Shekar, MeeraOtto, Kate2014-07-232014-07-232014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/19020Countries in Africa spend significant amounts of their GDP on delivering health services through systems that are often inefficient, costly and lacking in transparency. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to transform the delivery of health services across the continent in ways that not only increase efficiency but also improve accountability (World Bank, 2004). ICTs present a large, unexploited potential for transforming governance and transparency in the health sector in Africa to achieve 'more health for money spent' and thereby improve the efficiency of health spending, both domestic- and donor-financed. ICTs present a large, unexploited potential for transforming governance and transparency in the health sector in Africa to achieve 'more health for money spent' and thereby improve the efficiency of health spending, both domestic, and donor-financed.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGEDAUTHENTICATIONBEST PRACTICEBEST PRACTICESCAPABILITIESCHILD HEALTHCHILD MORTALITYCHILD MORTALITY ESTIMATESCITIZENSCLIMATE CHANGECOLLABORATIONCOMMODITIESCOMMUNICABLE DISEASESCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMPETITIVENESSCOMPUTERSCONNECTIVITYCONTRACEPTIVESCOST EFFECTIVENESSCULTURAL NORMSCUSTOMER BASEDATA ANALYSISDATA COLLECTIONDATA ENTRYDATA WAREHOUSEDEATHSDECISION MAKERSDELIVERY SYSTEMSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIGITAL ASSISTANTDIGITIZATIONDISTANCE LEARNINGDOCTORSDRUGSE-ADMINISTRATIONECONOMIC GROWTHECOSYSTEMELEARNINGELECTRICITYELECTRIFICATIONELECTRONIC CAPTUREEMERGENCIESENABLING ENVIRONMENTEND USEREND-USERSENGINEERSENTERPRISE ARCHITECTUREEQUIPMENTESSENTIAL COMMODITIESEXCHANGE OF INFORMATIONFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL SERVICESGENERAL PUBLICGOVERNMENT INITIATIVESGOVERNMENT SERVICESGPSGROWTH STRATEGYHARDWAREHEALTH CENTREHEALTH CENTRESHEALTH EDUCATIONHEALTH EXTENSIONHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH FINANCINGHEALTH INDICATORSHEALTH INFORMATIONHEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMHEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMSHEALTH MANAGEMENTHEALTH MESSAGESHEALTH POSTSHEALTH PROFESSIONALSHEALTH PROJECTSHEALTH PROMOTIONHEALTH RECORDSHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STRATEGIESHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENINGHEALTH SYSTEMSHEALTH SYSTEMS STRENGTHENINGHEALTH WORKERSHEALTH-SECTORHEALTHCARE PROVIDERSHEALTHIER BEHAVIOURHIVHIV/AIDSHOSPITALSHUMAN CAPACITYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN RESOURCEHUMAN RESOURCESICTIMMUNIZATIONSIMPACT ASSESSMENTSINCOMEINFECTIOUS DISEASESINFORMATION ACCESSINFORMATION CAMPAIGNSINFORMATION NETWORKINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINNOVATIONINNOVATIONSINSURANCEINTEGRATIONINTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONINTEROPERABILITYINTERVENTIONINTRANETJOB CREATIONLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLIVE BIRTHSMAINTENANCE COSTSMALARIAMEDICAL EQUIPMENTMEDICAL PROFESSIONALSMEDICAL RECORDSMEDICAL SCHOOLMEDICINESMENUMIDWIFEMIDWIVESMILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALSMINISTRIES OF HEALTHMINISTRY OF HEALTHMOBILE APPLICATIONSMOBILE NETWORKMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMORBIDITYMORTALITYNATIONAL GOVERNMENTSNATIONAL POLICYNATIONAL POLICY MAKERSNEEDS ASSESSMENTNETWORKSPACKET RADIOPACKET RADIO SERVICEPATIENTPATIENTSPDFPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOLICY MAKERSPREVENTABLE DISEASESPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPPRIVATE PARTNERSHIPSPRIVATE SECTORPROCUREMENTPROCUREMENT PROCESSESPROGRESSPROTOCOLSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INFORMATIONPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF SERVICERADIO SHOWSRADIOLOGYREDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITYREFERRAL SYSTEMSREGISTRIESRESOURCE ALLOCATIONRESULTRESULTSRURAL AREASRURAL CONNECTIVITYSATELLITESSERVICE DELIVERYSITESSMART CARDSSOCIAL WELFARESOFTWARE PACKAGESSPONSORSSTANDARDIZATIONSUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSUPPLY CHAINSSUPPLY SHORTAGESTARGETSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITYTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVESTELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONSTELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURETELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSTELEMEDICINETRANSMISSIONTRANSPORTATIONTUBERCULOSISUNDER-FIVE MORTALITYUNIQUE IDUNIQUE IDENTIFIERSUNIQUE IDSURBAN AREASURBAN CENTRESUSE OF RESOURCESUSERUSER IDSUSERSUSESWASTEWEBWORKERSWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION10.1596/19020