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Policy Brief in ICT Applications in the Knowledge Economy, No. 7, December 2009: Improving Health Care in Rural Areas: Information and Communications Technology Solutions for Least Developed Countries
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| Author(s):
Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction (IDD)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Information and communication technologies; (2) Health policy and health systems development ; (3) Family and reproductive health; (4) HIV/AIDS; (5) Child and adolescent health |
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| Division/Office:
Information and Communications Technology and Disaster Risk Reduction |
| Published Date:
December 2009 |
| Country:
{Sub-regional Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
Free
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| The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set targets to reduce the mortality rate of children under five years old, the maternal mortality ratio and also to halt and reverse of the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and other major diseases.
Achieving the health-related MDGs requires strengthening health systems, particularly in the following areas of (a) Expanding the primary health-care workforce and enriching the skill levels; (b) Upgrading and broadening medical infrastructure and logistics; (c) Providing affordable access to drugs and medical supplies; (d) Improving health decision-making and early warning by enhancing data collection and analysis of disease trends.
This brief summarizes cost-effective information and communication technology (ICT) applications to support improvements in these areas in least developed, landlocked and small island countries in the Asia-Pacific region. |
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