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GNU Health: Winner Premios PortalProgramas 2014

30 Thursday Oct 2014

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GNU Health won the Award of Premios PortalProgramas 2014 in the category of Most Revolutionary Free Software.
We want to thank Premios PortalProgramas and everyone who voted for GNU Health. 
 

1st place
GNU Health

“GNU Health had already won in this category in the 2012 edition of Premios PortalProgramas, and we must admit that this is a huge project that brings together all the true values ​​of Free Software. We’re pleased to see that this project is still alive, growing and has a very bright future”.  

The winners of this year:

http://www.portalprogramas.com/milbits/informatica/ganadores-6-edicion-premios-portalprogramas-software-libre-2014.html

GNU Solidario new partner

17 Friday Oct 2014

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From GNU Solidario we would like to thank Sílex Sistemas for joining us in our GNU Health project !

“…Our commitment with the social contract of GNU Solidario also represents to us a recognition that software is much more than a business, but it is also a tool to guarantee the basic rights and the access to development and well being to mankind. Finally, it is a proof that it is possible to be ethical and to do good business.” Roberto Vasconcelos Novaes – Sílex Sistemas –

GNU Health version 2.6 released

07 Monday Jul 2014

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Dear GNU Health community

After 6 months of work, we are very happy to announce GNU Health 2.6 series. This version improves the navigation, security and data integrity (health_crypto) and audit. It has also been designed to be used in distributed environments, such a network of public hospitals in a province or country.

Here is a partial list of the new features :

* Tryton 3.2 compatibility
* Universal Person Unique Identifier (PUID)
* Additional / alternative identification codes are now stored in
  the person (party) model.
* Crypto module (Document Digest, validation, digital
  signing/verification )
* Crypto tryton plugin (included in the backend directory of the
  tarball)
* Revision of models for Distributed deployments
* Health Archives module
* New Institution model
* Revised health specialties and disease groups
* Remove extra submenus, for usability.
* Revised medication model
* Improved Obstetrics module (eg, automatic obstetric GPA calculation)
* New shortcuts from the Patient and Institution Model.
* Improved Genetics module
* Revised Neonatolgy functionality. Newborn is assigned a PUID at birth
* New directory for custom modules
* Centralized Authentication / LDAP integration
* Audit trails from the client (thanks Tryton 3.2)
* Improved installation script (covers GNU/Linux distros and FreeBSD)
* Of course, upgrade path is included.

There are many other improvements and bug fixes that have not been included in this summary document. You can read the Changelog for a detailed description of all the activity.

** Installation :
—————-
If you are installing GNU Health as the first time, follow the instructions in https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_Health/Installation

Note : The gnuhealth_install script tries to do a local installation, including the required Python packages. This version updates the python packages to one of the latest stable releases. If you are coming from a dedicated server for GNU Health, and used the official installation script, you should be OK. If you installed packages in a system-wide manner, then you would need to uninstall them before the update, otherwise the installation script won’t be able to upgrade them.

** Existing Installations : Upgrade procedure :
——————————

If you already have a GNU Health system in your health center, you should upgrade it to 2.6.0 . As always, the upgrade path is included in GNU Health.  The upgrade for version 2.6.0 is straight forward :

Follow the Upgrade Instructions in the Wikibook
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GNU_Health/Upgrade

** Official Languages.
———————–
GNU Health now includes English, Chinese, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and  Spanish, as the official languages. The language packs of the official languages are included in the GNU Health package, with all the modules, so there is no need to download.

There are over 85 GNU Health language teams in Transifex. If you are a language maintainer and want to include your language for the next stable release, please send us a mail to health@gnusolidario.org .

Thanks !
——–

 A big thank you to my colleagues from GNU Health community; GNU Solidario; Thymbra and Tryton, and to the Free Software movement.

Enjoy the new version and report any bug / issues / improvements to
health@gnu.org !

