GNU Solidario on the News / GNU Solidario en la Prensa

08 Monday Mar 2010

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by Luis Falcon

(versión en español al final)

Dear all
Let me share two articles from the local spanish newspaper “Canarias 7”. They talk about IWEEE, an interview to Dr Agudelo and the project GNU Solidario.
You can download them from the following links :
Hope you like them !

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Queridos amigos
He publicado dos artículos del períodico español “Canarias 7” que hablan sobre el proyecto GNU Solidario, IWEEE y una entrevista al Dr. Bernardo Agudelo.
Espero que les guste !

Impressions from IWEEE 2010

18 Thursday Feb 2010

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The first International Workshop on e-Health for Emerging Economies – IWEEE 2010 – has been a success.
In these three days, we have had the oportunity to learn the reality from personalities coming all different parts the world: Uganda, Canada, Belgium, United States, Rwanda, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Germany and Switzerland.
We heard Ans de Jager (War Child) talking about the need of energy for the kids in Northern Uganda; Carlos Travieso (ULPGC) using biometrics to identify aborigins in Costa Rica for Medical purposes; Pedro Herranz (Caritas) explaining the huge gap among the “North and the South”; Dr Caminero discussing the links between poberty and tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS; Cesar Brod and Corinto Meffe (Brazilian Government) talked about how free software is being used in the public sector. Dr. Moses Isyagi explained how they’ve been doing telepathology in rural areas of Uganda. Dr Carmen Martín (Red Cross) talked about the efforts being made to help the elderly and the people with special needs. 

On the technical side, Mark Höller and Thomas Karopka (German IT Center) talked about adapting Medical for Nursing and the need for convergence. Norman Young (Clear Canvas) showed us a demo how open source is working in the field of Radiology. Raúl Zambrano (United Nations) talked about the rol of the United Nations Development Program and the importance of free software as a public good. Rayco and Alfonso García (ULPGC – OSL) talked about the COREi project. We had the visit of Dr. Bernardo Agudelo and Juan José Vélez, from the University of Antioquía, Colombia, who demo the use of free software in a red-code protocol. Dr. Etienne Saliez explain the need of having a working group that include multi-disciplinary team of doctors and scientists. 

Finally I talked about our NGO, GNU Solidario, and the Medical project in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

The slogan for this congress was “The Human Factor”, a key concept missing from many of other e-Health events. IWEEE 2010 has been focused on the human factor, considering that health is a human right, and that all the contributing factors – education, access to technology, employment, nutrition, family affection, energy, peace, … – must be also met in order to have healthy individuals and societies. The round table discussion among the multi-disciplinary representatives (NGOs, government, church and UN) gave all the participants the opportunity not only to expose their realities, but to discuss possible solutions to the most urgent needs.
Organizing an event like IWEEE is a great challenge, and, even though we had been working non-stop for a year there where high expectations that we had to deliver. Finally, I must say that those expectations have been met, and that we have been asked to organize IWEEE 2011, again in Canary Islands, which we have already started to do. My gratitude to Fundación La Caixa, the University of Las Palmas (specially to Fernando Real ), Consejería de Sanidad (who provided the Hospital Auditorium) , Colegio de Médicos de Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Turism and Innovation Bureau, Cabildo de Gran Canaria ( specially to Carmelo Ramírez ) and to Juan Montero from UNESCO. 

My gratitude goes to all of you who have participated and donated your time, experience and knowledge, putting them in the hands who need it most. I’m looking forward to seeing you again in IWEEE 2011.

Richard Stallman at IWEEE 2010

26 Tuesday Jan 2010

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GNU Solidario is very happy to announce that Mr. Stallman will be at IWEEE 2010.

Richard Stallman, is an American software freedom activist, and computer programmer. In September 1983, he launched the GNU Project to create a free Unix-like operating system, and has been the project’s lead architect and organizer. With the launch of the GNU Project, he initiated the free software movement and, in October 1985, set up the Free Software Foundation.

Stallman pioneered the concept of copyleft and is the main author of several copyleft licenses including the GNU General Public License, the most widely used free software license. Since the mid-1990s, Stallman has spent most of his time advocating for free software, as well as campaigning against both software patents and what he sees as excessive extension of copyright laws. Stallman has also developed a number of pieces of widely-used software, including the original Emacs, the GNU Compiler Collection, and the GNU Debugger. He co-founded the League for Programming Freedom in 1989

For more info: www.iweee.org

GNU Solidario y IWEEE 2010

26 Tuesday Jan 2010

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GNU Solidario està organizando IWEEE 2010.

