Health is at the heart of the Millennium Development Goals, in recognition of the fact that healthcare is central to global poverty reduction. ICT-enabled development can make a world of difference in the health sector. Health management systems can help tackle the problems of poor quality data, inefficient use of information, and duplicated efforts among parallel health institutions. At the same time, continuous medical education can be provided to rural health workers through the imaginative use of multimedia.

All of our health sector projects address basic healthcare problems in rural regions, where people are beyond the reach of urban healthcare experts. The scope of IICD’s programme in the health sector is growing rapidly as a result its collaboration with Cordaid.