PS: In the coming days we’ll be updating the Wikibook, so it reflects the new features of this version

Best,

—
Luis Falcon
GNU Health : Freedom and Equity in Healthcare
http://health.gnu.org
@gnuhealth

Speakers’ Program IWEEE 2014

30 Wednesday Apr 2014

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CATAI, Cruz Roja, ehealth. esalud. education, floss, GNU Health, GNU solidario, goverments, IMIA, IWEEE2014, MDG6, Medical Devices, Public Health, Salud Pública, social determinants, Social Medicine, UNESCO

Dr. José A. Caminero

Dr. Caminero is a pulmonologist with 25 years of experience working in the area of tuberculosis. In the past 23 years he has worked in the Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital of Gran Canaria ” Dr. Negrin ” (Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain ). Since 1995 he has worked at the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union, Paris, France) and since 2003 he is the unit coordinator of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR -TB) for this organization. Dr. Caminero is a member of the Green Light Committee (World Health Organization ) since 2002. Between 1994 and 1998 he was the chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR ).Dr. Caminero has worked in various areas of TB (including HIV) in more than 50 developing countries, including Latin America and others like China, India, Philippines, Pakistan, Egypt, Syria, Namibia and South Africa, among others. Since 1996 he has taught many courses on TB worldwide (in English and Spanish), with emphasis on clinical management. He has published over 150 articles, and more than 50 publications in English. He has edited the guide to tuberculosis specialists (La Union, 2004) and four other books associated with tuberculosis. Dr. José A. Caminero has given more than 300 lectures at international conferences, and has received numerous awards in various scientific societies.



Dr. Olga Ferrer-Roca

MD. PhD. Born in Barcelona, studied Medicine in the Central University of Barcelona from 1966-1972 with Honors. Got the PhD with “Cariotyping and tissue culture of tumors” in 1974 with Honors. Specialized in Pathology in 1974 being trained in Paris, Milwakee-USA and London. Working as pathologist in the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona since 1972 got the Assistance Professorship in Pathology in 1974 and the Chair of Pathology of the University of La Laguna in 1982 […]Founded the CATAI association in 1993, being the president since then. Got the UNESCO Chair of Telemedicine in 1999 for the University of La Laguna. Since 1996 train on Telemedicine the students of medicine and Computer Science, creating the European Master of Telemedicine and Bioengineering applied to Telemedicine in 2004, at distance […]



Mr. Sebastián Lucas Marró

Mr. Marró is an IT Specialist and ERPs consultant. Member of GNU Solidario and Board member of the Tryton Foundation. He is an active member of the Argentinian Tryton Group. He actively contributes to the development of the Tryton Localization in Argentina. He currently holds the position of Director of Technology at Thymbra, where he cooperates with the GNU Health Project. He has been working and promoting the development of Free Software. He has given lectures and training about Tryton, GNU Health and Free Software in Latin America and Europe.



Dr. Luis Falcón

Dr. Falcón (Las Palmas, Spain) holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the California State University (USA) and in Medicine from IUCS, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Luis is a social, animal rights and Free/Libre Software activist. In 2006 he founded GNU Solidario, a nonprofit organization that delivers Education and Health to developing countries with Free Software. He is the author of GNU Health (http://health.gnu.org), the award-winning Free/Libre Health and Hospital Information System. He is the founder and CEO of Thymbra, a company with focus on ERP and Health Informatics.



Mr. Thomas Karopka 

Mr. Karopka has over 20 years working experience in the area of information and communication technologies. After working for 10 years in industry, he moved to academi where he worked for 5 years in the area of bioinformatics. In 2007 he became head of the eHealth department of the IT Science Center Rügen gGmbH, an institute of applied research in Germany. Since August 2011 he works for BioCon Valley GmbH a cluster management organisation for healthcare and biotechnology in Germany. He is currently chair of the Libre/Free Open Source Software Working Group of the European Federation of Medical Informatics (EFMI LIFOSS WG) and chair of the International Medical Informatics Open Source Working Group (IMIA OS WG). He is a member of the German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiologyand the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth.



