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e-Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress and challenges

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Year: 
2011
Type of Publication: 
Study
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
eHealth
Related Member States: 
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Belize
British Virgin Islands
Jamaica
Saint Lucia
Cayman Islands

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are tools that can be used to bridge gaps and provide citizens with opportunities, such as broader access to quality health care.

 

Web URL: 
Download from ECLAC website

Monitoring Caribbean Information Societies

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Year: 
2010
Type of Publication: 
Report
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
Capacity Building
eGovernment
eHealth
ICT Infrastructure
Knowlege Economy
Spectrum Management
Local Content Development
ICT and the Environment
ICT and services sector
eBusiness
ICT Awareness
Legal / Regulatory
ICT Investment
Related Member States: 
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands

This document was authored by Opal Lawton and produced by Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean

Publication: 
application/pdf iconW315.pdf
Web URL: 
http://www.cepal.org/socinfo/publicaciones

ICT Pulse

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Type of Publication: 
Web based
ICT Focus Areas: 
Access / Connectivity
Capacity Building
Cultural & Linguistic Diversity
Cultural and Creative Industries
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
eBusiness
eEmployment
eGovernment
eHealth
eLearning, ICT in Education
Climate Change Adaptation, eResilience
Free and Open Source Technologies
ICT and Energy
ICT and services sector
ICT and the Environment
ICT Awareness
ICT Infrastructure
ICT Investment
Information Society Statistics/Indicators
Internet Governance
Knowlege Economy
Legal / Regulatory
Local Content Development
Spectrum Management
Technology, Research and Innovation
Related Member States: 
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands

Publisher/Editor is Michelle Marius

This blog has been created to discuss topical Information and Communications Technology (ICT) issues from a Caribbean perspective. ICTs are critical drivers of development in the world today, and are shaping the future to be knowledge and information focussed. We have catchphrases such as “Information Society” and ‘knowledge-based society”, but many of us really do not know what they mean, how they affect use of ICT, or what is required to realise them.

Web URL: 
http://www.ict-pulse.com/

CARICOM Secretariat

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GeneralDescription: 

The CARICOM secretariat has established ICT4D as a programme in the Directorate of Trade and Economic Integration (TEI).

The goal of its work programme is to advance the development of the people of the Caribbean Community using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a catalyst for the transformation of the Community into a knowledge-based society.

Type of Organisation: 
Regional
Contact Details
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Physical Address: 
Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana
Postal Address: 
Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) CARICOM Secretariat P.O. Box 10827 Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana
Telephone: 
592-222-0001 -75
Fax: 
Fax: 592-222-0171
Member States: 
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Regional CARICOM
Regional CARIFOURUM
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Online Contact Details
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Email: 
contactict4d@caricom.org
Website: 
http://www.caricom.org

Humanitarian Early Warning System (HEWS): Alerting, Tracking, and Reporting Services

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The IASC Humanitarian Early Warning Service (HEWSweb) is an inter-agency partnership project aimed at establishing a common platform for humanitarian early warnings and forecasts for natural hazards. The main objective of HEWSweb is to bring together and make accessible in a simple manner the most credible early warning information available at the global level from multiple specialized institutions.

Project Status: 
completed
ICT Focus Areas: 
Disaster Preparedness & Response Systems
Access / Connectivity
Related Member States: 
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Montserrat
Regional CARICOM
Regional CARIFOURUM
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
Background: 

The HEWSweb concept has been initially proposed by a subsidiary body of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (the IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning) and endorsed by the IASC-WG in September 2004. The service has been developed by the World Food Programme and its technical staff on behalf of the IASC, building on inputs from all IASC partners. The IASC Sub-Working Group on Preparedness and Contingency Planning is co-chaired by WFP and UNICEF.

Keywords: 
disaster
humanitarian
warning systems
Partners: 
World Food Programme
UNICEF
UNDP
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
International Federation of Red Cross/Crescent (IFRC)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
World Health Organization (WHO)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Tropical Storm Risk
Design of Project: 

HEWSweb is a service of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and its members and it is intended as a free service for the benefit of the wider humanitarian community. HEWsweb will be under the overall purview of the IASC SWG on Preparedness and Contingency Planning which will manage it on behalf of the IASC. The United Nations World Food Programme will be responsible for coordinating and managing the overall information content, design, and organization of HEWSweb on behalf of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and its members.

Project Importance: 
  • A first global one-stop shop for early warning information for all natural hazards;
  • Provides systematic, credible and real-time early warning;
  • Makes access to early warning information faster and easier;
  • Enhances the use of early warning by displaying graphics, maps, and simple (non-technical) language and messages that are accessible to managers & decision-makers;
  • Fosters greater links between early warning and preparedness actions and response among partners;
  • 70% dynamically updated with real-time information. Minimal maintenance, cost-effective;
  • Brings together key partners in the humanitarian community under one strategic EW project and initiative;
  • Fosters the development of a common language in EW;
  • Makes available global early warning information to the wider humanitarian community
Website: 
http://www.hewsweb.org/home_page/default.asp
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