INTERNATIONAL TELEHEALTH CONFERENCE
Double Tree Guest Suite
Austin Texas
Fax-512-478-3562
Austin Texas (
Conference Contact Information
Dr. Oryema Johnson: (
The Africa Telehealth Group in
collaboration with, Mediastats Inc (
While this years conference
exclusively focuses on Telemedicine/Telehealth, building on the work that has
been undertaken by the Africa Telehealth Group in African countries in the past
several years, there will also be an opportunity for business meetings
organized by the
Acting within the framework of the African information society
initiatives, the United Nations Economic Commission for
In view of the above and in
collaboration with the Africa Telehealth Group, the United Nations Economic
Commission for
Participants in Africa Telehealth
conference 99 realized the pressing issues of spreading telecommunication
technologies in Africa and passed a number of resolutions which included
calling upon African countries to embrace Telehealth and spread the use of
information and communication technologies in health sector; recommending that
needs assessment in Telehealth application be conducted at the national level;
calling upon African governments for regional corporation and strengthened South-South and North-South
cooperation in order to share knowledge,
resources and networks that foster health care services teaching and research
in Africa, and calling upon African governments, national institutions,
universities, private sector and development aid agencies to support the
principles and activities outlined above.
7 years later, the Texas
conference invites experts in the field of telemedicine, telehealth,
telecommunication, medical education, policy making, funding institutions and
government agencies from Africa and abroad as well as international
organizations to review, evaluate and see how far Africa has traveled the road
recommended in Nairobi, Kenya and to look at where improvements need to be made
in the health and technological infrastructure. American, Canadian, European
and Asian technology companies, medical and academic as well as funding
institutions that have done and are still doing work in Africa are being
invited to participate.
Lessons will also be drawn from South and
Central America, Asia Pacific as well as Eastern, Western and central Europe in
order to build North-South cooperation in the field of telemedicine and
telehealth and medical education, research and teaching. Telemedicine success
stories in countries such as
A special session of this
conference is being devoted to the
The
objectives of the conference are to:
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Review various developments in the field of international public health
surveillance and practice, including advances in telehealth/telemedicine
particularly in
§
Review the latest international developments in the application of
telehealth/telemedicine strategies in achieving health promotion and disease
prevention. This review will draw extensively on the expertise available in
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Review and strengthen current strategies within
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Identify the method and strengthen the
capabilities of existing and planned information technology infrastructure,
that could support telehealth/telemedicine services in
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Review and recommend measures to enhance current investments in
information technology-based resources; in order to advance widespread health
promotion, disease prevention, and treatment in Africa using telehealth and
telemedicine applications particularly those that have been applied and are
being applied in the Americas.
§
Identify an appropriate policy and program
support framework(s) that would best facilitate successful
telehealth/telemedicine services within and between the various African
countries and to work with
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Enumerate existing health networks on the continent, confirm their goals
for continental network standardization and interoperability, and identify
measures to link the various networks into a comprehensive, integrated
continental telehealth system by borrowing from the
The overall goal is to create a common ground upon which to build innovative thinking on the use of information technology to protecting the health of all Africans. This is indeed one of the great opportunities made possible by the advent and rapid advance of information technology and the Internet.
TELEHEALTH INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
November 2005
BASIC ITENIRARY
THURSDAY, November 17TH
(Introductions
and information, Guest Speakers, and Entertainment)
Tentative
Agenda: Terisa Broach MC,
Dr. Johnson will share the telehealth vision and CME, information
on conference and introduction on the workshop instructors and topics, and
Community groups will provide entertainment.
(Networking,
Door Prize and
Entertainment)
FRIDAY, November 18TH
8:00 am to 8:30 am Late Registration
8:30 am to 9:00 am General Session
Facilitators:
To be announced
1. Information, Communication, Technology
2.
Cancer Research
1. HIV and Aids
2. Natural
Disasters and Health Tsuamani
( WHO speaker)
1.
Communication and Access to Public
Health Information
2. Health
Care Issues
1.
Live Demonstration of Health Care
2.
Electronic Medical Records
SATURDAY November 19TH
8:00 am to 8:30 am On-Site Registration
8:30 am to 9:00 am General Session
(Facilitators:)
1.
Safeguards for Bio-terrorism
2.
Rural Health Information
1.
Information, Communication, Technology
2.
Mental Health
1.
Live Demonstration of Health Care
2.
Bridging the Gap in Health Care
Summarize Conference, Plan
of Action and Closing Speaker
,
BRIDGING
THE GAP BETWEEN NATIONS
Round II
Austin
Texas
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
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Abstracts for the Africa Telehealth conference is being called for. Abstracts can be submitted electronically and mailed to: oryemajohnson@africatelehealth.org
The abstracts will be processed electronically; therefore, abstracts have to be submitted electronically in word version.
All accepted abstracts would be published in the Africa Telehealth Group Quarterly Journal 2006
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