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HealthNet
HealthNet Zimbabwe
"Thank you for letting me know about ProCAARE (SATELLIFE's discussion group on AIDS and related epidemics); it sounds like it will be a very interesting forum! Also a big thank you to SATELLIFE for HealthNet. It truely works towards bridging the communication gap among people involved in health care provision!"
Health Worker, Zimbabwe
HealthNet Zimbabwe has had a significant impact on institutional and national development in the health sector of its country. Approximately 100 local health centers and hospitals are connected to HealthNet Zimbabwe, enabling the collection, distribution and sharing of weekly surveillance reports on epidemiology and disease control. Raw data is analyzed and compiled, and then forwarded to the Health Ministry for evaluation. In addition, hundreds of other health professionals, including users in all major city health departments, blood transfusion services and several laboratories, use HealthNet on a regular basis. For many health workers in the rural areas, HealthNet is the only source of viable e-mail connectivity. Thanks to HealthNet, all of the district hospitals in the Midlands province of Zimbabwe can now share important data. Furthermore, disease reports are distributed on a regular basis, and health professionals can offer timely solutions to health problems that affect their communities.
With the advent of new Internet Service Providers (ISP), the HealthNet node in Harare now offers its low-cost e-mail through a local ISP. SATELLIFE provided the network with new operating software and continues to furnish content and enable access to important repositories of health and medical information.
Contact Information:
HealthNet Zimbabwe
Computer Science Department
University of Zimbabwe
PO Box MP 167
Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone: 263-4-303211 ext 1492
Fax: 263-4-333407
Email: borland@healthnet.zw
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