Dr. Richard Fitton

Dr. Fitton, qualified as a doctor at Guy’s Hospital, London SE1 1974 and at present is a locum General Practitioner at Tameside and Glossop CCG. He has done an Electronic Record Development and Implementation Pilot project 2001, was a member of the Department of Health “copying letters to patients” working group 2004 and of the Member National Care record Development Board 2004 to 2005. He was a member of the Wellcome Trust working group on the secondary use of GP data for research 2006, a member of the GMC production team of the first guidance on sharing records with patients and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Department of Health Working group on patients accessing their records – in 2012. Engagement with Wellmed record USA in 1999 to 2001, the International Council of Medical compunetics conferences in 2006, 2007, 2008 and had consultations with the UNESCO moderator and ex secretary of the UNESCO working group on the use of human genetic data in 2008. He has presented at the WHO FIC Trieste 2007 and at the International Conferences on Urban Health Nairobi, New York and Manchester. He conducted the Joy Project 2003: 50 patients correcting their own record. Patients correcting records after the Shipman murders 2005 Tameside and Glossop PCT.



Dr. Alejandro José Sánchez Camejo

Dr. Sánchez Camejo is a surgeon from the University of Zulia (L.U.Z.). Faculty of Medicine. He has a Training residency in health care at University Hospital “Dr. Adolfo D´Empaire” surgical Department (2002-2005). Informédica Group. Applied Telemedicine course. February 2004. Miami – FL. USA. Final project: Teledismorphology. Applied to Telemedicine in diagnosing congenital malformations. he has a Master in Esthetic Medicine. Medical Aspects and Interventionists form the Balearics University. Palma de Mallorca, February 2007-2008. He has been giving multiple courses and workshops at national and international level, not only in the health care residence but also in the esthetic medicine specialization. He has published multiple publications on international magazines, as well as, participation at congresses as speaker at national and international level. He has excellent computer science skills on medical area. Venezuela Telemedicine group Founder (2005) at University Hospital Dr. Adolfo D’Empaire. University of Zulia. Cabimas (Venezuela). Member of the Spanish Esthetics Society (SEME). Member of the Official College of Doctors’ from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.



Dr. Alberto Lazzero

Dr. Lazzero is an Emergency Physician at West Turin Hospital Federation – Local Health Unit TO 3, United Hospitals of Pinerolo (Turin Area). He is Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Turin, Faculty of Medicine “San Luigi”, School of Nursing. He is also Professor of Emergency Care in Telemedicine and Telepharmacy in an International Master on eHealth at University of Camerino, Faculty of Pharmacy. University education: Degree in Medicine and Surgery, magna cum laude (Turin, Italy). Specialization in Endocrinology, with special interest for critical patients, magna cum laude (Turin, Italy). University Diploma in Chronobiology (Paris, France). University Diploma in Emergency Medicine (Nice, France). Master of Science in eHealth, magna cum laude (Camerino, Italy). He is member of several scientific societies including the Federazione delle Associazioni dei Dirigenti Medici Internisti (FADOI), the Società Italiana di Medicina d’Emergenza e Urgenza (SIMEU) and the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH). In 2010 founded ZOHE – E-Health Open Zone, a no-profit association that aims to promote health care through knowledge, research and innovation, trying to combine sustainability, health and people with a special interest for emerging economies.

Mr. Musa Suso

Mr. Suso is from Gambia and started working for Ministry of Health & Social Welfare in Gambia in 2004 . After the Health record Management training at Royal Vitoria Teaching Hospital he was posted to Farafenni Regional Health Team in the rural Gambia and also oversea the Farafenni Hospital as Regional Dater Entry Clerk. In 2005 after the Data Management training course with ICM London, he was promoted as a Senior Data Entry and again posted to Bansang Hopital in rural Gambia. After his BSc in Computer Science at the University Of The Gambia full sponsored by Ministry of Health and he was promoted as a Data Manager in the central Health Information System office and in June 2013  he was promoted again as an ICT office for the Ministry of Health.



