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Applying bridges framework to investigate challenges to the adoption of mHealth in Burundi 应用桥梁框架调查布隆迪采用移动医疗面临的挑战
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530705
P. Ndayizigamiye, M. Maharaj
Mobile health (or mHealth) describes the utilisation of wireless mobile communications devices in public and private healthcare. These include, but are not limited to, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants, and patient monitoring devices. A number of researchers recognize the potential of mHealth capabilities to address healthcare issues within developing countries. Although the outcomes of mHealth interventions have generally been assessed as positive, there is a need for designing mHealth interventions that are specifically tailored to the context of individual countries. This paper investigates ICT use within the Burundian Health sector with specific emphasis on mHealth adoption. Using Bridges' Real Access / Real Impact framework for ICT in development [2], this paper explores the challenges impeding the adoption of mHealth in Burundi. Findings reveal that mHealth is not currently in use in the public health care sector, except for recent pilot projects which are still to be evaluated. In addition, there are access, technology and organisational challenges that need to be addressed for mHealth adoption to become a reality. A multistakeholder approach is adopted to address these issues.
移动医疗(或mHealth)描述了无线移动通信设备在公共和私人医疗保健中的应用。这些包括但不限于移动电话、个人数字助理和患者监护设备。许多研究人员认识到移动医疗在解决发展中国家医疗保健问题方面的潜力。虽然移动医疗干预措施的结果通常被评估为积极的,但仍有必要设计针对个别国家具体情况的移动医疗干预措施。本文调查信息通信技术在布隆迪卫生部门的使用,特别强调移动医疗的采用。使用Bridges的ICT发展的真实访问/实际影响框架[2],本文探讨了阻碍布隆迪采用移动医疗的挑战。调查结果显示,移动医疗目前尚未在公共卫生保健部门使用,除了最近的试点项目,这些项目仍有待评估。此外,要使移动医疗成为现实,还需要解决接入、技术和组织方面的挑战。采取了多利益攸关方方法来解决这些问题。
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引用次数: 3
Towards corporate governance of ICT in local government 面向地方政府信息通信技术公司治理
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530582
P. Delport, Rossouw von Solms, M. Gerber
One of the main objectives of local government is the effective delivery of services. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a major role in this regard. Various best practices and standards indicate the importance of corporate governance of ICT across all types of sectors. According to the Auditor General, in the South African context, there exists a definite lack in implementing corporate governance of ICT. Due to the complexity of the current corporate governance of ICT structure, local government is challenged with implementing sound corporate governance of ICT. Through the extensive use of a literature survey and semi-structured interviews, an architecture is proposed to address this issue of complexity. This architecture can aid local government in the corporate governance of ICT. This not only applies to South Africa, but also possibly to the rest of Africa.
地方政府的主要目标之一是有效地提供服务。信息和通信技术(ICT)在这方面发挥着重要作用。各种最佳做法和标准表明信息通信技术公司治理在所有类型部门的重要性。据审计长说,在南非的情况下,在执行信息和通信技术的公司治理方面存在明显的不足。由于当前信息通信技术公司治理结构的复杂性,地方政府实施良好的信息通信技术公司治理面临着挑战。通过广泛使用文献调查和半结构化访谈,提出了一个架构来解决这个复杂性问题。这种架构可以帮助地方政府进行信息通信技术的公司治理。这不仅适用于南非,也可能适用于非洲其他地区。
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引用次数: 7
A survey of anti-spam mechanisms and their usage from a Regional Internet Registry's perspective 从区域互联网注册管理机构的角度调查反垃圾邮件机制及其使用情况
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530604
A. Phokeer, Alain Aina
This paper specifically deals with the different policies and technical frameworks at a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) level in terms of anti-spam measures. It also exposes the issue of spam from an Internet registry perspective, as an important element of the Internet technical infrastructure. We found out that, an RIR itself is not mandated to fight spam but it maintains a registry that is of paramount importance for traceability of Internet Number Resources ownership information. The paper starts with describing the challenges faced by operators followed by the different sources of spam. It then exposes the different mechanisms deployed by RIRs but importantly, this paper shows how those mechanisms either technical or policy-oriented are mostly underutilised, although they are operational. The latter is achieved by taking AFRINIC, the African RIR as case study.
