Publications on Zambia http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2009-12-04T19:46:10Z More effective information flow between researchers, extension officers and farmers in Zambia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/more-effective-information-flow-between-researchers-extension-officers-and-farmers-in-zambia The INFORNET project improves the flow of information between researchers, extension workers and farmers by repackaging scientific research reports into relevant and readable agricultural Information Products that help farmers improve their crop production. This Learning Brief describes the lessons learned from the INFORNET (Development of an Effective Information Flow Network) project which was carried out by the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) with support from IICD.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2011-02-11T15:45:00Z Publication e-Brain Forum of Zambia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/e-brain-forum-of-zambia-1 This Brief describes the lessons learned by the e-Brain Forum of Zambia, the IICD supported National ICT4D Network in Zambia.

This publication is intended for practitioners in the field who would like to learn from the experiences of this network as well as organisations that would like to implement a similar network.

]]> No publisher Jules Jessurun 2010-05-31T09:15:00Z Publication Improving Visual Teaching Material in Zambia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/improving-visual-teaching-material-in-zambia This brief describes lessons learned from the ENEDCO project; a collaborative effort between seven schools in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia to develop the capacity of teachers so that they can enhance their visual presentation skills and produce and share improved teaching materials The ENEDCO project shows how ICT can be integrated into the classroom. These lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities.

]]> No publisher Jules Jessurun 2011-06-20T12:11:03Z Publication Youth Promotion Through ICT: Zambia http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/youth-promotion-through-ict-zambia This brief describes the lessons learned from the Chawama Youth Project, a Community-based skills training centre in Lusaka, Zambia. The project shows how ICT can be integrated into youth promotion and particular in vocational training. These lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities.

]]> No publisher Allison Van Vlerken 2010-06-21T10:06:50Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2008 - Zambia Country Programme http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2008-zambia-country-programme From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report about the impact of the Zambia Country Programme (2008). Available in English only. This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Zambia Country Programme in 2008. Summaries are published on the IICD website to show the work of our local project partners and the results that these partners and IICD have achieved. Important to point out is that evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication ICT in the Zambian Classroom http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/ict-in-the-zambian-classroom This brief describes the lessons learned from the Education Support Network (ESNET) project in Zambia: a project developed jointly by OneWorld Africa Zambia and IICD in 2006. The project shows how ICT enhances the quality of existing local teaching materials in the Zambian classroom. The lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:20:00Z Publication The critical issues affecting the introduction of Health Management Information Systems in developing countries in Africa http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/the-critical-issues-affecting-the-introduction-of-health-management-information-systems-in-developing-countries-in-africa In Tanzania, Mali, Zambia and Uganda information systems are being introduced in hospitals in the form of health management information systems. But with a lack of relevant research done in these countries about the introduction of technologies like information systems there is not much to go by. Thesis by Nicole Archangel, completed in October 2007. The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) works in nine countries in Africa and Latin America. IICD has since 1998 been supporting partner organizations with the introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for development and poverty alleviation, amongst others in the health sector. For the past years they have been supporting projects in Mali, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia implementing systems into healthcare.

IICD sees the importance of a decentralized system for health information management and wants to take stock of the achievements of projects that have been implementing information systems, gather experiences and lessons learned and identify challenges for introducing and using information system (IS) in healthcare.

This is why together with IICD this research wants to identify the issues that have to be considered when implementing information systems in the form of a health management information system in hospitals on the district level in the countries supported by IICD. This in support of the belief that a convincing and operational framework for assessing health system performance is vital for the work of governments, development agencies and multilateral institutions.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Impact IICD health projects http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/impact-iicd-health-projects Hanna Goorden of IICD analysed the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) data that has been gathered from the IICD projects in the health sector. She reports on the satisfaction of project users with the health services they use through the project and how the project has impacted their lives. The brief starts by exploring how ICT can strengthen the health care sector and how IICD health projects contribute to ICT awareness, empowerment and impact on health care.

The IICD projects are clustered to distinguish the different categories of project users. This classification is useful for IICD, as it better allows attributing impact to our different groups of project users:

  • Policy-makers
  • Health staff and/or health students (including Health, hospital & patient information, Professional development & Continuous Medical Education (CME), and Telemedicine)
  • Patients and/or people in the community

The second part discusses the M&E results and summarises the main lessons-learned from the health projects.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Rural Access to the Internet in Zambia: options and challenges http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/rural-access-to-the-internet-in-zambia-options-and-challenges In January 2008, a 55-page report entitled “Rural Access: Options and Challenges for Connectivity and Energy in Zambia” was published jointly by the eBrain Forum of Zambia and IICD. The study, which was commissioned by IICD and conducted by Dean L. Mulozi of the Zambia Association for Advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ZAA-ICT), examines a whole range of issues linked to connectivity in rural and remote areas with a specific focus on Zambia.

Its main goal is to enable organisations engaged in rural development in Zambia to make informed decisions on issues relating to rural connectivity and obtaining access to the Internet. It also aims to demystify the technical issues associated with connectivity and Internet access which often confuse lay-persons. The report provides a general inventory of connectivity options and costs in Zambia and, as the lack of reliable sources of energy in rural areas often hampers connectivity in these areas, an additional section outlines the benefits and potential of alternative sources of energy such as solar power, wind, hydropower and bio-mass.

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]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) as a tool for organisational development http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/health-management-information-systems-hmis-as-a-tool-for-organisational-development This paper describes how an HMIS can also be used for organisational development and reports on the experiences of the HMIS programme of the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) in Uganda. The goal of the paper is to evaluate the project against a background of organisational development and to draw practical lessons from the project that may provide guidance to new HMIS projects in the development context.

By Christine Fenenga (Cordaid) and Arjan de Jager (IICD)

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