Dr. Shinji Kobayashi

Dr. Kobayashi was born in 1970 Saga. He graduated from the graduate school of Kyushu university with MD, PhD. His research area is Open Source Software in medicine and Ruby implementation of the openEHR standards. He has been a lead of Medical Open Source Software Council in Japan from 2003.



 

Mr. Jorge Raul Valera de Fez

Mr. Valera de Fez Has a degree in Sociology and Social Sciences (Spain, 2002). AMaster inScience of Labour and Education (France, 2005)and he has a Training as a Specialist inInternational Marketing (Spain, 2008). Jorge has been working and applying his knowledge in various companies, until hebegan his work with the Red Cross. He currently holds the position of Referrer Regional Volunteer, in charge of coordination and management of volunteers in the four counties of the island of Gran Canaria (Spain).



Dr. Claudia Pagliari

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Convenor, eHealth Interdisciplinary Research Group; Programme Director MSc in Global eHealth, The University of Edinburgh. Dr Pagliari is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in the study, design and evaluation of eHealth. This includes studies of remote patient monitoring, mHealth, online interventions, virtual robots, personal health records, social media, and digital health in low income countries, as well as research on the ethics and public acceptability of (big) data mining and linkage. She also leads masters programmes in Health Informatics, Health Information Governance and Global eHealth, supervises PhD students and sits on several UK and international advisory boards in the area.

Psic. Tais Pérez

Health psychologist specialized in nephrology (psychonephrology). MA in Clinical Practice in Mental Health, MA in Behavioral and Health Science Methodology and MA in Systemic Family Therapy. Currently developing her career in the field of chronic kidney disease, working with patients with kidney disease at the General Hospital of Gran Canaria “Dr. Negrín”. Founder of RenalHelp, the first complete web platform and mobile application to support patients with chronic kidney disease (www.myrenalhelp.com).

IWEEE 2014: Social Medicine

19 Wednesday Mar 2014

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http://www.iweee.org/2014-las_palmas/
As you already know, GNU Solidario organizes every year IWEEE: International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies. 
The IWEEE 2014: Social Medicine will be held on May 29-30 in Las Palmas of Gran Canaria (Spain).
Registration is already open as well as paper and poster submission. Make sure to check deadline and guidelines for your paper presentation here.
http://www.iweee.org/2014-las_palmas/registration.htmlGNU Solidario is an Non-for-profit organization that works globally, delivering health and education with free software. Since 2005 we have been involved in humanitarian projects of different nature that had one thing in common: Free Software. 
You can help us with a donation, every little help counts.
We hope to see you in Las Palmas !!

Happy Holidays !

16 Monday Dec 2013

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GNU Solidario wishes to all of you:

GNU Health: Interfacing and Interoperability

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

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The Second WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices is just few days away.
Luis Falcón of GNU Solidario will present GNU Health: Interfacing and Interoperability. 
The assigned poster number, which is used to identify it at the forum, is H.40 and presentation time is: Saturday 23rd, 13:00-14:00 during the Poster Session 1.

http://www.who.int/medical_devices/2nd_gfmd/en/index1.html
All posters will be displayed on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November 2013.
We hope to see you in Geneva !!

Ministerio de Salud de Jamaica adopta GNU Health

26 Thursday Sep 2013

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“If yu waa good, yu nose affi run”
Presentación de bienvenida para la misión 
de GNU Solidario por parte del Ministerio de Salud


“El éxito requiere trabajo arduo” reza este proverbio jamaiquino. Con un refulgente sol caribeño y un grupo de bienvenida aún más radiante, esta semana GNU Health desembarcó en una nueva bahía. En cooperación con el Ministerio de Salud, una misión grupal de GNU Solidario visitó Jamaica e inauguró oficialmente el proyecto de implementación de GNU Health dentro de su sistema de salud pública.

