---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Electronic Journal of IS in Developing Countries (EJISDC) Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:32:04 +0800 From: Robert Davison isrobert@IS.CITYU.EDU.HK To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

The EJISDC announces the publication of Volume 5. The aim of this Special Issue is to emphasize the significance and role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health care in developing countries. Until only recently, in many developing countries, debates were rife about whether "ICTs were good or bad for development?" and whether investments should be made in these technologies at the expense of other development priorities like water, roads and electricity. Such debates seem to be at rest now, and instead the more important challenge and question is "how do we apply ICTs in effective ways such that they contribute meaningfully to socio-economic development processes?"

The six papers in this special issue involve case studies in Mozambique, the Philippines, Morocco, Nigeria and Mexico, as well as more international issues.

The home page of the journal is: http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/ejisdc/ejisdc.htm while volume five can be found at: http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/ejisdc/vol5.htm

Robert Davison Editor-in-Chief, EJISDC Dept of Information Systems City University of Hong Kong

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