本文就区域互联网注册管理机构(RIR)层面的反垃圾邮件措施具体讨论了不同的政策和技术框架。它还从Internet注册中心的角度暴露了垃圾邮件问题,这是Internet技术基础设施的一个重要元素。我们发现,RIR本身并没有强制要求打击垃圾邮件,但它维护一个注册表,这对于Internet号码资源所有权信息的可追溯性至关重要。本文首先介绍了运营商面临的挑战,然后介绍了垃圾邮件的不同来源。然后,它揭示了rir部署的不同机制,但重要的是,本文显示了这些机制,无论是技术上的还是政策导向的,虽然它们是可操作的,但大多没有得到充分利用。后者是通过将AFRINIC作为案例研究来实现的。
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引用次数: 1
Towards an integrated framework for rural development in Kenya 为肯尼亚农村发展建立一个综合框架
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530641
Dorothy A. Rambim, Solomon O. Ogara, S. Liyala, F. Awuor
Information Communication Technology (ICT) is a powerful tool which can accelerate socio-economic development in developing nations. The growth of information is the main compelling reason for new cutting edge technologies through ICT to be assimilated in commerce and trade, health, education, governance, research and development in rural development. Regardless of the great advantages offered by ICT, rural areas still stagger in embracing ICT as a developmental tool. Major efforts are being made by major stakeholders: government institutions, international/local NGOs, private institutions, businesses foundations, developers to promote sustainable development in Kenya with little impact. This implies that despite the increase in the number of institutions rendering ICT services, none of these services are yet to reach a greater scale. Arguably, the key hindrances to progress are not only on access and enabling environment but also lack of cooperation from stakeholders. To address this challenge, there is need to achieve the scale and sustainability required by integrating the major stakeholders. Cooperation among stakeholders will address isolated investment and integrate information required by the consumers (beneficiaries) from diverse sources into a single information access point. An adoption of the proposed integrated framework will ensure collaboration among main stakeholders into meaningful partnerships.
信息通信技术(ICT)是促进发展中国家社会经济发展的有力工具。信息的增长是通过信息和通信技术吸收新的尖端技术用于商业和贸易、保健、教育、治理、农村发展方面的研究和发展的主要令人信服的原因。尽管信息通信技术提供了巨大的优势,但农村地区在接受信息通信技术作为发展工具方面仍然步履蹒跚。政府机构、国际/当地非政府组织、私人机构、商业基金会、开发商等主要利益相关者正在做出重大努力,以促进肯尼亚的可持续发展,但收效甚微。这意味着,尽管提供信息和通信技术服务的机构数量有所增加,但这些服务尚未达到更大的规模。可以说,取得进展的主要障碍不仅在于获取和有利的环境,还在于利益攸关方缺乏合作。为了应对这一挑战,需要通过整合主要利益相关者来实现所需的规模和可持续性。利益相关者之间的合作将解决孤立的投资问题,并将来自不同来源的消费者(受益人)所需的信息整合到一个单一的信息接入点。采用拟议的综合框架将确保主要利益攸关方之间的合作成为有意义的伙伴关系。
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引用次数: 1
Traceability systems in Swaziland and Namibia: Improving access to markets with digital information 斯威士兰和纳米比亚的可追溯系统:利用数字信息改善市场准入
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530661
T. Prinsloo, C. de Villiers
With traceability systems becoming increasingly important, Swaziland and Namibia invested heavily in traceability systems, and achieved sufficient meat traceability for them to be able to export to countries in Europe and other parts of the world. The projects now include communal farmers, farmers who were previously excluded from this initiative. Case studies and interviews with key role players confirmed that the projects are sustainable, and that communal farmers are benefitting, but that further research is required to determine the full scope of the benefits. Farmers still need to be better educated and more funds are needed to better the working conditions of the veterinary assistants in Swaziland. However, the projects are ensuring that people will have safe meat to eat, not only for now, but also in the future.
