Commonwealth Health Ministers Book 2008
E-Health
Paper: 978 0 9554408 6 1
Price: $67.50  

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
June 2008 , 216 pp., 8 1/2" x 11 3/4"
This book is published annually for the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting that takes place in May of each year. It provides Health Ministers with a central source of information regarding health priorities, with key themes following those of the Meeting. The reference book includes articles from eminent authors on topical subject areas.

Table of Contents:
Message of Welcome—Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary-Genera; E-HEALTH: E-health’s Contribution to Sustainable Health Systems: Information and Knowledge are the Key—S. Yunkap Kwankam; Low Cost E-health Applications for Commonwealth Countries—S. Yunkap Kwankam; Telemedicine Support for the Developing World—Professor Richard Wootton; Compelling Issues for Adoption of E-health—Dr Roberto J. Rodrigues; E-health Collaboration: The Map of Medicine and the WTO—Craig Rhodes; E-Learning: Upgrading Nurses in Kenya—Dr Peter Ngatia, Mrs Adesuwa and Martin M Kinyua; E-health: The Human Resources Implications—Professor Dame June Clark DBE PhD RN FRCN and Professor Emeritus; ‘Healthcomes’ and the Patient Experience: Improving Healthcare Through Information Technology—Gary Morgan, Dr David Hansen and Professor Bruce Barraclough; Lessons Learned at the Telemedicine Coalface: Issues and Examples from Africa—Professor Maurice Mars; The Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN): Improving Access to Continuing Education for Health Workers in Pacific Island Countries—Steven Baxendale; E-health Strategies in Health Development: Malaysia’s Experience—Tan Sri Dato’Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman; E-health Programmes: The Enabling Environment in Uganda—Dr Catherine Omaswa; Electronic Health Records in Canada: Addressing the Challenges, Reaping the Rewards—Richard C. Alvarez; A SURVEY OF E-HEALTH INITIATIVES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH—Marie Boutillier; Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; The Bahamas; Bangladesh; Barbados; Botswana; Canada; Cook Islands; Cyprus; The Gambia; Grenada; India; Jamaica; Malawi; Malta; Mozambique; New Zealand; Seychelles; Papua New Guinea; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Sri Lanka; St Kitts and Nevis; Trinidad and Tobago; Uganda; United Kingdom; Vanuatu; Zambia; COMMONWEALTH HEALTH PRIORITIES: Chronic Non-communicable Diseases in the Caribbean: Lessons Learned—Sir George Alleyne and James Hospedales; How can Health Ministers Make an Impact on Maternal Deaths?—Brigid McConville; Stopping Women Dying During Childbirth: How are the Commonwealth Countries Doing?—Oona M R Campbell and Wendy J. Graham; The Affordable Medicines Facility – Malaria: What do Policymakers need to know?—Olusji Adeyi, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Alexandra Melby, Girindre Beeharry and Aizhan Imasheva; Sexual and Reproductive Health Challenges Facing Young People: Lessons from India—Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, KG Santhya, Rajib Acharya and Lea Hegg; Sex, Money and Ideas: Two Decades of Battling AIDS in India—Prabhat Jha.


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