This is in collaboration with South Korea, which will offer technical assistance to develop a comprehensive ICT master plan for Uganda, covering and integrating the economy and a feasibility study on ICT priority areas.
E-government refers to the use of the Internet to deliver government information and services to citizens.
The e-toolkits are online collections which contain useful and reliable health information to promote health.
The Chief of Party Health communication Partnership, Cheryl Lettenmaier says the eight e-toolkits contain information and communication resources to support public health education in areas of Pediatric HIV, Family Planning, and HIV care and treatment couple counseling among others.
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Speaking at the handover of the long-awaited forensic technical audit report on the project at a workshop in Kampala on May 3, Paula Turyahikayo, who chairs the Committee, described Phase 1 of the project as a “liability” to the people of Uganda; for which the contractor and sub-contractors should be held accountable.
Armando Angulibo, Training Coordinator commented on the exercise saying it was projected towards community empowering through the use of ICT.
The training took 10 days where a total of 200 people in Arua municipality acquired skills in ICT such as networking, internet, hardware and management of ICT amenities.
Once the telecentres have been established, patients will travel only if they have to. These technologies permit communications between patient and medical staff with both convenience and fidelity, as well as the transmission of medical, imaging and health informatics data from one site to another. A doctor in India can offer a second opinion and help with diagnosing a patient in Uganda via a camera unit.