The project under the Uganda Communication Development Fund (UCDF) of the Uganda Communications Commission will see health centers across the country fitted with computers, digital cameras, scanners and other gadgets to allow doctors to diagnose and prescribe treatment to patients in other health centers.
The project under the Uganda Communication Development Fund of the Uganda Communications Commission will see health centers across the country fitted with computers, digital cameras, scanners and other gadgets to allow doctors to diagnose and prescribe treatment to patients in other health centers.
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The committee also approved the Government proposal to borrow Special Drawing Rights of about $200m (about sh400b) from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the implementation of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan.
Telemedicine is the use of electronically exchanged medical information.
“Telemedicine is an important tool for providing healthcare services,” said ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira.
Save for a few health care centers and hospitals that have deployed a semblance of ICT for things like data collection and management, Uganda's public health care system is not automated, like most other public sectors in the country.