nowhere are the barriers to a functional health infrastructure more clearly on display than in the goma region of democratic republic of congo. kaboru et al. report poorly integrated services for hiv and tb in this war-torn region. priorities in conflict zones include provision of security, shelter, food, clean water and prevention of sexual violence. in goma, immediate health priorities includ...

background hiv/aids and tuberculosis (tb) are major contributors to the burden of disease in sub-saharan africa. the two diseases have been described as a harmful synergy as they are biologically and epidemiologically linked. control of tb/hiv co-infection is an integral and most challenging part of both national tb and national hiv control programmes, especially in contexts of instability wher...

delivering added value public e-services often requires cooperation between two or more government departments. in general, such cooperation is ensured by implementing interoperability between automated business processes. in spite of the existence of several works interested in public online services in general, only few of them were focused on measuring interoperability degree, whether used o...

Integrating services is a hot topic amongst health system policy-makers and healthcare managers. There is some evidence that integrated services deliver efficiencies and reduce service utilisation rates for some patient populations. In their article on Achieving Integrated Care for Older People, Gillian Harvey and her colleagues formulate some critical insights from practice and research around...

This article discusses the architecture, control protocols, and coordination mechanisms used in today’s multimedia Ž . Ž . conferencing standards for ISDN Integrated Services Data Network and IP Internet Protocol networks. Specifically, the Ž . ITU-T’s International Telecommunication Union – Telecommunication Standardization Sector H.320 and H.323 multimedia conferencing standards are discussed...

This document introduces the transport of call control User-to-User Information (UUI) using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and develops several requirements for a new SIP mechanism. Some SIP sessions are established by or related to a non-SIP application. This application may have information that needs to be transported between the SIP User Agents during session establishment. In additi...

The seventh CCIlT (Consultive Committee of International Telephone and Telegraph), Plenary Assembly has defined ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) as a evolution from the existin telephone network that provides end to end digita f connectivity. Wide range of services are antici ated. Both voice and non-voice services will be o /' fered. The network users will have access to these servic...

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