A Study of the Actual and Potential Usage of Information and Communication Technology at District and Provincial Levels in Mozambique with a Focus on the Health Sector
A Study of the Actual and Potential Usage of Information and Communication Technology at District and Provincial Levels in Mozambique with a Focus on the Health Sector
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莫桑比克地区和省级信息和通信技术的实际和潜在使用情况研究，重点关注卫生部门
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10.1002/j.1681-4835.2001.tb00031.x
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2001
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通讯作者：
António Sitói
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Jørn A. Braa;Esselina Macome;J. C. Mavimbe;J. L. Nhampossa;J. Costa;B. José;Aurélia Manave;António Sitói
本文介绍了一项关于莫桑比克信息和通信技术（ICT）使用及应用情况的研究结果，重点关注卫生部门。对加扎、伊尼扬巴内和尼亚萨这三个省进行了调查，并使用了两份问卷，分别针对1）计算机用户及其管理ICT的能力，以及2）卫生工作者及其对卫生信息的处理情况。基于这项研究，讨论了以卫生部门的需求为出发点发展ICT基础设施的适当策略。这项研究源于一个旨在加强和进一步发展地区及省级卫生信息和管理系统的项目，该项目是支持莫桑比克卫生系统权力下放进程的一部分。研究表明，计算机和互联网正在莫桑比克的省会和主要地区迅速普及。所发现的一个主要问题是缺乏ICT技能和教育，基础设施和支持网络发展不完善。提供硬件的正规ICT公司极少，提供软件支持的公司就更少了。ICT的维护和学习在很大程度上是在各省计算机用户的非正式网络中进行的。
This article presents results from a study on the use and appropriation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Mozambique with a focus on the health sector. The three provinces of Gaza, Inhambane and Niassa were surveyed and two questionnaires addressing 1) computer users and their ability to manage ICT, and 2) health workers and their handling of health information, were used. Based on this study appropriate strategies for developing an ICT‐infrastructure with the needs of the health sector as points of departure are discussed. The study is born out of a program to strengthen and further develop the health information and management systems at district and provincial levels as part of a process to support decentralisation of the health system in Mozambique. The study shows that computers and Internet are rapidly being spread to the provincial capitals and major districts in Mozambique. A main problem identified is the lack of ICT‐skills and education and poorly developed infrastructure and networks of support. There are very few formal ICT companies providing hardware, and even less, software support. Maintenance and learning about ICT are to a large extent going on within informal networks of computer users in the provinces.