随着可追溯性系统变得越来越重要,斯威士兰和纳米比亚在可追溯性系统上投入了大量资金,并实现了足够的肉类可追溯性,使它们能够出口到欧洲和世界其他地区的国家。这些项目现在包括了以前被排除在这项计划之外的社区农民。案例研究和对关键角色参与者的访谈证实,这些项目是可持续的,社区农民正在受益,但需要进一步的研究来确定利益的全部范围。农民仍然需要接受更好的教育,需要更多的资金来改善斯威士兰兽医助理的工作条件。然而,这些项目正在确保人们不仅在现在,而且在未来都能吃到安全的肉类。
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引用次数: 1
ICT Readiness for Business Continuity in local government 信息通信技术为地方政府业务连续性做好准备
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530583
Ruan Koen, Rossouw von Solms, M. Gerber
Information and Communication Technology is a critical enabler for service delivery in local government. The importance of adequate business and ICT continuity should therefore not be understated. Effective ICT Readiness, as part of the wider Business Continuity system, enables ICT to be more resilient and able to recover should an incident or disaster occur. However, within South African local government, ICT continuity controls are found to be ineffective. This is an ongoing problem reported by the Auditor-General of South Africa. The objective of this paper is therefore to propose a model, based on literature and a design-oriented research approach, for the implementation and operation of ICT readiness in local government - applicable throughout the continent of Africa.
信息和通信技术是地方政府提供服务的关键推动者。因此,不应低估充分的业务和信息通信技术连续性的重要性。作为更广泛的业务连续性系统的一部分,有效的ICT准备使ICT更具弹性,并能够在发生事件或灾难时恢复。然而,在南非地方政府内部,人们发现ICT连续性控制是无效的。这是南非审计长报告的一个持续存在的问题。因此,本文的目标是提出一个基于文献和面向设计的研究方法的模型,用于在地方政府中实施和运行ICT准备工作——适用于整个非洲大陆。
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引用次数: 5
Management and use of health information in Malawi and Burkina Faso: The role of technology 马拉维和布基纳法索卫生信息的管理和使用:技术的作用
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530625
P. Chikumba, Stine Loft Ramussen
Many developing countries have adopted electronic health management information systems to support management of health service delivery. However, use of health information from HMIS is often challenged. Previous research point out that is essential that health information is not only collected, but also analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders for decision making - a process also referred to as a culture of information use or information behavior. This study explores how health information is currently managed in Malawi and Burkina Faso. Through a comparison of the current practices and the role of technology, the study confirms that information behavior is about more than technology in itself. Both countries have a rather strong and well-organized culture of information use, but only parts of it is supported by the current technology. Changes to the technology at hand and organizational roles that could improve the current information culture are discussed as well.
许多发展中国家采用了电子卫生管理信息系统来支持卫生服务提供的管理。然而,卫生管理信息系统的卫生信息的使用经常受到挑战。先前的研究指出,卫生信息不仅要收集,而且要分析并传播给相关利益攸关方以供决策,这一过程也被称为信息使用文化或信息行为。本研究探讨了马拉维和布基纳法索目前如何管理卫生信息。通过比较当前的实践和技术的作用,研究证实了信息行为不仅仅是技术本身。这两个国家都有相当强大和组织良好的信息使用文化,但目前的技术只支持其中的一部分。还讨论了可以改进当前信息文化的现有技术和组织角色的变化。
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引用次数: 6
Automating revenue collections in Kenya: A case of Kiambu County 肯尼亚税收自动化:以Kiambu县为例
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530621
Collins O Oduor, Joseph Sevilla, Tirus Wanyoike, N. Mutua
Revenue collection is an effective way in which governments can develop their economies. However, many developing countries like Kenya face challenges in their revenue collection. County governments in Kenya loses millions of Shillings through fraud and errors related to manual county revenue collection. The adoption of automated revenue collection systems by some county governments in Kenya has tremendously transformed revenue collection and improved service delivery. This study focused on ascertaining the impact of adopting automated revenue collection system and its effects on governance and service delivery in Kiambu County. The results of the study for the period of May-June 2014 showed an upsurge in revenue realization and granular visibility of county revenues and trends. There was an increase of 60% improvement in revenue collection within the first of the implementation of CountyPro system. The study also revealed that 74% of respondents were satisfied with the automated revenue collection. Finally the study revealed the need for further training on usage of CountyPro system in all areas to improve user acceptance. Political goodwill, appropriate change management and user acceptance are key to successful implementation of automated revenue collection in Counties.
