Perspectives

Mobilising medical support

Many developing countries, faced with a drastic shortage of trained medical personnel, increasingly rely on community health workers to provide at least a basic level of ca...

Q&A

The best of health

How do rural communities benefit from e-health? E-health can benefit rural communities in so many ways. It is only when you are healthy that you can sustain work on the la...

Techtip

TechTip: Setting up a telemedicine system

TeleMedMail is an open source software developed to simplify the process of sending patient details, including photos, from a hospital or health centre to a specialist for...

Editorial

Editorial: Technology spreads expertise

Over the last few decades, the spread of HIV/Aids and tuberculosis, along with the continued threats from measles, polio and malaria, have cost the lives of millions of peo...

EXPLORE ICT update

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware

News for the rest of us..

By drawing on web 2.0 tools to promote citizen journalism rabble.ca provides a template for others. This preview into the relaunch of the site shows that grassro......

Ready for new developments..

As internet coverage expands in Ghana, a project helps schools make the best use of the web and helps rural communities adapt to the technology....

Linking civil society..

Initially known as Worknet, with trade union connections, the history of SANGONeT is closely linked to the social and political changes experienced by South Afri.....

Power to the community..

Using hydro and solar energy, a village in Kenya now boasts the first hybrid zero emission power supply in the country. The community power centre provides a stab......

view all articles

FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 60 - Rural ICT policy

Input through data..

Since 2002, the SEND Foundation has been monitoring Ghana’s poverty reduction strategy, and researching whether the country’s poor have been benefitting from th.....

A network for a new economy..

The Government of Rwanda’s document, ‘Vision 2020’, sets out plans that will transform the country’s economy from being largely dependent on agriculture to conc.....

The benefits of better serv.....

Access to telecommunication services can greatly improve economic growth. And this is especially the case in developing countries. According to the World Bank,.....

The democracy of technology..

National ICT policies provide guidance on how a country promotes the development of the information and communications sector. Ideally, these policies ensure th.....

view all articles

Copyright © 2012, CTA. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (ACP-EU)