Adesina Iluyemi
About Adesina Iluyemi
A dentist by training and has been involved with the use and application of technology in healthcare system of Africa, especially in the use of mobile/wireless telecommunications and ICTs in health systems of Africa for the past five years running. I am presently undergoing a PhD research degree programme at the University of Portsmouth, exploring policy and change management issues in the implementation and use of ICTs/telecommunications for enabling health services delivery and development in Africa. Areas of focus are appropriate technology/telecommunication choice, design and diffusion, sustainable/BOP business models, low-cost products and services and users and organizational adoption trends. This, a follow-up on my previous master and first degree theses, which were based on the use of information telecommunication technologies within health systems of developing countries.
I am a member of the NEPAD Council, involved in promoting investments and policy development in the use of information and telecommunication technologies for economic development in Africa. Also, chair the Global Health Commission of NEPAD Council, where a focus is eHealth in Africa.
As part of my research and development work, he has been involved with as an Observer to International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Q14 eHealth Working Group and a Member of European Technology Platform eMobility Application Working Group and of Mobile Government Consortium International. I am also a full member of the Association for Healthcare Technology and Management and International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth. I am also an invited expert to the W3C Mobile Web for Development. His postgraduate academic background involves public health and health policy in dental care with a Diploma in Dental Public Health from the Royal College of Surgeons, England. Also a Young Fellow of The Royal Society of Medicine. A business management diploma holder from the Chartered Management Institute, England. I have attended, published and presented in various national and international conferences on these topics.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
Organization
- University of Portsmouth
Language(s)
- English
Recent Contributions
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Adesina Iluyemi replied to "Laptops and CHWs" in the Health IT community.
This effort is laudable. I have made a case for this with OLPC Foundation Health Group mailing list last year. Melissa Ho, from TIER California reported on her blog piloting EeePC with some health workers in Uganda with some success and cautions- http://www.ictdchick.com/blog/2009/01/23/ubuntu-ifying-the-eeepcs-netbook-mania-part-ii/
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Adesina Iluyemi replied to "An ideal computer for a rural health facility" in the Health IT community.
Hi Vinay, Yes, the keyboard is small but this should be seen as a compromise between a relative bigger screen to mobile phones and PDAs already widely used by health workers for informatgion access and data collection in numerous developing countries. Also, this laptop-OLPC and its commercial clones such as Asus Eee PC are going for a cost similar to that of PDAs and medium range mobile phones.
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Adesina Iluyemi replied to "An ideal computer for a rural health facility" in the Health IT community.
Yes, I am familiar with OLPC for health and I am a member of the online community. Have handled these laptops before and found them potential tools for health workers in developing countries. I am trying to initiate pilots with health workers in Africa. But will need some help in pulling this off. Adesina
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Adesina Iluyemi started a discussion "Helina (Health Informatics in Africa) 2009" in the Health IT community.
Dear All, This is a call for paper for the Health Informatics in Africa conference 2009 (HELINA 2009) coming up from 16th-18th April at Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire *REMINDER* 6th HEALTH INFORMATICS IN AFRICA CONFERENCE (HELINA 2009) Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire THEME: *Information and Communications Technology in Health Information Systems of African Countries From April 16th to 18th 2009 More information: Helina 2009 by following this link: http://www.sibim.net/helina/ Rappel: 6è CONFERENCE PANAFRICAINE D'INFORMATIQUE MEDICALE HELINA 2009) Abidjan, ...
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