税收是政府发展经济的有效途径。然而,像肯尼亚这样的许多发展中国家在税收方面面临挑战。肯尼亚的县政府由于人工征收税收的欺诈和错误而损失了数百万先令。肯尼亚一些县政府采用自动收税系统,极大地改变了收税方式,改善了服务提供。本研究的重点是确定采用自动化税收系统的影响及其对基安布县治理和服务提供的影响。2014年5月至6月期间的研究结果显示,收入实现和县级收入和趋势的细粒度可见性激增。在首次实施CountyPro系统后,税收收入提高了60%。该研究还显示,74%的受访者对自动收税感到满意。最后,研究表明需要在所有领域对CountyPro系统的使用进行进一步培训,以提高用户接受程度。政治善意、适当的变革管理和用户接受度是在各县成功实施自动收税的关键。
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Electronic proofs and electronic assessments in an educational context transferred to South African conditions 教育方面的电子证明和电子评估转移到南非条件
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530624
Melanie Platz, Miriam Krieger, E. Niehaus, Kathrin Winter
Reasoning skills form the basis for the proving of mathematical statements and relations themed in higher school grades in different contexts. It is important that students acquire or expand their reasoning skills as part of their teacher training in order to provide age appropriate reasoning skills to their pupils. The vision is to develop an open source e-proof system that supports learners in understanding of proof structures and teachers in the evaluation of proving tasks. Therefore, a first prototype for a diagnostic based exercise environment for automatically supported proving was developed for German conditions. In this paper, the pilot prototype of the e-proof system is presented and a first transfer to South African conditions is discussed.
推理技能是在不同背景下证明高中数学命题和数学关系的基础。重要的是,作为教师培训的一部分,学生获得或扩展他们的推理技能,以便为学生提供适合年龄的推理技能。愿景是开发一个开源的电子证明系统,支持学习者理解证明结构和教师评估证明任务。因此,针对德国的条件开发了第一个用于自动支持证明的基于诊断的运动环境原型。本文介绍了电子防护系统的试点原型,并讨论了首次转移到南非的情况。
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Barriers to electronic access and delivery of educational information in resource constrained public schools: A case of Greater Tubatse Municipality 资源有限的公立学校电子获取和教育信息传递的障碍:以大图巴塞市为例
Pub Date : 2016-05-11 DOI: 10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2016.7530626
T. Pholotho, J. Mtsweni
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are capable of expanding access to quality education, educational resources and provide teachers with new skills. Nevertheless, a majority of rural public schools have limited ICTs, mainly due to geographical landscape, lack of service delivery and poverty. As a result, they currently seem not to be adequately benefiting from current advancements in ICTs. The main objective of the research presented in this paper was to understand the challenges faced by resource constrained schools under the Greater Tubatse Municipality (GTM) in the Limpopo Province of South Africa regarding lack of access to electronic educational information. An exploratory case study approach was adopted to identify and understand the challenges faced by rural schools, including educational services and content considered by schools as relevant and useful. The results indicate that resource-constrained schools in the GTM are facing challenges of lack of access to electronic educational information and services, as the result teaching and learning becomes difficult.
信息通信技术(ict)能够扩大获得优质教育和教育资源的机会,并为教师提供新技能。然而,大多数农村公立学校的信息通信技术有限,主要是由于地理环境、缺乏服务提供和贫困。因此,他们目前似乎没有充分受益于当前信息通信技术的进步。本文研究的主要目的是了解南非林波波省大图巴塞市(GTM)资源有限的学校在缺乏电子教育信息方面面临的挑战。采用了一种探索性案例研究方法来确定和了解农村学校面临的挑战,包括学校认为相关和有用的教育服务和内容。结果表明,资源紧张的大湄公河流域学校面临着缺乏电子教育信息和服务的挑战,导致教学困难。
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