Dicha misión se enmarca dentro de un acuerdo social entre el Ministerio de Salud de Jamaica y GNU Solidario, convenio dispuesto específicamente para desplegar este software libre de salud e información hospitalaria en la isla.

Este paso marca un punto de inflexión en la historia del campo de la salud, por cuanto Jamaica es el primer país en adoptar GNU Health con proyecciones nacionales. Una tarea herculeana, esta implementación demanda una integración intersectorial de parte de todas las regiones del país. De ahí que no sólo la Secretaria Permanente del Ministerio de Salud, la Dra. Jean Dixon, brindara su aval para con el proyecto, sino que el Sr. Gary Campbell (Director, TIC; Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología, Energía y Minería) también hizo extensiva su bendición al momento que anunciaba un proyecto gubernamental de migración al software libre (GOJ FOSS Migration project, en inglés) y cómo se articularían ambos emprendimientos.
Programadores, administradores de sistemas, médicos, personal de enfermería y de registros de salud, así como otros funcionarios públicos se reunieron para participar de diversas reuniones, talleres y grupos focales. El propio departamento de informática y salud del Ministerio de Salud estuvo presente a través de miembros tanto a nivel nacional como regional, así como mediante representantes de registros de salud, clínico, técnico y administración de personal.
Luego de una intensa semana, se lograron definir las directrices iniciales para el proyecto, con el fin de completar la primera etapa para fines del presente año. Más aún, nuestro equipo de GNU Solidario visitó el centro de salud Slipe Pen Road para realizar mediciones y cálculos incipientes y poder extrapolarlas.

El camino hacia el despliegue nacional ha iniciado y, tanto el equipo local en el Ministerio de Salud como GNU Solidario se muestran optimsitas y decididos a completar la hoja de ruta y las expectativas trazadas. Esta iniciativa ha generado una gratificación que trasciende la jurisdicción local, en tanto no sólo la comunidad del Software Libre, sino que el mundo entero se regocija frente a este hito en la atención primaria de salud.
Taller con el equipo de informática del Ministerio de Salud
Edificio del Ministerio de Salud (Kingston)
Tal como establece el portal de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) sobre Atención Primaria de la Salud, “el objetivo supremo de la atención primaria de la salud es mejor salud para todos”. La OMS ha identificado cinco elementos claves para la consecución de este objetivo [1]:
  • reducir la exclusión y disparidades sociales en la salud
  • organizar servicios de salud en función de las necesidades y expectativas de las personas
  • intregrar la salud en todos los sectores
  • privilegiar modelos colaborativos de políticas de diálogo
  • incrementar la participación de diversos sectores
Ése es el objetivo de GNU Health: Universalidad en el cuidado de la salud. ¡eHealth para todos!


[1] The World Health Organization (WHO): Primary Health Care
http://www.who.int/topics/primary_health_care/en/
 
  Sobre GNU Health

GNU Health es un sistema libre de salud e información hospitalaria que brinda las siguientes funcionalidades:

  • Sistema de información sobre la salud (Datos demográficos y epidemiológicos)
  • Sistema de información hospitalaria
  • Expediente médico electrónico
*Entre otros reconocimientos internacionales, GNU Health ganó el premio a Mejor Proyecto de Beneficio Social otorgado por la Fundación de Software Libre.

*GNU Health es un paquete oficial de GNU y forma parte de GNU Solidario, una organización sin fines de lucro que desarrolla proyectos de salud con software libre. GNU Solidario, en conjunto con la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas (Instituto Internacional para la Salud Global), firmaron un acuerdo social para implementar GNU Health y capacitar a los profesionales de la salud a nivel internacional.
*GNU Health
se presentó ante la OMS y la Unión Internacional de Comunicación (ITU por sus siglas en inglés) durante la sesión “TICs para mejorar la información y la responsabilidad para la salud de las mujeres y los niños” en la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información (Foro WSIS) 2013 en Ginebra.

