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International workshop in Tromsø 11-12 June
E-health for combating HIV/Aids
As
a WHO Collaborating Centre for Telemedicine, the Norwegian Centre for
Telemedicine (NST) has been challenged to explore how
telemedicine and eHealth can support people living with HIV/Aids -
ecpecially targeting the regions most severely affected by the pandemic.
- We have decided to organize the workshop in connection with the 46664 Arctic concert to join the forces for combating HIV/Aids,
International participation
The
programme is developed in collaboration with the workshop participants
coming from South-Africa, Russia, Botswana, India, Belgium, UK and
Malaysia, in addition to international organizations as the World
Health Organization (WHO) and the International Salvation Army. Among
the participants from South Africa, we find Samir Anand,
project manager for Cell Life, University of Cape Town, who has
developed a service for follow-up of HIV/Aids patient using
cell-phones. From the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium, Maria
Action-plan
The
work-shop will last for two days starting Saturday 11 June. There will
be a short time-out for the 46664 Arctic concert Saturday evening, and
continue Sunday morning.
- By
the end of the workshop, we expect to have developed a list of joint
actions to be presented for the WHO. Also, we hope to be able to
present the major results for the 46664 Arctic Expert panel which will
take place on Sunday afternoon, Tove Sørensen says.
The work-shop is organized by the NST in collaboration with the WHO, University of Tromsø / Centre for International Health.
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