El Congreso se celebrarà en el auditorio del Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrìn.

IWEEE reúne a un equipo multidisciplinario que representa a las ONGs, Academia, Gobierno, Iglesia e Industria, con el fin de compartir sus experiencias e intentar mejorar las vidas de millones de seres humanos en los países en vías de desarrollo.

IWEEE no es una conferencia técnica. Se centra en el factor humano y en crear conciencia de la situación real en la que viven tantos niños. Hablaremos de las herramientas que podemos proporcionar al día de hoy a los doctores e instituciones para mejorar la salud y educación de sus habitantes.

La conferencia promueve el uso del Software Libre como uno de los pilares principales para crear un entorno sostenible en e-salud y educación en los países en vía de desarrollo.

Para mayor informacion sobre el evento: www.iweee.org

Para mayor informacion sobre los ponentes: www.iweee.org/es/2010/speakers.html

Biomed chooses Thymbra to implement OpenERP

07 Monday Dec 2009

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Biomed Brokers, a company specialized in medical and laboratory equipment, has chosen Thymbra as their partner fot the OpenERP implementation.

The implementation consist in the migration of their current data to OpenERP, using all the functionality ( sales, purchase, stock, accounting, MRP, … ).

Biomed will be using Thymbra hosting facilities and the SaaS services, so they won’t have to worry about the administration or maintenance of their OpenERP infraestructure and hardware.

Proyecto Medical – GNU Solidario en Linux Magazine

07 Monday Dec 2009

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Es una gran alegría el poder compartir con ustedes el artículo de la prestigiosa revista Linux Magazine que saldrá el próximo mes de enero, la cual posiciona a Medical como un ejemplo de sistemas de software libre que ayudan a la comunidad.

Medical es un proyecto enmarcado en GNU Solidario, que tiene el objetivo de proveer salud y educación a los más necesitados.

Agradezco a todos los que colaboran con nuestro proyecto (universidades, bioquímicos, doctores, informáticos, agentes sociales, … ) desde distintos lugares del mundo, que hoy permiten que países como Nigeria tengan un sistema centralizado de gestión hospitalaria y de información de Salud, el cual mejorará la calidad de vida de sus habitantes.

Medical es un proyecto muy joven, pero en este año ya tenemos la base, el equipo y el reconocimiento de la comunidad con distintos premios.

Los animo a seguir participando y siendo parte de GNU Solidario y del proyecto Medical. En este próximo año 2010, hay una multitud de proyectos que involucran a Medical, los que dignificarán la vida de las poblaciones más necesitadas.

Finalmente, aprovecho para invitarlos a la conferencia IWEEE 2010, que tendrá lugar en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, en febrero, a la que asistirán representantes de las Naciones Unidas, OMS, FSF, entre otros.

Para más información pueden visitar los siguientes enlaces :

http://www.iweee.org
http://gnusolidario.org
http://medical.sourceforge.net/es/

Artículo original : http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/110/094-095_projects.pdf

Un abrazo

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Luis Falcón

Thymbra becomes an ISfTeH’s member!

23 Monday Nov 2009

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We are very happy and proud to announce that Thymbra is a new member of the ISfTeH

The International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH) exists to facilitate the international dissemination of knowledge and experience in Telemedicine and eHealth and to provide access to recognized experts in the field worldwide.
The ISfTeH is the international federation of national associations who represent their country’s Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders.

The ISfTeH is also open to additional associations, institutions, companies and individuals with a keen interest in the subject of Telemedicine and eHealth, or with activities that are relevant to this field.The ISfTeH fosters the sharing of knowledge and experiences across organizations and across borders and aims to promote the widespread use of ICT tools and solutions in health and social care.

In 2008, the ISfTeH was also awarded the status of “NGO in Official Relations with the World Health Organization”, making it an international reference in Telemedicine and eHealth for health policy makers from around the world.

Through its national member associations and through courses and conferences, the ISfTeH does participate in the establishment of eHealth training and implementation plans, and provides guidance, assistance and education where needed.

More info at: www.thymbra.com

Nuestra misión!

11 Wednesday Nov 2009

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Estamos muy contentos de poder llegar a todos ustedes a través de este Blog!

Lo que quisiéramos conseguir, es hacerles llegar todas las novedades sobre los proyectos de Gnu Solidario y las ideas para los nuevos desafíos.