Jamaica Ministry of Health adopts GNU Health

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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“If yu waa good, yu nose affi run”
 
Welcome presentation of
 GNU Solidario Mission by the MoH

“Success requires hard work” is the meaning of this Jamaican proverb. With a bright Caribbean sun and an even brighter welcoming crew, GNU Health unshipped in a new bay this week. In cooperation with the Ministry of Health (MoH), a group mission of GNU Solidario visited Jamaica and inaugurated officially the project of deploying GNU Health within their Public Health Care system. 
The mission is in the context of the agreement signed between Jamaica Ministry of Health and GNU Solidario, to cooperate in the implementation of GNU Health, the Free Health and Hospital Information System in this country.

This step is a tipping point in health history, granted that Jamaica is the first country to embrace GNU Health nationwide. A herculean task, this implementation is demanding cross-sectoral integrations from all the regions of this country. Hence, not only the permanent secretary of the MoH, Dr. Jean Dixon, vouched for this undertaking, but Mr. Gary Campbell (Director, ICT; Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining) also extended his blessing while announcing the GOJ FOSS Migration project and how it will cooperate with the GNU Health enterprise as well.


Programmers, system administrators, physicians, nurses, health records staff, as well as other public officials gathered to participate in several meetings, workshops and focus groups. The MoH Health Informatics team itself had representatives from both the national and the regional levels, as well as Health Records, Clinical, IT and Management Personnel. 


After an intense week, the initial guidelines for the project were designed in order to complete the first stage by the end of this year. Moreover, our GNU Solidario team visited the Slipe Pen Road Comprehensive Health Centre for incipient calculations and further extrapolations.

 The path towards the national deployment has started, and both the local team at the Ministry of Health and GNU Solidario are optimistic and determined about fulfilling the roadmap and its expectations.

This initiative has generated a gratification that transcends the local jurisdiction, so that not only the Free Software community, but the whole world rejoice in this unprecedented milestone within Public Health Care.

Main IT crew that attended the workshops
Jamaican MoH building in Kingston

As stated at World Health Organization (WHO) Primary Health Care portal, “the ultimate goal of primary health care is better health for all”. WHO has identified five key elements to achieve that goal[1]:

  • reducing exclusion and social disparities in health;
  • organizing health services around people’s needs and expectations ;
  • integrating health into all sectors;
  • pursuing collaborative models of policy dialogue; and
  • increasing stakeholder participation.
That is GNU Health objective : Universality in Health Care. eHealth for all !
 
[1] The World Health Organization (WHO): Primary Health Care
http://www.who.int/topics/primary_health_care/en/
 
About GNU Health

GNU Health is a Free Health and Hospital Information System that provides the following functionality: 

  • Health Information System (Demographics, Epidemiology)
  • Hospital Information System
  • Electronic Medical Record 

*GNU Health won the Best Project of Social Benefit from the Free Software Foundation, among other international awards.

*GNU Health is an official GNU Package , and is part of GNU Solidario, an NGO that delivers health with free software. GNU Solidario and the United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health have signed an agreement to implement and to train Health professionals GNU Health around the world.


*GNU Health was presented at the World Health Organization (WHO) and International Communication Union (ITU) session “ICT for Improving Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health” at the World Summit on the Information Society – WSIS 2013 Forum in Geneva.

 

GNU Health, the "Dok Champa" blooming in Lao

06 Friday Sep 2013

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National flower in Lao, the Dok Champa is a symbol of sincerity and the beauty of life. Likewise, the Center of Medical Rehabilitation (CMR) in Vientiane, capital city of Lao, is a pillar of pure honesty and compassion, dedicating their efforts and knowledge to promoting the best services for deaf, blind or otherwise disabled people. This week a team at CMR announced they will be incorporating GNU Health to their healthcare center. For the first stage of the project, the hospital will be implementing key modules such as Administration, Patient Registration, Accounting/Finances and Billing. 
Heading this enterprise will be the Director of the Center, Khamphet Manivong, along with Bounmy Sihaphom, Sisouvanh Sangbouaboulom and Anousak Souphavanh,
IT consultants from Calat.

