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This is the HI4DEV.OVR Overview Document - One of Three for
the Workshop. The other two are HI4DEV.APP and HI4DEV.FWK
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                          Workshop on
                     Health Informatics in
                   International Development
                  February 28 - March 2, 1997
                Founders College, York University
                  North York, Toronto, CANADA

    *(See below to join the [log in to unmask] online conference)*

      (Presented by the Canadian University Consortium for
           Health in International Development (CUCHID) )
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   For the Registration Application and Framework paper: email
    <[log in to unmask]> and ask for HI4DEV.APP and HI4DEV.FWK
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WORKSHOP VISION:

The appropriate use of information and communication technology (ICT) in
the pursuit of health in development (HI4DEV).

WORKSHOP BACKGROUND:

Information and communication technologies are rapidly creating a virtual
workspace with the potential to support collaborative health activities
across time and space.

Major international agencies (CIDA, IDRC, ITU, UNESCO, USAID)  have
targeted access and connectivity in regions where health regimes face a
variety of problems.

Stakeholders face the challenge of making sense' of what ICT means for how
they are organized, how they work, and how they collaborate with others.
The electronic venue changes approaches to the diffusion of knowledge.

A workshop on health informatics in international development will differ
from the norm in several key ways. It will not be a workshop in which
experts 'teach. It will consist of a set of presentations, some by
participants, combined with breakout groups.

WORKSHOP MISSION:

Assisting HI4DEV stakeholders in education, funding, policy, programming,
project implementation, research and evaluation, to refine their overview
and approaches to ICT for health in development. Assisting CUCHID members
in the development of Canada-wide strategies for HI4DEV.

THE HI4DEV ONLINE CONFERENCE:

The workshop will be assisted by a [log in to unmask] online electronic
conference which precedes and will continue beyond the literal workshop on
February 28-March 2 at York University.

To subscribe HI4DEV send a one line message to [log in to unmask]
in which the one line says: subscribe HI4DEV Your_Name.

PARTICIPANTS:

The workshop will accommodate (approximately) 30 professionals from
stakeholders facing different HI4DEV tasks. It will use two or three
facilitating professionals drawn from academic, research and HI4DEV
activities.

MAJOR COMPONENTS OF WORKSHOP:

A.   Strategies for ICT and HI4DEV Objectives

     *    a.   Policy formation
     *    b.   Project/Program formulation
     *    c.   Implementation Strategies
     *    d.   Project/Program Assessment
     *    e.   Outcomes Evaluation
     *    f.   Education and Research
     *    g.   Knowledge Diffusion
     *    h.   Stakeholder Empowerment

B.   Strategies for ICT and HI4DEV Collaboration:

The Workshop will produce one or more multi-media modules, and help refine
a framework for ICT and HI4DEV of use to stakeholder groups. The modules
will be made available through CUCHID. The modules will be suitable for
strategic planning workshops across a number of stakeholder settings.

Contact: Sam Lanfranco <[log in to unmask]> -or-
                       <[log in to unmask]>

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   For the Registration Application and Framework paper: email
    <[log in to unmask]> and ask for HI4DEV.APP and HI4DEV.FWK
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