ICTs and Health Technology at the Grassroots Level in Africa
Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u · 2007
policy makers, actors in the private sector and other end users interested in generating, promoting and strengthening innovative science and technology policies in Africa. With a regional secretariat in Nairobi, the network operates through national chapters in 23 countries, with an expansion plan to cover the entire sub-Saharan Africa. One of the objectives of the network is to disseminate research results to policy makers, legislators, the organized private sector, civil society, mass media and farmers ’ groups through publications, dialogue and advocacy. Among its range of publications are the Working Paper Series (WPS), Research Paper Series (RPS), Special Paper Series (SPS) and the Technopolicy Briefs. Papers published under the ATPS Special Paper Series are those commissioned as concept papers, think pieces, leading conference papers and keynote addresses. In keeping with our knowledge brokerage function, ATPS publishes, with permission of the author(s) or journal editors, papers (published or unpublished) produced by distinguished academics/ researchers for a different purpose but judged by ATPS to be of excellent quality. These papers address significant policy questions relevant to the work of ATPS and/or support the Southern voice or an African perspective. We also consider theoretical papers that