 

This healthcare facility, formerly known as the National Rehabilitation Center, was established in 1964, comprised of the following departments:
  • Orthopedic workshop
  • Wheelchair workshop
  • Medical Rehabilitation
  • Community-based Rehabilitation
  • Special education for the deaf and the blind
  • Vocational school system for the disabled
However, it was not until March 29th, 1968, that the CMR officially opened its doors, providing physiotherapeutical treatment through an extended service across the country. It was originally the orthopedic workshop where prosthetic limbs for veterans and war victims were produced.

Nowadays, this center is rather renowned for its unique services for the unexploded ordenance (UXO) victims after the Vietnam War. The Hospital manages a total of 100 beds in different buildings and specializes in physical medicine, orthopedic surgery, prosthetic and orthotic fitting, as well as in physiotherapy and special education for blind and/or deaf children. Not only are they committed to the improvement of health conditions, but the center aims at changing the quality of life of every person they can reach. When it comes to their educational programs, this is what the hospital stated: “This is a significant step towards fulfilling the obligations of providing the fundamental rights of all our kids with disabilities to have equal access to mainstream education”.
 

It’s not over yet: the silent murderers attacking Lao

“The war is simply an obscenity, a depraved act by weak and miserable men, including all of us who have allowed it to go on and on with endless fury and destruction – all of us who would have remained silent had stability and order been secured. It is not pleasant to say such words, but candor permits no less”.

 

Noam Chomsky, in American Power and the New Mandarins (1969)

 

More than 30 years after Saigon’s fall, tipping point that ended the Vietnam War in 1975, the government of Lao is still asking the international community to sign a new agreement that forbids the use of cluster bombs.

During the Vietnam War, American airplanes dropped millions of bombs, many of which failed to explode when they hit the ground, but are yet still active today in the jungle. It is a war of the past that keeps murdering generations of the present.
 

5 things you should know about Lao

  • Capital city: Vientiane
  • Population: 6.5 mio (2012)
  • Government: Marxist-Leninist single-party state.
    • President: Choummaly Sayasone
    • Prime Minister: Thongsing Thammayong
  • Area: 236, 800 km2
  • Currency: Kip (LAK)
  • Official language: Lao
 


Laos Regions Map
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National Anthem of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: “Pheng Xat Lao”

 
  1. Lao appoints 4.5% of its GDP to healthcare (2013)–more than Monaco, Saudi Arabia and India, for example. However,  there is one physician every 3000 people and one bed every 1000 people. Interestingly enough, one in every 10.9 jobs belongs to the tourism sector (2010).

     

  2. During the bellicose period from 1964 to 1973, 260 million bombs fell on Lao, making the country (on a per capita basis) the most heavily bombed civilian population ever. Of these, around 80 million cluster bombs failed to explode, so most villages have unexploded ordnance (UXO) on display salvaged from the forest and rice fields. Alas, thousands of Laotians die every year because of this unwanted war veteran.

     

  3. The internet domain for Lao is .la; there are 1,532 internet hosts (2012) and 300 thousand internet users. Moreover, there are 5.481 million mobile cellulars (2012) for a 6.5 million population
  4. Most of the basic words of Lao have only one syllable. Multi-syllable words are usually higher level and used in religion, academics or government. They were taken mainly from Sanskrit, the classical language of India, and are often the same as or similar to high-level vocabulary in Thai.
  5. The Mekong River runs like a major artery for the length of the country and its vast network of tributaries allow both locals and visitors to reach the remote interior. The WWF organization affirms that a new species is registered every two days in the Mekong area.

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
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