[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu LoCo participation in People's Health Assembly

[ubuntupunk at gmail.com]

Oops, I meant 2012

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:17 PM, ubuntupunk at gmail.com
<ubuntupunk at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Ubuntu LoCo.
>
> I recently attended a workshop on behalf of Earthlife Africa & Mindfreedom
> International (one of several volunteer and charitable organisations I am
> involved in).
> We discussed various issues related to mobilising around a global People's
> Health Assembly in July 2010. The assembly looks set to put South Africa on
> the map in terms of public health and will hopefully see a lot of activity
> around primary health-care and National Health Insurance.
>
> http://www.phmovement.org/en/resources/pha
>
> One of the topics for discussion is obviously *Technology & Health.*
>
> It became abundantly clear that PHM lacks an IT strategy and faces a number
> of challenges:-
>
> *1. Inflation of information leading to overload and potential chaos*
>
> ACTION: Develop a Communications Clearinghouse for the Assembly
>
> *2. Online presence needs to accommodate multitude of requests for
> information*
>
> ACTION: Set up a Forum/Bulletin Board using best in category FOSS e.g
> phpBB and host where appropriate.
>
> 3. *Linquistic and cultural challenges presented by Pan-African special
> focus*
>
> *ACTION:*  Develop and Campaign around Machine Translation for Africa
> (Google currently does not offer Zulu-English, or Xhosa-English translation.
>
> 4. *Special Session on Health & Technology*
> *
> *
> ACTION: Bring on board FOSS advocates and IT professionals.
>
> ACTION: Develop activity around Disability & Technology
>
> *5. Special Communication Needs*
>
> ACTION  Motivate for Videoconferencing Facilities, Free Skypes etc
>
> I would be most interested in any feedback on the above, especially where
> it relates to FOSS
>
> Regards
>
> David Robert Lewis
>
>
> --
> *David Robert Lewis*
> *PO BOX 4398*
> *Cape Town*
> *8000*
> *South Africa*
> *
> *
> *Mobile 082 425 1454*
> *Landline 021 448 0021*
> *Fax 0866 995510*
>
>


-- 
*David Robert Lewis*
*PO BOX 4398*
*Cape Town*
*8000*
*South Africa*
*
*
*Mobile 082 425 1454*
*Landline 021 448 0021*
*Fax 0866 995510*
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