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Pakistan is experimenting with a relatively new model of healthcare
delivery: telemedicine. For distance-based medical services to be
successful, however, projects must grapple with challenges like
inadequate infrastructure and patient distrust of the concept.

In northern Ghana, a “bottom-up” approach to improving the health and environment of rural villages is logging positive results. ICT interventions relying on mobile technology and e-learning play a big role in implementation.

Health workers who serve India’s poor and rural citizens are often poorly trained and have limited literacy. With mobile phones able to display audio and video health information in multiple languages, these workers are in a better position to educate the public about major health issues.By Paromita PainTo improve the health of India’s poor and rural citizens, the government uses a corps of community health workers who fan out to rural villages across the country. The program’s strength lies in simple face-to-face interactions health workers have with citizens about basic health issues. A new project is equipping these health workers with mobile phones that guide them as they talk to clients about pressing health concerns.