The Uganda Health Information Network.

2009. 6m33s. English with English Subtitles.

In rural parts of Uganda, health care experts rarely have access to the kinds of documentation that their colleagues in the developed world may have - medical journals, reference materials, and always on connectivity are often not available. To address this, UHIN has developed a low cost means of transmitting this information to healthcare workers in rural Uganda by using PDAs and existing cellular telephony networks.

This video considers how the system is being used in the Lyantonde district of the country, with a focus on two clinics. Connectivity Africa has supported the work of UHIN since 2003.

For more information:
http://www.uhin.org
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-86353-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Directed by Rana Ghose and Connectivity Africa.

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Science & Technology

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