icts in healthcare & mdgs
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ICTs IN HEALTHCARE & MDGs. National Conference on Health Reforms and Social Sciences: Challenges Ahead By National Institute of Health & Family Welfare New Delhi; 16th March 2006. Dr. R. Sweety Prem Kumar OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi. MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MDGs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ICTs IN HEALTHCARE & MDGs
National Conference on Health Reforms and Social Sciences: Challenges Ahead
By National Institute of Health & Family WelfareNew Delhi; 16th March 2006
Dr. R. Sweety Prem Kumar
OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MDGs
Goal 4: Reduce Child Mortality
Goal 5: Improve Maternal Health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases
GOAL 4: REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY
INDICATORS :1. Under-five mortality rate2. Infant mortality rate3. Proportion of 1 year-old children immunized against measles
TARGET : Reduce by two thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate
GOAL 5: IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH
TARGET : REDUCE BY THREE QUARTERS, BETWEEN 1990 AND 2015, THE MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
INDICATORS :1. MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO2. PROPORTION OF BIRTHS ATTENDED BY SKILLED
HEALTH PERSONNEL
GOAL 6: COMBAT HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND
OTHER DISEASES
TARGET : HAVE HALTED BY 2015 AND BEGUN TO REVERSE THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS
INDICATORS :1. HIV PREVALENCE AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AGED 15–24
YEARS2. CONDOM USE RATE OF THE CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
RATE3. CONDOM USE AT LAST HIGH-RISK SEX4. PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGED 15-24 YEARS WITH
COMPREHENSIVE CORRECT KNOWLEDGE OF HIV/AIDS5. CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE RATE6. RATIO OF SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OF ORPHANS TO SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE OF NON-ORPHANS AGED 10–14YEARS
ICTs in THEMATIC AREAS - egs
• ICTs in Maternal healthcare and countering malnutrition among children
• ICTs for improving access to and delivery of health services
• ICTs in combating epidemics: HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and other diseases
• ICTs in disease surveillance and nationwide Management Information System (HMIS)
SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Community based ICT systems for disease surveillance and vital statistics to be encouraged by the government eg, unique ID at birth, e-health cards etc.
• Integrated (holistic) approach to health management and development with ICTs and appropriate technologies in government health systems at different levels should be encouraged
• The power of ICTs should be harnessed to enhance grass roots communication tools for achieving the MDG goals
• Involvement of ICT in quality data collection, monitoring and evaluation mechanism should be developed to review implementation and progress
Contd….
• Develop a system with quality checks and proper control by an expert committee before transmitting messages to people.
• Strong advocacy to ensure that MDG objectives are clearly reflected in the policy initiatives undertaken by the central and state governments and the NGOs (eg: IEC strategies)
• Appropriate, cost-effective and sustainable infrastructure for ICT should be developed at all level
• Develop software which is easily understood, accessible and maintainable at grassroots level
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• Training on IT for health service providers should be done for efficiency and effectiveness of the service (capacity building)
• Make an ICT platform for debating of health issues so that information exchange can be further promoted
• Experience sharing on health issues related to MDGs
• Establish strong multi stake holder partnerships which include community sensitization
USE OF ICTs THROUGH MSP MODEL
• INTERFACE WITH GOVERNMENTs, NGOs, CSOs, AND COMMUNITY THROUGH MULTISTAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIP MODEL (MSP)
• DISEASE SURVEILANCE AND MONITORING - TRIANGULATION OF DATA
• FACILITATE IN SOURCING CONTENT FROM THE SOCIETY (PULL)• DISSEMINATE CONTENT (PUSH) FROM NGOs LIKE OWSA, MSSRF TO THE COMMUNITY
• CAPACITY BUILDING
• ASSESS COMMUNITY NEEDS
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