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rehabilitation and recovery of equitable individual and public health services, and that this task
is best undertaken if there are clear synergies between preparedness and response,

Recognising that improvement of social and economic circumstances of the most
disadvantaged countries is a preventive action that reduces the risk of crises and disasters and
their consequences,

Noting the major issue that entails deploying systems in low-income areas, since it is
difficult to guarantee the use of ICT systems in low resource areas despite the tremendous

benefits of these systems making it the single greatest challenge in designing a computing
infrastructure for rural health informatics,

Acknowledging that the inadequacy or lack of qualified technical support teams

presents a problem in such demographics, as well as the lack of consistent and affordable
electricity, affect the vast majority of rural-based health centers; that where power is available,
it is mainly unreliable and unstable; that extending power gross to such demographics may

take decades based on the number of human resources, and revenue needed; and that, with
such issues, providing free and effective healthcare remains difficult,

1. Calls for the establishment of an international fund to promote the use of ICTs to provide

high quality, appropriate and accessible health care in remote and low-resource
areas, to be financed by a group of States designated annually by WHO, the
contribution of each of which will be calculated on the basis of the country's population

and wealth (as for the contribution to WHO), in order to:
a. Provide a wider range of services to patients whose access is restricted either
by lack of resources or by geographical remoteness,

b. Provide public health education and emergency care advice,
c. Introduce telemedicine linking health professionals with patients even at a
distance;

2. Proposes a health risk awareness and prevention program for populations living in low-
resource or remote areas by:
a. Relying on the support provided by advanced technologies,

b. Creating prevention and awareness days in schools and public places in order
to avoid the mistrust of the populations towards these technologies;

3. Urges member States to:
a. Support private companies in efforts to contribute to the spread of ICTs,
including:

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