Information Society Watch

January 7, 2008, Dan Fost, New York Times

This article explores how running a blog as a business creates huge pressures as bloggers who must simultaneously act as C.E.O., keep abreast of and report on breaking news, and do all of it on a budget. The article focuses on the ailments of Om Malik, the creator of the blog GigaOm that breaks technology industry news.

October 12, 2007, BBC News Service

The United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency (HPA) has announced plans to conduct research on low-level radiation emissions of wi-fi access points and wireless links on computers. The research, which will be published online and submitted to peer-reviewed journals, aims to determine how these emissions affect consumer health and establish a baseline of exposure for the average person to wi-fi networks.

February 2006, Andrew Chetley et al.

This framework paper provides a ‘snapshot’ of the type of information and communication technology (ICT) interventions that are being used in the health sector, and the policy debates around ICTs and health. It draws from the experience of use in both the North and South, but with a focus on applicability in the South to identify the most effective and relevant uses of ICTs.

May 31, 2006, Andrew Chetley (editor), InfoDev

This paper describes the major constraints and challenges faced in using ICTs effectively in the health sector of developing countries. It draws out good practice for using ICTs in the health sector, identifies major players and stakeholders and highlights priority needs and issues of relevance to policy makers.

August 14, 2006, Economic Times

A recent collaboration between India and the African Union under the aegis of the Pan-African E-network Project aimed at developing ICT infrastructure across the African continent holds significant promise. Under the initiative, India will donate $1bn to connect 53 African countries through a satellite and fibre optic network to promote tele-medicine and tele-education programmes.

July 2002, J. Ghosh, C.P. Chandrasekhar, Bulletin of Medicus Mundi Switzerland

This article considers some of the technological changes which could affect health conditions in developing countries. The authors focus on some experiences of using ICTs in health and other sectors in India that are indicative of how the potential of ICTs can be exploited in developing countries.

Herman D. Tolentino, Alvin B. Marcelo, Portia Marcelo, Inocencio Maramba

This paper describes work done to develop and implement the open-source Community Based Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) Project, which was implemented to address this information management problem and its outcomes. Community-based primary care information systems are one of the building blocks for national health information systems.

May 17 2002, Patricia N. Mechael

This paper investigates the dynamics from the development of ICT to its use in society, and the various points in the process at which health impacts are yielded. This paper puts forward a framework for evaluation, by examining the life cycle of the adoption of ICT into society from conceptualisation to integration and examining the roles and interactions of each of the actors involved.

September 2005

An open source, user friendly, flexible freeware, the district health information systems software (DHIS) has been developed by the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP) for use in a public health MIS. DHIS supports functions of accurate and valid data collection, aggregation, storing, sharing, transmission, analysis, reporting, display and use of health data at and between every level of a local health system.

L. Ramakrishnan, Digital Opportunity Channel

This article explores the work of SAATHII - Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India - a non-profit organisation launched in 2000 to facilitate dialogue among the diverse sectors involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS in India. The author reports on the organisation's use of various ICTs to provide information to activists, volunteers, NGO programme personnel, funders and policy makers, and also examines the lessons learned so far.