The World Health Organization (WHO) Health Academy

In collaboration with Cisco Systems, the WHO’s The Health Academy is a novel approach to improve health through information technology. It will provide the general public with health information and knowledge required for preventing diseases and following healthier lifestyles. The mission of the Health Academy is to demystify medical and public health practices and to make the knowledge of health specialists available to all citizens of the world through internet-based technology. It will promote good health by explaining essential public health functions in a language that all people can understand, taking into consideration their individual cultural sensitivities.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2003/pr92/en/

International implementation

Ongoing from to 

WHO Geneva Foundation for Diseases of the Tropics The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development The ITU through the ITU-D e-Health activities is also partnering with the Health Academy Program

* The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
* Access to information and knowledge
* Capacity building
* Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
* Enabling environment
* ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
* Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
* Media
* Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
* International and regional cooperation

• Eradicate poverty and hunger
• Promote gender equality & empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
• Develop a global partnership for development

• Programme

The project is being considered as contributing to the objectives of the ITU Connect the World initiative? No