Projects and links

Examples of projects and other initiatives in ‘IT for Health’ in the South:

·  BEANISH (Building Europe Africa collaborative Network for applying IST in Health care sector): A WITFOR project since 2005, proposed by EU-African partners and IFIP, builds upon an existing global R&D network called HISP (Health Information Systems Program) www.hisp.info/confluence/display/BEANISH/Home

·  OpenMRS: an open source medical record system framework for developing countries www.openmrs.org 

·  HELINA (Health Informatics in Africa): IMIA’s Africa Region www.helina.org