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December

  • December 1-3: Impementer 's Workshop, Eldoret Kenya
    • http://reach.ampath.or.ke/
    • Sessions include
      • Introduction to medical informatics
      • Introduction to OpenMRS
      • OpenMRS installation
      • OpenMRS Maintenance and Upgrade
      • OpenMRS data Model
      • Data collection tools (Forms design and usage)
      • Reporting -Cohort builder and Data export
  • December 13-16: ICTD 2010 - International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, London, UK
    • http://www.ictd2010.org/
    • Relevant paper presentations include:
      • Open Data Kit: Tools to Build Information Services for Developing Regions, Yaw Anokwa
      • ICTD Research by Africans: Origins, Interests, and Impact, Paul Plantinga
      • A Study of Connectivity in Millennium Villages in Africa, Jyotsna Puri; Patricia Mechael
      • Research and Reality: Using Mobile Messages to Promote Maternal Health in Rural India, Divya Ramachandran
    • Poster presentations include:
      • Assessing the scope for use of mobile based solution to improve maternal and child health in Bangladesh: A case study, Mafruha Alam
      • Beyond being a Proxy User: A look at NGOs? Potential Role in ICT4D Deployment, Shikoh Gitau
      • Using Mobile Phones and Open Source Tools to Empower Social Workers in Tanzania, Daniel Nuffer
      • The Human Infrastructure of ICTD, Nithya Sambasivan
    • Sessions include:
      • Health promotion and well-being in mobile-centric environments
      • Information as a global public good: enabling access to knowledge through open licenses
      • Mapping out a research agenda for mHealth
      • Open Development, Organiser: Laurent Elder (IDRC-CRDI)
      • Randomised Control Trials: Innovations for Poverty Reduction
      • Research Ethics in ICT4D
      • Development Theory “Teach-In”
    • Technology demos:
      • OpenMRS in Rwanda (Hamish Fraser)
      • Open Data Kit (~yanokwa)

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