HEALTH TECHNOLOGY TASK GROUP
Appropriate Health Technologies and Training for Developing Countries
Medical Equipment Donations Assessment and Advisory
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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY TASK GROUP Appropriate Health Technologies and Training for Developing Countries
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Action Groups Barry Allen's recent investigation into the health services in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam led to calls for action on several fronts. We propose to set up Action Groups (AG) within the HTTTG to address each technical aspect. These Action groups would comprise a Chair, who would form the group, with the intent of reviewing commercially available equipment, evaluating whether such equipment is appropriate for the designated task, and if not, developing specifications and proposing new R&D that would satisfy the specifications. More... Memorandum of Understanding with the Vietnamese Association of Biomedical Science and Engineering (VABSE) On the occasion of the 2nd Biomedical Engineering Conference of VABSE in July 2007 (Hanoi), Joachim Nagel signed a memorandum of understanding between HTTTG and VABSE in which both parties agreed in principle on: establishing cooperation with the IUPESM Health Technology and Training Task Group and WHO to further improve Vietnamese Health Technology infrastructure, especially in rural areas, and HTTTG and VABSE organizing a Health Technology workshop in the second half of 2007 in order to coordinate international cooperation. Invited participants would be representatives of Medical Physics in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Vietnam Education Foundation (USA), the National Center for Technological Progress, the World Health Organization, the United Nations’ specialized industrial agency, mandated to promote industrial development and international industrial cooperation, UNIDO, the Delegation of the European Commission to Vietnam, the Commission for the Advancement of Healthcare Technology Management in Asia, CAHTMA, medical industry associations from the US, Europe and Asia, and the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency financing health technology projects in Vietnam (Hue Province). New guide on palliative care services for people living with advanced cancer 5 OCTOBER 2007 | GENEVA -- WHO today releases its first guide on planning palliative care services for people living with advanced stages of cancer. The guide, which is based on consultations with more than 70 leading cancer experts in the world, has identified highly effective low-cost public health models to care for terminally ill cancer patients, especially in developing countries. The new guide is aimed primarily at public health planners. It provides guidance on how to conduct a national situation analysis and response review, mapping the burden of cancers in advanced stages against palliative care services available, and recommending plans for low-cost public health models to close any gaps. |
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