSC has created a lot of incentives and policies that were designed...
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...Good Evening every one, The topic I am about to discuss this evening its regarding to the use of ICT and how impact on Health and Social Care Field. How do we support work in Health and Social Care by accessing and using ICT software package? Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the sources that send or receive massages/information such as: -television -cellular phones - computer and network hardware -software - satellite systems and services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICT’s are often spoke of in a particular context, such as ICTs in -education -health care - or libraries There are a numbers of ICT softwares but only the standards one applies on HSC such as: -Word-Processing -Database -Spread sheets -Information Retrieval (IR) -Internet -Intranet - Email -Image software Standard Office Software Microsoft Office includes: -Microsoft Word : files/reports/documents - Microsoft Excel : Spread sheets /Database – Analyse health and social care data, calculations, create health and social care timetable for scheduling, service users information - OneNote : is a freeware note taking program. It gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. - PowerPoint : create slideshows, composed of text, graphics and other objects, which can...
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...been responded widely by the Bangladeshi citizens. However, the focus here is Digital Bangladesh, widely accepted by Bangladeshi people from all walks of life. Not too many people understood the concept of digital Bangladesh but they believed it, as something related to information technology. It has been widely accepted by a good number of young voters, believing that the concept of Digital Bangladesh will solve most of our national crisis involving corruption, unemployment, illiteracy, poverty and price-hike. Even though without knowing Bangladesh has already gone through a bit of experience on digitization through few national level of ICT projects, such as, Chittagong Customs Automation System, selection process of teletalk mobile user through internet, project initiated by the pervious government on machine-readable digital passport system and finally the successful computerization of national voter ID. However, we have full trust and faith in our newly elected government, that hopefully one day, it will give us the gift of Digital Bangladesh, as promised, by year 2021. But our fundamental question here is how digital Bangladesh will be built and how will it impact on our daily life, the economy and society at large. Is digital...
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...National ICT Strategy and Plan NICI - 2015 © No part of this document can be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise - without the permission of the Rwanda Ministry in charge of ICT in the Office of the President. List of Acronyms AGAGE AISI AMIS ARTEL BNR BPO CD CERT COMESA CNS-ATM CS CSIRT CTC FWG DCRS EAPP EASSy EDPRS e-GOV EMIS EMR EQMS ERMS FMS FY GDP GIS GNI GNP GoR G2B G2C G2G HIV HLSC HRMS ICT ICT4D IDS IPAR IPS ISP ISPA ITU IXP JICA Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment African Information Society Initiative Agriculture management Information System Africa Rural Telecommunication Banque National du Rwanda Business Processing Outsourcing Community Development Computer Emergency Response Team Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Communication Navigation Surveillance /Air Management Cyber Security Computer Security Incident Response Team Coordination Technical Committee Focus area Working Group Develop a Digital Court Recording System East African Power Pool Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System Economic Development & Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008-2012) e-Government Education Management Information System Electronic Medical Records Electronic Queue Management System Electronic Records Management System Financial Management Systems Fiscal Year Gross Domestic...
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...Pledge for a Digital Bangladesh by 2021 Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) were recognized by the world leaders as a key development enabler in World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005 (Tunis Commitment). In the Poverty Reduction Strategy of the country called National Strategy for Accelerated Poverty Reduction (NSAPR) 2009, ICTs were similarly identified and given due importance. The current government s Digital Bangladesh by 2021 vision proposes to mainstream ICTs as a pro-poor tool to eradicate poverty, establish good governance, ensure social equity through quality education, healthcare and law enforcement for all, and prepare the people for climate change. Remarkable to mention is the fact that over 50 Secretaries of the government, a similar number of eGovernance Focal Points who are senior policy makers one in each Ministry, all 64 Deputy Commissioners who are heads of district administration, and all 483 Upazila Nirbahi Officers who are heads of sub-district (upazila) administration have attended multi-day long orientation workshops on Digital Bangladesh. These intensive workshops led by the Prime Minister s Office were unprecedented. They have ensured that the cornerstones of civil service are brought on board en masse to provide the necessary leadership at different levels of the administration to utilize the benefits of ICTs to establish good governance and alleviate poverty within the Digital Bangladesh strategy...
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...sector product and services that are responsive to the needs of citizens and businesses as well as capacity creation. For a variety of reasons (economic and policy), developing countries like Kenya are less equipped to take advantage of the potential in ICT to stimulate growth, and are likely to fall behind advanced economies. The Kenya ICT Master Plan is therefore not designed in isolation, given that there is evidence from developed countries that investment in ICT facilitates economic growth by increasing productivity. As the Kenya Government ensures an enabling ICT environment and regulatory framework, this plan aims at stimulating the setup of ICT-related businesses to enhance employment creation. At the heart of this document is a strategic intent to develop a robust ICT sector that will enhance economic growth through creation of businesses and hence employment. In the execution of this plan, Kenya will become a leading ICT hub for the region, improve the lives of her citizens and see significant ICT-led economic growth in line with Vision 2030. This ICT Master Plan aims at building and promoting an environment where more service sector businesses are created and are able to thrive through leveraging on ICT. ICT offers key benefits that make life simpler and more convenient for citizens and businesses and...
