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Award Opportunity for Library Services that Empower Women and Girls
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme ( EIFL-PLIP ) celebrated International Women’s Day with a new award call- for public and community libraries that empower women and girls through information and communication technology ( ICT … Continue reading
Posted in Grants, Libraries, Partnerships
Tagged African public libraries, community health information, developing countries, EIFL, women
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Africa Health : Insights on Public Health
Once again John Eyers, a retired librarian who worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, has surfed the world wide web to identify some leading websites for reliable resources in the field of public health. He has … Continue reading
Awards for Libraries that Improve Economic Wellbeing
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme (EIFL-PLIP) has launched its first innovation award call- for libraries offering services that use ICT to improve economic wellbeing of the community. The call is open to public and … Continue reading
Library mailing from HIPNet
HIPNet ( Health Information and Publications Network ) which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) facilitates collaboration among organisations that produce and disseminate print and electronic information in the field of international health. Annually … Continue reading
Grants available for innovative libraries in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
EIFL’s ( Electronic Information for Libraries ) Public Library Innovation Programme ( PLIP ) has announced an invitation to public and community libraries in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda to apply for grants to use information and communication technology ( ICT … Continue reading
Health information provision by public libraries – a study
Public libraries in Africa are recognized as health information providers by significant numbers of people, according to a groundbreaking six-country study commissioned by EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries). However, the study also found that the potential of libraries to play … Continue reading
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Tagged African public libraries, community health information, EIFL, Ethiopia, Ghana, ICTs, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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mHealth: new horizons for health through mobile technologies
This is a very interesting publication from WHO – but long and 3.4 Mb to download. It covers the use of mobile technology for professional consultations, health call centres, reminders about medication/ appointments and alerts about epidemics to name but … Continue reading
EIFL- Public Library Innovation Programme – current and future grants
“EIFL-PLIP‘a global Innovation Awards programme recognizes inspiration and initiative in the public library sector. Awards are given to public libraries that replicate innovative public library community development services using ICT, on their own initiative.” The provision of health information is one … Continue reading
Expanding Internet Access to Village Communities in Zambia
Computer Aid with Macha Works have enabled internet access to communities in several Zambian villages. In the village of Macha it is thriving – they have introduced charges to cover the cost – $800-$1000 per month. Whether it is sustainable … Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged community health information, internet access, rural areas, Zambia
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Animated cartoons: using mobile phones for health [and farming] messages
Scientific Animations Without Borders, University of Illinois, USA has already produced one such example on the prevention of cholera and others on topics for rural farmers. The narrations could be translated into local languages and thus could reach low-literacy communities. … Continue reading
Posted in Information resources, Technology
Tagged community health information, mobile phones, video
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