Monthly Archives: June 2009

Interesting news from the Lancet – that the world’s contribution to global health programs has quadrupled from 5billion in 1990 to over 20billion at present. Also very interesting is that the funds are increasingly moving away from name brands – … Continue reading →

As I continue to work with a group focused on telemedicine in Africa, it’s exciting to hear about the expansion of telemedicine services in Afghanistan http://www.akdn.org/press_release.asp?ID=758 With security issues and especially a lack of trained personnel, this is a great … Continue reading →

A recent online article suggests that broadband will come sooner than later to East Africa. http://allafrica.com/stories/200905290066.html This is huge as one of the major challenges in connecting East Africa to other parts of the continent, let alone world is the … Continue reading →