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...COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Name: Institution Affiliation: Instructor’s Name: Date of Submission: Table of Contents Introduction 4 Task 1 4 LO1 Be able to explore how communication skills are used in health and social care 4 1.1 Explain one relevant theory of communication to health and social care context 4 1.2 Explain types of communication skills used in health and social care context 5 1.3 Discuss methods of dealing with inappropriate interpersonal communication between individuals in health and social care setting 7 1.4 Analyze strategies such as Braille for the visually impaired to support users of health and social care services with specific communication needs 8 Task 2 9 LO2 Understand how various factors influence the communication process in health and social care 9 2.1 Discuss how the communication process is influenced by values and cultural factors 9 2.2 Explain the influences and the impacts of legislations, charters and codes of practice on the communication process in a health and social care setting 10 2.3 Explain the effectiveness of organizational systems and policies in promoting good practice in communication 11 2.4 Discuss ways of improving the communication process in a health and social care setting 12 Task 3 12 LO3 Be able to explore the use of Information and Communication...
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...MAJOR FORCES THAT HAVE DETERMINED THE DIRECTION OF THE CHANGES IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR A foundation has been laid down for the development of sustainable education worldwide. There has been specialize in literacy and skills therefore enabling the expansion and development of the education sector in Kenya and therefore the world at large. Over the years Kenya has noted plenty of changes that have helped improve the education system considerably within the last decade. I’ll begin with a significant ground changer that was the introduction of free primary education. 1. Introduction of Free Primary Education Unfavorable political and economic conditions in Africa throughout the 1990s hindered the expansion of the basic education that was undergoing numerous reforms. As noted, throughout the 1990s basic education went through numerous reforms however the unconducive political and economic conditions at the time were unable to support its growth. Having to rely on restricted resources and donor funding, the government experienced difficulties maintaining academic standards. Afterward the standard of education deteriorated and there was a rise within the numbers of school-age kids who weren't receiving formal education. Figures as an example show that huge school dropouts were recorded which out of about one million students who registered in standard one in 1993 and in 1998, but half a million got to standard eight (Oketch...
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...known in its abbreviated form as ICT, is a tool that helps in improving communication among businesses and commerce activities in different parts of the world. In fact, ICT is so commonly used in commerce field to communicate various FINANCIAL matters such as acceptance of money, producing receipts and transferring FUNDS that ICT and ecommerce have become almost synonymous terms. ICT creates inroads for better accessibility of all sorts of information for people from all over the world. However, the scope of ICT extends much beyond commerce transactions. It is widely used in education and medical arenas as well. Advanced medical caretechniques, various researches being carried out in medical field in different parts of the world and training are just some of the fields in the medical arena that have largely benefited from the growth of information and communication technology. ICT makes sharing data concerning medical research easy, in addition to myriad other benefits as elucidated in the paragraphs below. How does ICT help in improving medical science and health care ? It is an established fact that information and communication technologies are the backbone of the current information system. Their scope is also extremely vast. Health care facilities have been largely benefited by the evolvement of ICT. Owing to information and communication technologies, the entire world has become a small global village with regard to medical and health care. Further, even within a particular...
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...perspective, various comparative works in the literature are invoked toward establishing the essential national wellbeing for alleviating poverty. Wellbeing is established by participative complementarities between economic growth and social justice and their disaggregate manifestations. The digital good must therefore be understood as a socially inclusive empowering good, not as an element of traditional economic theory wherein only efficiency, and thus globalization and maximization behavior, turn out to be of sole attention. The paper introduces a new model upholding participative complementary synergy, learning, and unification by an epistemic guidance of development ethics. Such a model invokes a system and cybernetic approach that combines in an innovative way the analytical with the system and cybernetic view of development. Various facts and figures relating to Bangladesh vis-à-vis development are expounded to establish the case. “Digital Bangladesh” is an integral part of the government’s Vision 2021—which promises a prosperous and equitable middle-income Bangladesh by its golden jubilee of independence. The Digital Bangladesh vision, arguably, runs parallel to the Information Society vision advocated by the World Summit on Information...
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...Level ICT Course Handbook Contents 1: Introduction. 3 2: Code of Conduct 3 3: Resources 5 4: Homework 5 5: Contact Details 5 6: Course Structure 5 8: Monitoring Your Own Progress 6 9: Coursework Assignments 7 1: Introduction. Welcome to AS Level ICT. Please keep this handbook at the beginning of your ICT folder. What is the aim of this course? Information Technologies are now widely used in all aspects of government, business, education, leisure and the home. In an increasingly technological age, a study of Advanced Information Technology and particularly how computers are used in the solution of a variety of problems, is not only valuable to the students themselves but also essential to the future well being of the country. The course aims to provide students with knowledge and understanding in areas including: • An understanding of the nature of information, its structure, application and implications of its uses. • An awareness of the role of IT in the management, manipulation and dissemination of information. • An understanding of the role of people, technology and systems in organisations. • An awareness of the economic, social and ethical implications of the use of IT systems. • An understanding of the range of applications and information systems, with...
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