HealthNet Uganda
Keisha Phipps, Genevieve Sangudi, and Steve Woolway. Digital Dividend Business Case Study, August 2003.

Afrique Initiatives, Senegal
Luis Castro and Sharon K. Smith. Digital Dividend Business Case Study, August 2003.

Voxiva, Peru
Cynthia Casas and William Lajoie. University of Michigan Business Case Study, December 2003. Reproduced with permission. © University of Michigan Business School, 2003

Lessons from the Field: ICTs in Healthcare
Digital Dividend Analysis, March 2003.
The majority of the population in developing countries lives in rural areas, while the majority of the medical community exists in the cities. In India, for example, 80% of the population is served by only 20% of doctors. This leaves nearly 11% of the world's population that resides in the rural India without access to high quality healthcare. Knowledge transfer to these areas has traditionally been difficult to achieve. ICTs, however, are increasingly being used to facilitate two-way information exchange in healthcare, providing isolated communities with access to the latest health information and treatment and informing officials of rural public health issues.