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The Independent (Uganda) writes about eHealth efforts in Uganda and the SPIDER supported ICT4MPOWER project. The project is a collaboration between many stakeholders and funders, some of which are:

In Uganda:

The Guardian (UK) writes about eHealth efforts in Uganda and the SPIDER supported ICT4MPOWER project. The project is a collaboration between many stakeholders and funders, some of which are:

In Uganda:

The Ministry of Health

The International Post Graduate Student Network (IPID), which is supported by SPIDER, arranged a serie of seminars on the topic "Blended technologies for development" this spring in order to introduce students to a variety of different technologies. Each of the three seminars, held at Ericsson and KTH, were attended by around 30 students from various Swedish universities.

A reasearch workshop was also recently held at Örebro University, organized by the PhD. students and IPID coordinators Annika Andersson and Mathias Hatakka.

The SPIDER supported international network for postgraduate students, IPID, will be holding its 4th annual conference on September 11-12, 2009. Read further to find out more about the topics and how to register.

It is now possible to follow SPIDER on Twitter and to join our group on LinkedIn.

In close cooperation with the Dutch NGO IICD (www.iicd.org), SPIDER is set to start two new projects in Bolivia. They are both dealing with ICT and Gender and our counterparts are Bolivian NGOs Casa de la Mujer and CIDOB (Centro de Investigaciones de Relaciones Internacionales y Desarrollo).

The project “ICT in rural healthcare in Tajikistan” has established telemedicine and communication links between two rural healthcare centers and a city hospital in northern Tajikistan. As a result of the projet, fewer patients have been referred to the city hospital for diagnostics and treatment. The referral system betweeen the rural healthcare centers and the hospital has also been improved and now suits the patients needs in a more efficient way. The information flow between the city hospital and the rural centers has improved and as a result the rural healthcare workers have gained more experience and knowledge on e.g. medical treatment.

Presentations from the workshop "e-Health in Low Resource Settings: The Path to Sustainability", organized by Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Inistitutet and the Norwegian Center for Telemedicine with the support from SPIDER, are now available at the SPIDER website.

The Nordic Africa Institute, which encourages research and studies on Africa in the Nordic countries, invites applications for a number of one month scholarships to study at the Institute's library. The scholarship covers travel expenses to and from Uppsala and accommodation. Included in the scholarship is a small cash contribution intended to cover the extra cost of living while in Uppsala.

The SPIDER Board has approved a new project within the area of eHealth. The proof of concept project “ICT4MPOWER” is a collaboration between many partners including the Ministry of Health, UCC, the Ministry of ICT, Makerere University, Karolinska Unversity Hospital in Sweden and Ericsson AB, among other.