AfDB receives over 100 entries for eHealth Award
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 19, 2012 announced the launch of its eHealth award, which recognizes the best authentic African ICT solutions in health.
With the registration for the award now closed, the Bank says 116 African health professionals, academics, NGOs and innovators have submitted their ideas and ongoing projects.
The eHealth Award aims to document what is being done in the field of electronic and mobile health in Africa, encourage the production and sharing of evidence on eHealth solutions and provide added value through the sharing of lessons learnt in e- and m-health.
The criteria and focus of the award is centered on using ICT to increase access to health services, particularly for the poor and marginalized, using ICT to increase the utilization of essential health services and/or the evaluation of eHealth solutions to improve efficiency in the delivery of health services.
The AfDB, in a statement June 12, 2012 said short-listed candidates will be announced on its website, adding “those candidates shortlisted for the prize will have until the end of October to produce a project report of their eHealth solution.”
By Ekow Quandzie