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Africa e -Health Team. May 23, 2011 Dr. Feng Zhao and Kate Otto mHealth Working Group Monthly Meeting. Theory of e -Health. Framework for E-Health. Economic Analysis: Strong Health Systems = a (HR+ Information + SC + Finance + Public Health) + b (ICT) + e ICTis a new input
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Africa e-Health Team May 23, 2011 Dr. Feng Zhao and Kate Otto mHealth Working Group Monthly Meeting
Theory of e-Health Framework for E-Health Economic Analysis: Strong Health Systems = a (HR+ Information + SC + Finance + Public Health) + b (ICT) + e ICTis a new input ICT also transforms existing inputs so that a single piece of information, a single worker, or a health financing scheme becomes more efficient, making the entire system more effective.
Africa Region Strategy Knowledge Sharing Technical assistance to Country Clients Technical assistance to TTLs Evidence Building via support to e-Health Evaluations Financed by PPP with Pfizer under eTransform Africa Initiative
Knowledge Sharing • Oversee production of eTransform Africa Health Sector Report: June 2011 • Country Case Studies in Mali and Ethiopia • Produce “How-To” Sourcebook on eHealth Implementation for bothTTLs / program managers and country clients /policymakers: November 2011 • Facilitate Bank and clients’ participation in global eHealthconference and events: • MHS 2009 – World Bank Day • MHS 2010 • mHealth Africa Summit 2010 • GSMA/mHealth Alliance Mobile Health Summit 2011 • MHS 2011 – World Bank Day
TA to country clients • Leadership Forum in Addis 2009 • Regional TB Lab eHealth Program • Rwanda eHealth Program • Policymakers’ Workshop in Gabon, November 2011 • WHO-ITU Guidebook Dissemination and Implementation
TA to Task Team Leaders • Regular newsletters to TTLs with updates on latest low-cost eHealth applications applicable to and scalable in Africa, to facilitate HNP task teams to take advantage of eHealth solutions. • Creation and facilitation of regional knowledge hub on eHealth in order to provide cross-support to the design and implementation of Bank projects.
4. Evidence Building • Ethiopia • Basic mobile phones programmed with open source software used by Health Extension Workers to improve maternal health via 5 use cases: tracking contraceptive supply, and coordinating immunizations, ANC, referrals, and deliveries. • Baseline Data Collection beginning this week, 10-month implementation • Zambia • Smart phones with bar-code scanning capability used to improve access to all essential drugs • First RCT to evaluate impact of different supply chain interventions • Results: • Amoxicillin not available in 72% at start, vs 16% after implementation • Pediatric malaria drugs were out of stock for average of 29 days per quarter at start, vs only 5 days after implementation
Thank you! Dr. Feng Zhao eHealth Coordinator, Africa Region fzhao@worldbank.org