Abstract
There is a huge interest by stakeholders in the potentials of eHealth. Accordingly, there
is a strong demand from donors, and other stakeholders for eHealth research outputs to address
infrastructural, policy, and human challenges. The BETTEReHEALTH project explores
infrastructure, policy, and human factors impacting eHealth in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, and
Tunisia. This study applies the National eHealth Strategy Toolkit introduced by WHO and ITU to
assess the conformity of the research landscape and research priorities of these countries with
the building blocks defined in the toolkit. The status of ICT, policy, and human factors of partner
countries indicates that there is a serious lack of policies and skilled workers along with
infrastructural challenges. Collected data revealed that Infrastructure-Policy-Human is a
fundamental triangle for successful eHealth implementation while Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, and
Tunisia, as a sample representing Africa, suffer from lack of policies the most both at the
governmental and research communal level.
is a strong demand from donors, and other stakeholders for eHealth research outputs to address
infrastructural, policy, and human challenges. The BETTEReHEALTH project explores
infrastructure, policy, and human factors impacting eHealth in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, and
Tunisia. This study applies the National eHealth Strategy Toolkit introduced by WHO and ITU to
assess the conformity of the research landscape and research priorities of these countries with
the building blocks defined in the toolkit. The status of ICT, policy, and human factors of partner
countries indicates that there is a serious lack of policies and skilled workers along with
infrastructural challenges. Collected data revealed that Infrastructure-Policy-Human is a
fundamental triangle for successful eHealth implementation while Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, and
Tunisia, as a sample representing Africa, suffer from lack of policies the most both at the
governmental and research communal level.
