ICT for Health and Well-being Network
SPIDER’s ICT for Health & Wellbeing Network was launched in 2017 and brings together our project partners in Health.
SPIDER’s network model enables learning, sharing of expertise and joint development of a strategy for the Network.
The ICT for Health & Wellbeing network at the startup meeting in Lusaka, Zambia
SPIDER’s ICT for Health & Wellbeing Network was launched in 2017 and brings together our project partners in Health. SPIDER’s network model enables learning, sharing of expertise and joint development of a strategy for the Network.
Currently, the network consists of partners based in the following countries:
Bangladesh
Rwanda
Burundi
Ethiopia
Uganda
Mozambique
Kenya
Zambia
South Africa
SPIDER supports health projects implemented in these Countries/Regions:
Bangladesh
Project: mCare
Partner: mPower Social Enterprise Ltd
Ethiopia
Projects: Mobile Health for Improved Maternal and Child Health Services Utilisation
Digital African Health Library
Partners: Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia, Institute of Family Medicine of Kenya (INFA-MED)
Kenya
Project: Digital African Health Library
Partner: Institute for Familiy Medicine – Kenya (INFA-MED)
Rwanda
Project: Tele-health for Cervical Cancer Screening and Care
Partner: University of Rwanda, Urunana Development Communications
Uganda
Project: Digital African Health Library
Partner: Institute for Familiy Medicine – Kenya (INFA-MED)
Zambia
Project: Digital African Health Library
Partner: Institute of Family Medicine of Kenya (INFA-MED)
The Network includes expertise and health interventions in these areas:
Technical expertise
- Open Source Software
- Professional Capacity building
- Decision Support and Diagnosis
- Telehealth solutions for remote areas – off grid & offline
Health interventions
- Cervical Cancer
- Maternal and Child Health
- Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights
- Decision Support and Diagnosis
- HIV and SRHR among adolescents
Member organisations