Health

Introduction

Welcome to the new health content page. We are working to create a comprehensive set of health modules that are localized to each of the target countries. Over the next several months we will be working to find partners to donate content appropriate for the laptop. We will use that content as a starting point, localizing and extending it to meet the needs of the children in the target countries.

Volunteer

We need volunteers! We especially need people who have public health experience in a target country (Libya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, or Thailand), or speak a language from a target country (Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, Arabic, Kinyarwanda, French, or Thai).

If you are interested in volunteering, please check out Getting Started for info on how to contribute, and add your name to the volunteers list. Feel free to contact David Greisen with any questions at dgreisen at gmail dot com with "OLPC" somewhere in the subject line

Modules

Info

• Each of these Modules, with corresponding submodules, will have to be created, localized and translated for each country and language.
• Some will need more localization than others. For example "hand washing" will need localization for urban, peri-urban, and rural areas, while "childhood disease and prevention" will need extensive localization for each area based on it most common childhood illnesses and best-of-breed prevention techniques.
• In addition to localization, each module will need to have appropriate material.
• If you are interested in coordinating one of these modules, please contact David Greisen.

Tentative List

Please debate modifications/additions on the Discussion page

• Physiology
  • Parts of the Body
  • Body Systems/functions
• Epidemiology
  • "Germs"
  • Vectors
• First Aid
• Childhood Disease and Prevention
  • Childhood Diseases
  • Prevention
  • Mitigation/Treatment (as applicable)
  • Vaccines
• Sanitation/hygiene
  • Hand Washing
  • Other personal hygiene
  • Food Handling
  • Healthy Home
  • Clean Water
• Diet
• General Reference Texts

Content types

We are looking for all sorts of health content for each module:

• picture books/children's stories
• simple computer games to encourage healthy behavior
• other computer-based activities taking advantage of the laptop's interactive capabilities
• educational animations (See also: Mentoring#Ideas)
• activities that can be performed in "real life," such as science experiments, community projects
• lesson plans for teachers
• teacher education material
• textbooks
• reference books

Partners

Over the next several months we will be working to find health organizations that are willing to donate content to the OLPC library. As we confirm these organizations, they and their contributions will be listed under "Confirmed Partners." If you have an idea for a potential content partner, please list it, along with a brief description under "Suggested Partners."

Confirmed Partners

• Hesperian Foundation - Publisher of such books as "Where There is no Doctor" -- send us CDs containing In Design layouts for
  • WTND in English and Spanish
  • Water for Life
  • Sanitation and Cleanliness
  • Pesticides are Poison

Suggested Partners

• Health Ministries of target countries Argentina, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Thailand, United States, Uruguay
  • Argentina - Ministerio de Salud de la Nación
  • Brazil - Ministério da Saúde
  • Libya - unkown
  • Nigeria - Federal Ministry of Health
  • Rwanda - unknown
  • Thailand - Ministry of Public Health
  • Uruguay - Ministerio de Salud Pública
• World Health Organization
  • WHO Africa
  • WHO SE Asia
  • Pan-American Health Organization
• Partners in Health
• Hesperian Foundation - Publisher of such books as "Where There is no Doctor"
• Malaria Foundation International
• Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto - "We have lots of material" and high-level administrators there are interested in providing it to us. Similar interest from the Faculty of Dentistry (2007-05-16). Contact Mike Fletcher (mcfletch@vrplumber.com) for contact details.

Local organizations, both official and NGOs, will have a mixed set of materials targeting the local population, which presumably has already the linguistic and cultural factors incorporated, so that would be the first stop to source material. Sometimes you can find the dated material side by side with the latest ideas about health and education.

A general list of International Organizations and Foreign Government Agencies compiled by USA's FDA

To Do

1. Get wiki, mailing list and content repository up and running
2. Recruit contributors and coordinators
3. Solicit content donations
4. Develop content not donated
5. Localize content
6. translate content

Volunteers

• David Greisen - health content coordinator - feel free to contact me with any questions at dgreisen at gmail dot com with "OLPC" somewhere in the subject line*
• Beth Yakes