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eHealthStrategies, Bethesda, MD
• TECHNOLOGY
• SECTORAL ORGANIZATION/OPERATION
• TECHNOLOGY
● WASTEFULNESS / REDUNDANCIES
• ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
Create
Knowledge
Learn, Innovate,
and Research
by Using Previous
and Imported
Knowledge
Apply
Capture
and Leverage
and Store
Knowledge to
Knowledge: Build,
Act Effectively in
Reuse, and Leverage
the Technical
Knowledge
Cooperation
Repositories
Distribute Organize
Knowledge to and Transform
People & Practices Knowledge to
through Make it Broadly
Technology Available and
Products and Embed in the
Services Organization
Knowledge for
specific fields of
expertise
Experts
Decision Makers
• Focus on building “critical mass”
• Foster a culture of learning
• Access to full text references, best practices, research
• Sharing of knowledge through “communities of interest”
Community
• TECHNOLOGY
• SECTORAL ORGANIZATION/OPERATION
● PROCESS AUTOMATION
● DATA WAREHOUSING
● APPLICATION INTEGRATION
● DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES
● ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
● “PUSH TECHNOLOGIES”
● INTELLIGENT AGENTS
● COST-BENEFIT JUSTIFICATION
● VENDOR DEPENDENCY
• TECHNOLOGY
• SECTORAL ORGANIZATION/OPERATION
APPROPRIATENESS
SUSTAINABILITY
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
PROVIDERS
SOLUTIONS
MARKET
APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGICAL
PLATFORM ( HW/SW )
• TECHNOLOGY
WHERE WE WANT TO BE
Project Location N %
Regional 13 14.3
Subregional 4 4.4
Global 1 1.1
19.8% (18/91)
Colombia 11 12.1
Peru 9 9.9
Brazil 8 8.8
Venezuela 7 7.7
Argentina 6 6.6
Bolivia 5 5.5
Cuba 5 5.5
Chile 3 3.3
Ecuador 3 3.3
Mexico 3 3.3
Costa Rica 2 2.2
Dominican Republic 2 2.2
El Salvador 2 2.2
Honduras 2 2.2
Paraguay 2 2.2
Belize 1 1.1
Canada 1 1.1
Guyana 1 1.1
Total 91 100
Project Focus N %
Access to ITC resources andtraining, connectivity, infrastructure, deploymentand
8 9.1
needs assessment, impact evaluation
Applicationandsoftwaredevelopmentandinstrumentation 6 6.8
Basic research 1 1.1
Communication 5 5.7
Community of Practice 2 2.3
Education, Prevention 12 13.6
Evaluation 1 1.1
Healthservicemanagement 2 2.3
Knowledgerepository 17 19.3
Knowledgerepository, lessons learned, bestpractices 23 26.1
Management 1 1.1
Telemedicineclinical care, epidemiology, education 10 11.4
Total 88 100
Thematic areas (areas of application) for 88 projects. Nearly half of the projects (47.7%)
are related to access to technical and scientific reference and to clinical care
(primary and other levels), family care, immunization, and mental health
The private sector was found to be the most frequent driver 31.8% (28/88) followed by
international agencies and the national public subsector, each driving 23.8% (21/88).
International agencies were the most frequent funding source
Project Drivers Main Funding Source
UNAgency
UNAgency
Int Agency
Int Agency
Academic
Academic
-PAHO
Private
Private
PAHO
Public
Public
Project Location N %
Non
Global 1 1.1 1 1
Regional 13 14.1 3 5 1 5 1 6 5 2 1
Subregional 4 4.3 3 1 4
Argentina 6 6.5 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2
Belize 1 1.1 1 1
Bolivia 5 5.4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2
Brazil 8 8.7 4 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 2
Canada 1 1.1 1 1
Chile 4 4.3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
Colombia 11 12.0 5 1 4 1 1 3 4 1 3 3
Costa Rica 2 2.2 1 1 1 1 1
Cuba 5 5.4 4 1 1 3 1
Dominican Republic 2 2.2 2 1 1 1
Ecuador 3 3.3 1 2 1 1 1
El Salvador 2 2.2 1 1 1 1
Guyana 1 1.1 1 1
Honduras 2 2.2 1 1 2 1
Mexico 3 3.3 1 1 1 1 1 2
Paraguay 2 2.2 1 1 1 1 1
Peru 9 9.8 2 5 3 1 2 1 5 3
Venezuela 7 7.6 3 3 1 1 3 4
Total 92 100 12 21 28 21 18 8 23 26 23 28 2
STATS
PERCENT
60
50
51
40 CLASS
40.8
A/B
30
30.2 C
20 24.1 D/E
17.9
10
11 2
8.5
3.8
0
CELLULAR MICROCOMPUTER INTERNET
PERCENT
30
25
AGE GROUP
20
14-19
15 20-35
36-45
10
46 +
5
0
CELLULAR MICROCOMPUTER INTERNET
UNCTAD Diffusion (2004) and ITU Digital Opportunity (2005) - Indices for 16 Countries
of the Region of the Americas That Responded to the WHO Global Survey
CAN
0.7
HON CHI
0.6
0.3
ELS SUR
0.2
0.1
0
PER ARG
PAN BRA
VEN MEX
BLZ DOR
SUR
1.50
CHI ARG -0.38 71 76 5
1.00 BRA -0.04 52 46 -6
BLZ BRA
0.50 CAN 1.54 6 10 4
0.00 CHI 0.52 29 35 6
BAR MEX
-0.50
COR -0.37 69 61 -8
-1.00
DOR -0.73 89 78 -11
PAR -1.50 ELS
ELS -0.24 59 70 11
HON -0.89 100 97 -3
HON PAN MEX -0.14 55 60 5
PAN -0.33 66 69 3
DOR COR PAR -1.23 113 98 -15
PER -0.70 85 90 5
PER ARG
VEN VEN -0.65 81 84 3
UNCTAD INDEX OF ICT DIFFUSION
Evolution of the UNCTAD Index of ICT Diffusion in selected countries of the
Region of the Americas - Rankings for the Period 1997-2004 (UNCTAD, 2006)
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
0
5 CAN
10
15
20
25
30
35 BAR
40
45
50
55 ARG
60
COR
65
SUR
70
CHI
75
DOR
80
85 VEN
90 BRA
95 PAN
100
MEX
105 BLZ
110 PAR
115
PER
120
ELS
125
130 HON
135
140
ICT DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN LA&C
St. Kitts andNevis 26.1
PCs x 100 inhabitants
CostaRica 21.9
95 Martinique 20.8
Guadeloupe 20.3
90 Dominica 18.2
85 FrenchGuiana 18.0
St. Lucia 16.3
80 Grenada 15.7
75 Barbados 14.9
70 Chile 14.8
Uruguay 13.3
65 St. VincentandtheGrenadines 13.2
60 Mexico 13.1
Brazil 10.5
55 Peru 10.0
50 Argentina 8.4
45 Venezuela 8.2
Trinidad&Tobago 7.9
40 Paraguay 7.5
35 Jamaica 6.2
El Salvador 5.1
30 Panama 4.6
25 Colombia 4.2
20 Ecuador 3.9
Guyana 3.9
15 Cuba 3.4
10 Bolivia 2.3
Guatemala 1.8
5
Honduras 1.6
0
Internet Users x 100 inhabitants in the Region of the Americas (ITU, 2005)
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
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