ITU enters into multiple partnerships during Global Forum on Disaster Management
During the Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications/ICTs for Disaster Management: Saving Lives, a number of bilateral partnership agreements and memoranda of understanding were signed between ITU and partners:
ITU - Telemedicine & e-Health Training Centre, Holy Family Hospital
On 10th December 2007, the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU), and the Telemedicine & e-Health Training Center, Holy Family
Hospital of Rawalpindi in Pakistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
for Cooperation in Disaster Preparedness and Response through Telemedicine
and e-Health.
The Parties have already successfully collaborated in the area of telemedicine
and emergency telecommunications following the massive earthquake that struck
the Pakistan-India border area in October 2005 during which a total of 25
medical doctors were trained in the use of 55 satellite terminals in delivering
telemedicine services and applications. The Parties intend to implement joint
projects/activities, share information on e-Health, and cooperate on enhancing
access to information related to emergency telecommunications and telemedicine
for disaster preparedness and disaster relief.