Durante estos años hemos estado involucrados en proyectos humanitarios de distinta naturaleza que tenían un común denominador : GNU/Linux .

Este portal centraliza todos los proyectos sin fines de lucro que hemos o estamos realizando. También queremos llamar la atención de gobiernos y organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONGs) a que se involucren con el código libre.

Tenemos la sólida convicción que el Software Libre, que no ata al usuario con licencias restrictivas, marca la diferencia en el éxito de los proyectos.

Nuestros puntos de interés son :

* Salud
* Educación

Educación y Salud son los pilares para el desarrollo y dignidad de los pueblos.

Nos centramos en países en vías de desarrollo, áreas rurales y zonas carenciadas de las urbes.

Para mayor información: www.gnusolidario.org

GNU Solidario con los Wichis de Formosa

11 Wednesday Nov 2009

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Continuando con su labor solidaria, Thymbra, a través del proyecto GNU SOLIDARIO ha cumplido con la promesa de enviar un cargamento humanitario (ropa, alimentos, juguetes, útiles escolares y zapatos ) a los miembros de la comunidad Wichi en Formosa, Argentina.

Como suelo comentar en las presentaciones de GNU Solidario , la salud es un estado de completo bienestar físico, mental y social, y no sólo la ausencia de enfermedad.

Tal como en el caso de las escuelas de Santiago del Estero, con este acto solidario hemos dado un gran paso hacia la salud de estos pueblos aborígenes. Es nuestro deseo, continuar con esta tarea , brindándole educación e inclusión digital in-situ, para que esos niños puedan ser auto suficientes y mejorar su calidad de vida.
Gracias a la colaboración de familiares y amigos de quienes formamos parte de Thymbra, hemos cumplido con nuestra misión solidaria y hemos enviado cinco cajas de alimentos, diez cajas de ropa, una caja de zapatos y una caja de juguetes y útiles escolares a los habitantes de Ingeniero Juárez, en Formosa.
Los dejo con las palabras de Cesáreo García, portavoz de la comunidad Wichi en Ingeniero Juárez, Formosa.
“Retiramos a las cinco de la tarde y no sabes cuanto lo agradecemos a ustedes por una mano que nos tienden desde tan lejos, sinceramente les agradecemos mucho, en nombre de todos nosotros, un gran abrazo“
Estamos muy agradecidos a todos los que brindaron su apoyo y colaboraron con esta causa.
  • Familia Nuñez de La Vía
  • Hernán Gouchanian
  • Guillermo Martinez y Laura Martinez
  • Sergio Picone
  • Gustavo Vazquez
  • Alejandro Espinillo
  • Julieta Catalano
  • Silvana Herrera
  • Familia Souto
  • Familia Falcón Cordara
  • Familia Baeza
  • Nadia Ponce
  • Inés Salvi
  • Susana Cantalejo
En lo personal, quiero agradecer a Alejandro Baeza por el excelente trabajo que ha hecho en establecer la relación con la comunidad Wichi y llevar este proyecto adelante.

Gracias a todos !

Luis Falcón
http://gnusolidario.org

Richard Stallman and Medical at IWEEE 2010

30 Friday Oct 2009

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We are very happy to have Richard Stallman at IWEEE 2010, the International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies.

Richard will be at the same event where we will presenting Medical, the Universal Hospital and Health Information System. IWEEE brings together the main stakeholders (NGOs, Church, Academy, Multilateral organizations, Government and Industry ) to discuss the situation in developing countries and come to possible solutions. We will be promoting free software (like Medical ) to make a change in the lives of the people, doctors and institutions in emerging economies.

No doubt that Richard Stallman is one of the most important and influential people in the history of Free Software. He has developed tools that we’ve been using for decades, such as the excellent GCC ( GNU Compiler Collection , at the beginning, the GNU C Compiler).

But Richard Stallman is way more than that. He created the GNU Operating System, that together with the Linux kernel is in all GNU/Linux variants ; he created the GPL license, and most importantly, he has been figthing for decades for free software, making it a reality today, when not that long ago it was utopia.

There is no doubt on my mind that Richard Stallman will be a key player to help us who are working to introduce the free software philosophy  to the healthcare industry. Health MUST be universal, and so should be the software that takes care of the patients. Free software in healthcare is a right that every doctor, hospital and patient should have access.

We are looking forward to sharing with Richard his experiences, views and opinions on how to keep introducing Free Software in the healthcare and schools in the developing world.

More info at : http://www.iweee.org

Luis Falcón
GNU Solidario Project