Building Sound Local e-Government : Nabroon Bhattacharjee, Urban Team Leader and Program Manager, Office of Economic Growth, USAID

Interview

Telemedicine Gets a Human Face

[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

This initiative of the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka endeavours to take the dividends of the highly specialized field of human genetics to rural communities through an ICT platform, and draws on the infrastructure facilities of the newest Nenasala at the Kurunegala Hospital and that of the Koslanda Nenasala.

Design Guidelines for Telecare Services

[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The per capita income in Western India is the highest in the country at USD 850 (PPP). It would be appropriate then to assume that this would have an impact on the level of automation of medical care in the region.

Satellites to connect all India

Soon, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will connect India through satellites to provide education, health and other social services to people, especially who are living in rural areas.

The e-Health Initiatives and Challenges in Peru

[This article was published in the April 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Wireless technology such as – WiMAX, is beginning to offer reliable alternatives to fixed-line access, offering the potential for widespread, affordable connectivity to every region, village, and person in India.

The e-Health Initiatives and Challenges in Peru

[This article was published in the April 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

India News

Glasgow City Council, UK implements e-Government strategy, Access Glasgow to improve services

Glasgow City Council of UK is implementing Access Glasgow, a comprehensive e-Government strategy to improve the delivery of services to nearly 600,000 citizens. Government of Glasgow city has tied up with Cisco Unified Communications to implement the Access Glasgow in the city.

ADB provides $400 million to expand health, education services for Indonesia’s poorest

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$400 million financial assistance package for Indonesia to improve education and healthcare services in the country’s poorest families.

Significant increase in application software among local authorities

An increased concentration in the market for application software over the last year among the local authorities has been reported by the Society of IT Management (Socitm).

Welfare oriented computeriatsion project for Tanzanian villages

A pioneering project on computerisation in certain select villages of Tanzania is under consideration by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech).